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Business Development

Business development personnel are ambassadors that connect the needs of the warfighter to innovative and affordable solutions, in a balanced continuum. Business development’s purpose is to provide an integrated capability to pursue new business opportunities in a manner that reaches beyond the traditional business development framework.  It pulls together all elements associated with defining a winning offer or business opportunity, such as customer requirements, long range campaign planning, environment shaping, capture planning, and the business management and systems engineering integration infrastructure to efficiently balance these elements.

As a member of business development you may participate in all aspects of identifying, qualifying, pursuing, bidding, and winning new business opportunities.  Business development encompasses a variety of detailed task areas ranging from strategic planning and strategy formulation to capture management and proposal development.

Typical qualifications that may be necessary to secure employment in business development include:

      • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
      • Experience in the area of business development
      • Working knowledge of Department of Defense (DoD) Business Acquisition Process