Senior Director, Business Development Navy

The Senior Director, Business Development Navy will serve as an accountable leader for shaping, coordinating, and executing the company’s Navy growth strategy. This is a highly visible role within the organization and requires a confident and experienced Business Development professional with a proven track record of driving growth across complex Defense environments.

The business is continuing to evolve its Defense portfolio, with a clear mandate to expand its presence across United States Navy programs. The organization has a strong technical foundation, particularly within microelectronics, and an established presence with key Navy organizations including Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane. However, there is a need for a dedicated leader to take full ownership of the Navy portfolio, providing clear direction, structure, and growth focus.

This role offers the opportunity to own and lead a broad and diverse portfolio, drive pipeline development, and position the company to capture opportunities across Navy modernization, engineering services, and mission systems environments.

Why This Role Matters

The Navy portfolio represents an important growth area for the business, supported by strong technical capabilities and existing customer relationships. However, realizing this opportunity requires focused leadership and a clear approach to growth and positioning.

Success in this role will depend on the ability to strengthen relationships within key Navy ecosystems, identify and convert opportunities, and build a structured pipeline aligned to Navy priorities. This position ensures the company is proactively shaping its position across Navy programs and driving sustainable growth.

This leader will be responsible for:

• Defining and executing a comprehensive Navy Business Development strategy aligned to modernization priorities • Owning and driving pipeline development and conversion across maritime platforms, combat systems, and mission systems • Driving senior level relationships across Navy stakeholders and key decision makers • Positioning the company for near, mid, and long term growth across Navy programs • Leading alignment across Navy and broader Defense portfolios • Ensuring coordination across Business Development, capture, and delivery teams to support growth objectives

Duties:

• Identifies, qualifies and secures business opportunities; coordinates business generation activities; develops customized targeted sales strategies IAW the Group Strategic Plan (GSP) 
• Builds business relationships with current and potential clients
• Understands client needs and offers solutions and support; answering potential client questions and follow-up call questions; pre-positions solutions to client requests for proposals (RFPs)
• Collaborates with key business area leaders to secure, retain, and grow accounts
• Creates informative presentations; presenting and delivering information to potential clients at client meetings and industry exhibits
• Maintains a pipeline of all sales administration using Salesforce software
• Collaborates with management on sales goals, planning, and forecasting; maintaining short- and long-term business development plans

Minimum Qualifications:

• 10+ years of combined experience in Business Development, US Navy Acquisition and Operations, or DoD Acquisition experience
• Extensive experience with DoD & IC government organizations
• Demonstrated ability to execute the business development function with little/no supervision
• Ability to assess the competitive field, to include all evaluation factors, both price and non-price
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and experience is required
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret US Government Clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active Top Secret US Government Clearance with SCI eligibility
• Established relationships with senior leaders across DoD/DoW, Department of Navy, and Industry within the Navy Modernization market
• Experience across multiple aspects of the business growth process (e.g., business development, proposal solutioning, basis of estimate (BOE) development, etc.)

Compensation Details:

The compensation range or hourly rate listed for this position is provided as a good-faith estimate of what the company intends to offer for this role at the time this posting was issued. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as job responsibilities, education, experience, skills, internal equity, market data, applicable collective bargaining agreements, and relevant laws.

Benefits Overview:

Our health and welfare benefits are designed to support you and your priorities. Offerings include:

• Health, dental, and vision insurance

• Paid time off and holidays

• Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)

• Educational reimbursement

• Parental leave

• Employee stock purchase plan

• Tax-saving options

• Disability and life insurance

• Pet insurance

Note: Benefits may vary based on employment type, location, and applicable agreements. Positions governed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA), or other employment contracts may include different provisions/benefits.

Original Posting:

Amentum anticipates this job requisition will remain open for at least three days, with a closing date no earlier than three days after the original posting. This timeline may change based on business needs.

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