Sr. Market Intelligence Manager

<p>The <strong>Senior Market Intelligence Manager</strong> leads AEVEX’s enterprise-wide market, competitor, and customer intelligence function. This role serves as the organization’s authoritative expert and is responsible for producing high-fidelity, actionable intelligence that informs strategy, capture, pricing, and investment decisions across both Tactical Systems (TS) and Global Solutions (GS). Operating in a high complexity, multi-domain environment, the role synthesizes defense budgets, competitive activity, technology trends, and customer demand into clear guidance for executive leadership and cross functional teams.</p> <p><strong><u>Essential Functions </u></strong></p> <ul> <li>Market Strategy &amp; Forecasting</li> <li>Analyze U.S. DoD budget materials including justification books, appropriations, POM shifts, and multi-year funding patterns to align opportunities with TS and GS portfolios.</li> <li>Develop forecasting models linking budget signals to AEVEX opportunity windows across TS (NAC, UAS, USV, and Special Programs) and GS (AM&amp;I, Airborne ISR, Intelligence Analysis, and Mission Support) portfolios.</li> <li>Assess international customer budget cycles, security cooperation pathways, and acquisition planning to identify aircraft, UxS, ISR, and service-based demand signals.</li> <li>Evaluate emerging technologies and industry shifts to forecast their long-term impact on AEVEX’s market share and strategic roadmap.</li> <li>Translate complex market data into strategic insights supporting corporate planning, marketing strategy, long-range planning, investments, and product roadmaps.</li> <li>Competitive Intelligence Leadership</li> <li>Perform competitor analyses including solution architectures, pricing behaviors, technology maturity, sustainment models, and contract performance history.</li> <li>Develop comparative assessments across TS (NAC, UAS, USV, Special Programs) and GS (AM&amp;I, ISR, Intel Analysis, Mission Support) to identify strategic advantages and vulnerabilities.</li> <li>Lead Black Hat reviews to simulate competitor strategies and refine AEVEX’s technical and pricing approaches.</li> <li>Maintain competitive catalogs mapping incumbents, teaming dynamics, and historical award patterns across key accounts.</li> <li>Capture Support &amp; Price-to-Win Strategy</li> <li>Deliver PTW analysis integrating pricing intelligence, historical tendencies, technical discriminators, and risk-based modeling.</li> <li>Advise Capture Managers and business development leadership on differentiated value propositions needed to win new and incumbent programs.</li> <li>Partner closely with product teams to refine messaging and align offerings with verified market needs.</li> &