Lockheed Martin Space enables the nation’s most critical space-based missions. Our Next Generation Ground (NG2) portfolio delivers resilient, secure, and future-ready ground solutions supporting intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, communications, mission operations, and decision advantage for the U.S. Intelligence Community.
We are seeking a Business Development Principal to strengthen our engagement with Intelligence Community customers, identify and shape new business opportunities, and grow the NG2 pipeline. This individual will connect customer mission needs with Lockheed Martin capabilities, technologies, and investment priorities.
The Business Development Principal will serve as a senior business-development interface between Lockheed Martin Space and Intelligence Community customers, including NSA, NRO, NGA, DIA, and other mission partners.
The successful candidate will develop trusted customer relationships, maintain a deep understanding of agency missions and acquisition priorities, identify and qualify new opportunities, and position Lockheed Martin for future competitions. The position will work closely with Campaign Leaders, Capture Managers, program organizations, engineering teams, and enterprise partners to translate customer needs into actionable growth opportunities.
This role provides the customer intimacy, account strategy, market insight, opportunity development, and early shaping necessary to build a healthy pipeline and enable successful capture execution.
Success will be measured by the quality and growth of the NG2 pipeline, the strength of customer relationships, the identification and maturation of new opportunities, and Lockheed Martin’s positioning within Intelligence Community mission and acquisition roadmaps.
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, International Relations, National Security, or a related technical or strategic field.
Minimum of 10 years of experience in business development, customer engagement, capture, program development, market development, or a related role supporting U.S. Intelligence Community or national-security customers.
Demonstrated knowledge of Intelligence Community missions, organizations, stakeholders, planning cycles, budgets, and acquisition processes. Experience engaging customers within NSA, NRO, NGA, DIA, or related organizations.
Demonstrated ability to identify customer needs, develop account plans, qualify opportunities, shape requirements, build customer relationships, and advance opportunities through a structured business-development process.
Must have active Top Secret/SCI clearance.
Exceptional written and oral communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex mission and technical concepts to senior customer and company leaders.
Demonstrated ability to work across organizational boundaries and align technical, programmatic, financial, and executive stakeholders around business-development priorities.
Strong strategic thinking, market analysis, competitive assessment, and problem-solving skills. Ability to translate incomplete or ambiguous market information into actionable business recommendations.
Advanced degree in business, engineering management, national security, public policy, or a related field.
Twelve or more years of business-development or customer-facing experience in the defense, space, cyber, or Intelligence Community markets.
Established relationships across relevant Intelligence Community agencies, mission organizations, acquisition offices, and industry partners.
Experience developing and executing customer account plans for complex national-security markets.
Experience identifying, qualifying, and maturing large, complex opportunities with values exceeding $100 million.
Experience supporting major captures and proposals, including customer assessment, competitive analysis, win-strategy development, teaming, and transition from business development to capture.
Familiarity with mission-critical ground systems, ISR, cyber, data processing, cloud architectures, AI and machine learning, mission operations, communications, and resilient ground infrastructure.
Experience managing multi-year opportunity pipelines and using customer and market insight to inform corporate investment decisions.
Ability to develop strategic partnerships with traditional defense contractors, nontraditional companies, commercial technology providers, research institutions, and small businesses.
Understanding of Intelligence Community contracting approaches, including FAR-based acquisitions, IDIQ vehicles, OTAs, CSOs, BAAs, and other rapid-acquisition pathways.
Experience developing business cases, investment recommendations, market assessments, and executive-level decision materials.
Strong negotiation, teaming, and deal-development skills.
Strategic impact: Help shape solutions supporting some of the nation’s most important intelligence and national-security missions.
Senior customer engagement: Build trusted relationships with mission, acquisition, and technology leaders across the Intelligence Community.
Business growth responsibility: Directly influence Lockheed Martin’s opportunity pipeline and positioning in priority growth markets.
Collaborative environment: Partner with leading engineers, program managers, strategists, Capture Managers, and business leaders across the corporation.
Professional development: Access advanced training, mentorship, and career-development opportunities within Lockheed Martin.
Competitive compensation: Receive market-aligned compensation, performance incentives, and a comprehensive benefits package.
Technology access: Connect emerging commercial and Lockheed Martin technologies with consequential Intelligence Community mission needs.
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $178500.00 - $331500.00
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The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
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