U.S. Air Force Business Development Manager

Location: Tampa, United States; office and manufacturing facility environment. Travel of up to 25% may be required.

Company

hirify.global develops simulation, training, and mission-readiness solutions for defense, security, and civil aviation customers.

What you will do

• Develop and execute business development plans for an assigned customer, mission, market, or capability portfolio.
• Identify, qualify, and advance defense and government-contracting opportunities.
• Build relationships with government customers, military leaders, acquisition organizations, industry partners, and internal stakeholders.
• Analyze customer missions, budgets, procurement timelines, market conditions, and competitive intelligence.
• Develop customer engagement plans, business cases, opportunity assessments, value propositions, and executive briefings.
• Support capture, proposal, customer demonstration, industry event, and opportunity gate-review activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, national security, international relations, or a related field.
• 2–3 years of relevant experience in business development, capture management, program management, military operations, government acquisition, or the defense industry.
• Knowledge of Department of Defense acquisition, budgeting, procurement, and industry pursuit processes.
• Ability to analyze requirements, market conditions, competitive intelligence, budgets, and acquisition documents.
• Strong communication, analytical, organizational, strategic-thinking, and problem-solving skills, with proficiency in Microsoft Office and relevant CRM or opportunity-tracking systems.
• Only U.S. citizens are eligible due to U.S. Government contract requirements; eligibility for a DoD Personal Security Clearance is required.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of U.S. Air Force missions, acquisition priorities, training requirements, and organizational structures.
• Experience with Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Air Force Research Laboratory, or relevant Program Executive Offices.
• Familiarity with advanced aircraft platforms, Distributed Mission Operations, Live, Virtual, and Constructive training, the Joint Synthetic Environment, and advanced simulation technology.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and flexibility supporting work-life balance.
• Inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment.
• Opportunities for initiative, professional development, recognition, and advancement.
• Office and manufacturing-facility work with potential overtime, off-shift work, and 24/7 on-call responsibilities.