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Business Development Manager, Defense

Nashville, TN💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-10 → 2026-07-31

Core

Driving growth in the defense sector by identifying opportunities, managing key relationships, and promoting innovative open rotor propulsion technologies.

Role type

Business Development Manager, Defense

Builds

Open rotor propulsion systems and air moving products for defense applications

Domain

Aerospace / Defense

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

Government contracting, defense policy knowledge, stakeholder mapping, proposal development, contract execution, market analysis

Preferred skills

Experience with DoW programs, data rights negotiation, SBIR/GPR knowledge

Technologies

Open rotor propulsion systems

Responsibilities

Identify and capture new business opportunities within the defense sector; Build and maintain relationships with government entities, end users, and contractors; Collaborate with internal product and engineering teams to align offerings with customer needs; Attend government customer meetings to manage contracts and expectations; Provide feedback to design teams for customer engagement collateral; Facilitate discussions with supply chain and engineering for partnership discussions and contract execution; Compose and support submission of government contract proposals; Represent the company at industry events; Monitor defense policy and budgets to identify emerging opportunities; Develop stakeholder mappings for defense programs.

Seniority

Mid-Senior level, hands-on IC

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