Business Development & Field Innovation Manager
Core
Drive growth and market expansion for defense and mission-critical technologies by bridging business strategy, hands-on field engagement, and customer-led innovation.
Role type
Senior Business Development & Field Innovation Manager
Builds
Funded customer-facing training programs, tactical field demonstration events, and paid field experiments
Domain
Defense / DoD sector, mission-critical communications, RF, EW, counter-UAS
Required skills
technical business development, field service engineering, systems integration, defense acquisition processes, operational technology deployment, requirements translation, cross-functional leadership
Preferred skills
tactical communications, MANET systems, RF spectrum monitoring, counter-drone technology, technical curriculum creation, entrepreneurial mindset
Technologies
Silvus Technologies, D-Fend Solutions, CRFS, tactical MIMO radios, counter-UAS systems
Responsibilities
Develop strategies to convert pilot projects into revenue-generating field evaluations; Partner with Field Service Representatives to identify operational use cases and test environments; Lead high-impact funded field events and live operational demonstrations; Bridge customer operational feedback to engineering teams for IR&D requirements
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC