Associate Director, Business Development, Massed Effects

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Washington, DC · Sales and Marketing : Business Development : Air Dominance & Strike Capture

Business Development (BD) leads within the Massed Effects (MFX) Team are responsible for identifying, shaping, and capturing opportunities to grow revenue for the business line, focusing on robotic and autonomous systems (RAS) software opportunities within the US Navy and US Marine Corps. This role bridges prospects/clients with Product and Engineering teams, translating warfighter needs into product development and ensuring Anduril products meet user expectations. Responsibilities include finding and closing business, developing capture strategies, driving product development by translating client challenges to engineering, growing existing business, and communicating the company's value.

What you'd actually do

  1. Find, pursue and close MFX-related business within US Navy and US Marine Corps acquisition arms. Success will be achieved by developing a deep understanding of the existing and prospective customer base, knowing the current or planned programmatic and technical roadmaps, and being cognizant of the competitive landscape. This expertise will inform capture strategies, revenue forecasts, and aid in technology development plans. Tactically, you will manage continuous engagements with current and future clients, generate growth strategies, and monitor buying cycles for opportunities, and lead specific proposal and capture efforts.
  2. Develop capture strategies. Provide cohesive business plans and execution models that outline acquisition plans, create clear alignment to investment strategies, and drive towards program of record execution. Success will be achieved by engaging key stakeholders to shape requirements, identifying and securing relevant funding, and developing compelling win themes and supplier strategies for competitive captures.
  3. Drive product development and program transition. Anduril thrives by developing new technologies for our clients’ pressing operational challenges. This demands delivering nascent concepts to clients shaping early design of experiment, study, and collaborative research and development that enable the road map toward major programs of record. Internally, you are charged with translating client problem sets back into our engineering organization, identifying key milestones, and proactively providing clear communications to appropriate levels of the company. Your assessment of clients’ needs will inform new product decisions, and your ongoing engagement with clients will yield crucial input that helps Anduril ensure our product suite is best-in-class.
  4. Grow existing business. While the primary role will be shaping and capturing new business, a successful Growth Lead will represent the entire MFX business line. You will partner with execution teams and product engineers to grow business with current clients. This does not simply include expanding upon current work, but also leveraging existing partnerships to explore new areas of work or opportunities by sustaining and building upon the strong foundation of those client relationships.
  5. Communicate our value to clients. BD team members and brand ambassadors that 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.

Skills

Required

  • prior experience in commercial or DoD Capture and Sales
  • track record of building, executing, and winning business capture strategies
  • aptitude and appetite to thrive within organizations with nascent structure, high-ownership culture, and a “whatever it takes” environment
  • knack for knocking out deliverables in an ambiguous environment
  • strong interpersonal skills
  • executive gravitas
  • Demonstrated knowledge in defense acquisitions
  • Experience in the technical, programmatic, and operational challenges of developing and deploying Uncrewed Air or Ground systems
  • Demonstrated high-energy, high-ownership individual who will drive performance and exhibit strong management skills with a high level of emotional intelligence
  • work in a fast-paced, highly entrepreneurial, and creative environment
  • build, adapt, and implement new and innovative approaches to market
  • Excellent writing, communication skills
  • experience briefing senior executives and customers
  • Demonstrated knowledge of relevant DoD / IC / Commercial programs

Nice to have

  • history of zero-to-one defense program growth a plus

What the JD emphasized

  • US Navy and US Marine Corps
  • robotic and autonomous systems (RAS)
  • AI-powered operating system
  • AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology
  • defense acquisitions
  • Uncrewed Air or Ground systems