Aerospace Requirements & Capabilities Account Executive

SEAKR Engineering•Centennial, CO

10d•$185,000 - $275,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Requirements & Capabilities (R&C) Account Executive (RACE) is responsible for growing SEAKR’s business at named accounts. This role involves growing SEAKR’s pipeline and converting it into bookings, mapping customer organizational structures, building customer relationships across all levels, and meeting face-to-face with customers regularly. The position requires solutioning and shaping new programs to integrate SEAKR capabilities, crafting and leading campaigns, accurately documenting opportunity metrics in a forecast, and supporting Capture and Bid & Proposal activities. The RACE will also initiate and negotiate engagement documents, track opportunities in SEAKR tools, prepare gate review briefings, and capture competitive intelligence. The ideal candidate will have a successful history in the space/aerospace community, a desire to join a fast-paced, innovative team, and possess deep knowledge of the space industry, customers, competitors, missions, systems, and supporting technologies. The primary focus will be on National Security Space, but will also include commercial and Federal Space programs. This role requires an entrepreneurial mindset and will be "the face of the company," working under limited supervision and evaluated on results. Additional duties include establishing and nurturing customer relationships, formulating capture strategies, coordinating with executives on business development strategies, and contributing to marketing execution. Proficiency in Capture Management, including contributing to technical volumes, program schedules, cost volumes, and pricing, is also expected. The position requires travel between 25% - 50% of the time and can be remote/hybrid.

Requirements

An understanding of proposal processes and tools, including how to convey messages and discriminators, use of a common voice and past performance, and ensuring responses to evaluation criteria are clearly met.
Strong written and verbal skills
Proficiency in MS Office Suite including MS Project, and proposal writing tools
Experience writing, evaluating, and/or managing proposals
Developing and adhering to a schedule
Driven to achieve results, solve problems, and remove obstacles
Ability to balance interpersonal skills and project management skills
Excellent interpersonal skills (good listening, coaching, presenting, motivating, problem solving)
At least 12 years of business development and/or related space/aerospace industry experience with a proven track record of success
Must have the ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance.

Nice To Haves

An active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph is a plus.
Undergraduate/graduate technical degree is preferred

Responsibilities

Growing SEAKR’s pipeline and converting that pipeline into bookings
Mapping and documenting customer organizational structures at the enterprise, business unit, division, and program level
Initiating, building, and documenting customer relationships across the enterprise; from individual contributors up to and including the VP/GM level
Meeting face-to-face with customers, decision makers, and key influencers on a regular basis
Solutioning and shaping new programs to “design-in” SEAKR capabilities at both the business and technical level
Crafting and leading campaigns for targeted capabilities and programs
Accurately documenting and updating opportunity metrics including value, P-Go, P-Win, PTW, Win Themes, and timing in a detailed forecast
Supporting Capture and Bid & Proposal activities to close business
Initiating and negotiating engagement documents such as NDA’s, Teaming Agreements, PIA’s, BPO’s, press releases, etc.
Documenting customer engagements and tracking opportunities in SEAKR back-office tools
Preparing and presenting key gate review briefings
Capturing and reporting competitive intelligence
Establish and nurture relationships with customers to understand their current and future needs and promote alignment of our current and future capabilities to meet these needs.
Formulate capture strategies and provide leadership in support of the capture teams.
Lead or provide support to the capture team in defining technical, strategic, and business insight for RFI, ROM, white paper, and proposal responses.
Coordinate with executives to define and execute business development strategies to grow product segment market share and profitability, through market opportunity evaluation and segmentation, value proposition development, product positioning, pricing strategy, and communications strategy development.
Contribute to and inform marketing execution which includes product & marketing literature, trade show presence, trade journals articles, white papers, press releases, presentations, and datasheets.
Contribute to technical volumes, developing program schedules, contributing to cost volumes, and pricing.