Business Development Manager - Department of Energy & Industrial Base (Washington, D.C.)

Location: On-site in Washington, DC, with at least four days per week in the office; travel may be required up to 25%–33% domestically and internationally. Relocation assistance is not authorized.

Expected compensation: $188,251–$230,084, including base pay and variable incentive pay if eligible.

Company

hirify.global develops science- and materials-based products and technologies across global markets.

What you will do

• Lead hirify.global’s Department of Energy engagement strategy across NNSA, DOE program offices, the Office of Science, isotope programs, and national laboratories.
• Position hirify.global materials and capabilities for funded production, modernization, advanced-reactor, fuel-cycle, isotope, and DOE-partnered defense programs.
• Shape materials, isotope, supply-chain, qualification, stockpile, and industrial-base requirements before formal requirements are written.
• Advise campaigns on DPA Title III, IBAS, consortium, National Defense Stockpile, DLA Strategic Materials, Office of Strategic Capital, DPA Section 708, and DOE financing instruments.
• Build and manage the opportunity pipeline, including qualification, forecasting, and Salesforce CRM discipline.
• Coordinate product, channel, contracts, legal, export-control, finance, and business-unit stakeholders; manage classified and unclassified engagement boundaries and deliver executive briefings and proposals.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher, completed and verified before starting.
• At least five years of experience working with or engaging DOE organizations, NNSA, national laboratories, or the nuclear supply chain in a private, public, government, or military environment.
• Named, current relationships with NNSA, DOE program offices, national laboratories, or management and operating contractors, exercised within approximately the last three years.
• Ability to obtain and hold a U.S. Department of Defense or Department of Energy Secret-level security clearance.
• Ability to advise on materials, technology, and capabilities for nuclear, energy, or DOE-sponsored systems and supply chains; shape requirements and achieve design wins.
• Working knowledge of federal industrial-capacity funding instruments and experience pursuing and executing awards.
• Ability to orchestrate cross-functional teams in a highly matrixed, multidisciplinary environment.
• Familiarity with FAR, DEAR, management and operating contractor procurement practices, NQA-1, NUPIC, isotope markets, and specialty-materials markets.
• Business development, sales, negotiation, presentation, analytical, problem-solving, Microsoft Office, and Salesforce.com experience.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employment-visa sponsorship and may need to provide U.S. person status information for export-control assessment.

Nice to have

• Active Top Secret eligibility or DOE Q access authorization.
• Prior service with DOE, NNSA, a national laboratory, a management and operating contractor, or the naval nuclear propulsion program.
• Experience executing a DPA Title III, IBAS, or DOE-funded award from proposal through delivery.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with a structured corporate environment and cross-functional collaboration.
• Benefits may include medical, dental and vision coverage, HSA/FSA, disability and life insurance, paid absences, and retirement benefits.
• Employees must comply with corporate policies, security standards, export-control requirements, and EHS practices.
• U.S.-based full-time employees must sign an employee agreement covering confidential information, trade secrets, conflicts of interest, and inventions.

Hiring process

• Provide education and work history by uploading a resume or entering the information directly in the application.
• Complete required U.S. person/export-control assessment questions and accept the applicable terms before submitting the application.