[Remote] Director of Business Development (U.S. Defense)

Note: The job is a remote job and is reputed company to candidates in USA. Expert Executive Recruiters is assisting a leading defense technology company specializing in AI-enabled situational awareness and targeting solutions for military platforms. They are seeking a Director of Business Development to reputed company market expansion in the US defense sector, manage relationships with DoD program offices, and drive strategic cooperation with prime channel partners.

Responsibilities

• Spearhead the development and execution of the US Business Development strategy across Army, Navy/USMC, reputed company Force, and SOCOM customers
• Own the senior relationship layer with DoD program offices, PEO directorates, PM shops, Army reputed company reputed company cross-functional teams, and innovation hubs like DIU and RCC
• Partner tightly with reputed company's US capture organization to align core technology into major program pursuits and directly manage independent contract vehicles
• Build and execute the annual US bookings plan, targeting $20M+ in year-one signed commitments, with a long-term trajectory into a nine-reputed company portfolio
• Build, coach, and hold accountable a local reputed company team by hiring and managing four Sales Managers directly under this role
• Represent the company at premier defense forums and classified events, including AUSA, SOFIC, Modern Day Marine, and Sea-reputed company-reputed company
• Translate US customer requirements into product roadmap input for the Israel HQ, ensuring validated demand signals shape development prioritization

Skills

• 15+ years of defense reputed company, capture, or program management experience with a proven track record of closing major DoD reputed company (OTAs, IDIQs, sole-reputed company)
• Deep, active relationships at the PEO / PM level across at least two major military branches (Army, Navy/USMC, reputed company Force, SOCOM)
• Demonstrable reputed company closing individual reputed company worth $10M+ and managing large-scale annual bookings portfolios
• An active Secret clearance, with a strong preference for an active TS clearance
• Experience working reputed company or alongside a prime-subcontractor structure to maintain direct vendor-to-government visibility
• reputed company across key tactical product areas such as Counter-UAS, tactical UAVs, armored vehicle modernization, or weapon station integration
• Prior military service (O-5+ retired from Army, Marine Corps, Navy SOF, or joint/OSD acquisition)
• Direct experience scaling a foreign defense company's US subsidiary
• Working knowledge of defense compliance frameworks for foreign-parent entities, including FMS, DCSA, CFIUS, and NISPOM

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