Job Description
The Civil Space Strategic Business Unit develops many of the world’s pioneering space and science missions. From delivering entire missions to contributing component level expertise, we value our role as a mission partner and our ability to provide science at any scale. Our team of scientists work with the science community to understand their missions, deliver systems that go beyond expectation and enable a better understanding of our universe and planet.
What You’ll Do:
- Pursue, develop, and win business with governmental (US and foreign) and non-governmental organizations in the areas of science missions, operational missions (including weather), technology development, and other space-related work in the civil arena.
- Lead capture and proposal teams to deliver selectable and winning proposals, AO responses, and related documents (RFIs, white papers, pursuit gate reviews, ROM/cost reviews).
- Own, develop, and refine capture strategy and planning documentation.
- Interact with principal investigators and mission management centers to develop highly competitive teams for space missions, science missions and technology development opportunities.
- Manage budgets for projects within assigned pursuits.
- Manage staffing needs for assigned pursuits.
- Engage in strategic special projects that increase the p_win and commercial success of the business.
- Engage in regular communication with other team members and leadership on topics that include customer insights and priorities, internal investments, and forecasts, and their impacts on overall Civil Space business.
- Oversee study efforts having the potential to evolve into new business capture opportunities.
- Lead customer and supplier interactions to strengthen pursuit and commercial outcomes.
- Develop and nurturing strategic relationships with PIs, academic institutions, mission management centers, suppliers, government officials and other key stakeholders across the civil and commercial space industrial base.
- Develop and communicate messages, marketing, competition assessments, and customer insights to pursuit teams and leadership based on our core values of integrity, honesty, transparency, and collaboration.
- Successfully collaborate with other BAE Systems Inc., Space and Mission Systems (SMS) business units as well as all support organizations (i.e. StratOps and Marketing & Communications; Engineering, Science & Analysis; Finance; Enterprise Assurance; and Operations).
- Ensure all business is conducted with the highest ethical standards.
- Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Capabilities Units and the Company. Interact appropriately with others in order to maintain a positive and productive work environment.
- Perform other duties as necessary.
On-Site Work Environment: This position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site three or more days each normally scheduled week in the primary work location. Travel and local commute between company campuses and other possible non-company locations may be required.
Working Conditions:
- Work is performed in an office environment, laboratory, cleanroom, or production floor.
