Associate Director, Business Development, EW

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The Electromagnetic Warfare (EW) Business Development (BD) team within the Mission Systems (MS) Division at Anduril is responsible for identifying, shaping, capturing, and growing new opportunities and capabilities to help shape Anduril as a key provider for non-kinetic EW effects for the DoD and other customers. BD team members serve as the bridge between clients and the broader Anduril team; they convey client perspectives to other teams across the enterprise while also serving as the Anduril brand ambassador externally. EW BD team members partner extensively with the broader MS division team, to include engineering and program management, to ensure that Anduril products exceed client expectations and mission demands and to drive continuous product improvements in response to client needs.

ABOUT THE JOB

• We are looking for an Associate Director of Business Development to join our rapidly growing team in Costa Mesa, CA or Washington, DC.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Generate and capture business opportunities. The BD team is ultimately responsible for growing revenue. This role in particular will support the growth team in identifying, pursuing, and shaping future opportunities for the EW Business Line. You will grow a deep understanding of the existing and prospective client base, know the current and planned programmatic and technical roadmap, and be cognizant of the current and changing competitive landscape. You will plan, initiate, and manage continuous engagements with current clients and prospective customers and monitor buying cycles for opportunities. You will support proposals and new customer efforts, including authoring and reviewing RFI, RFP, RFWP, and other request responses and support the growth and capture teams in closing on new business. Specific emphasis will be placed on candidates that have experience with EW products, have experience in internal operations management, and are familiar with the product lifecycle process from birth to sustainment.
• Grow existing business. You will partner with adjacent business lines and product engineers to identify opportunities for business growth with current clients. This doesn’t just include expanding on current work, but interfacing with existing partners to explore new opportunity areas by sustaining and building on the strong foundation of client relationships.
• Communicate our value to clients. BD team members represent Anduril to a broad audience: clients, partners, competitors, and the interested public. You must project the company’s ethos, conveying insights that illustrate our approach to building next-generation defense technology and our competitive edges in doing so.
• Inform product development. You will be a liaison between a current or prospective client and the engineering organization, and as such must be able to translate their problem set into an actionable internal plan. You will need to interpret and convey various client needs to the growth and engineering teams, help to inform and manage priorities and execution, keep Business Line stakeholders informed, and make sure that performance stays aligned to key milestones.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Demonstrated strong writing skills, with experience in writing white papers, technical reports, and RFI/RFP responses.
• Ability to interface with a wide range of US and international customers.
• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Prior experience with commercial or DoD Capture and Sales a plus.
• Expertise in Electronic Warfare or complex engineering systems a plus.
• Advanced degree a plus.
• Prior military or contracting experience, or experience in DoD or Government a plus.
• Ability to travel 20-50%.
• Experience with government business development, government contract structures, and government proposal processes a pl