Director, Business Development (Federal Civilian)
ICFAbout the role
As an experienced Business Development (BD) professional, you will bring your intuitive skills and honed business expansion experience to ICF. In this role, you will drive the full lifecycle of business development activities to build, qualify, and manage a robust pipeline, as well as shape and win large single award opportunities in partnership with capture and proposal teams.
The Director, Business Development role is focused on building direct Federal customer relationships within the Federal Civilian marketplace to foster opportunity development for ICF. Knowledge and experience in marketing capabilities in the areas of application development and digital modernization is required, and knowledge of low-code/no-code platforms such as ServiceNow, Salesforce, and Appian is a significant plus.
This position is based in the DC area.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for identifying, shaping, and winning opportunities with an annual sales target of $50M.
- Focuses on building a pipeline for 6+ quarters into the future and building and nurturing customer relationships for continued growth.
- Identifies, develops, and implements near-term and long-term business strategies that provide the business an opportunity to grow revenue.
- Nurtures & sustains customer and partner relationships that align with market growth and business development objectives.
- Engages in conferences and industry events including external speaking engagements and meetings with clients.
- Develops and supports strategic partnerships with industry leaders, driving innovation, and new business opportunities.
- Interacts regularly with senior management/executives from multiple areas within the company to include briefings and presentations on sales initiatives and outcomes.
- Partners with BD leadership to support overall strategic planning and linking pursuits/capture activities that support the business development metrics for awards submits, and pipeline growth in IT modernization.
What you must have:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 10 or more years of selling work within the federal market.
- 10 or more years of building and executing client call plans, shaping requirements, and leading business development strategies in a collaborative team environment.
- 8 years of demonstrated and verifiable opportunities won valued over $25M.
- 5 or more years selling application development and modernization solutions.
- 2 or more years establishing relationships with federal clients and solution partners across federal civilian agencies including, but not limited to: HUD, DoL, SSA, and/or Commerce
What we would like you to have:
- Recent experience (within the last 5 years) winning opportunities valued over $25M.
- Expertise in developing opportunities for program growth and actively proposing and pursuing appropriate enhancements and changes.
- Exemplary presentation and communication skills, including authoring white papers, and responding to RFI’s and other presentation materials.
- Demonstrate success in developing and presenting complex ideas to executive audiences and effectively articulating customer positions, status, and strategies to senior management in a clear, concise, and decisive manner.
- Proficiency in MS Office Applications and CRM tools (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, Teams, and Microsoft Dynamics).
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Working at ICF
ICF is a global advisory and technology services provider, but we’re not your typical consultants. We combine unmatched expertise with cutting-edge technology to help clients solve their most complex challenges, navigate change, and shape the future.We can only solve the world's toughest challenges by building an inclusive workplace that allows everyone to thrive. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to hiring regardless of any protected characteristic, such as race, ethnicity, national origin, color, sex, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status, or military/veteran status. Together, our employees are empowered to share their expertise and collaborate with others to achieve personal and professional goals. For more information, please read our EEO & AA policy.
Reasonable Accommodations are available, including, but not limited to, for disabled veterans, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with sincerely
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