Vice President of Business Development

Title: Vice President of Business Development

Location: Simi Valley, CA - Relocation Offered

Salary: $250,000 - $280,000

Founded in 2004, this innovative aerospace and defense technology company headquartered in Simi Valley, California. We are a recognized leader in our industries that heavily focus on technologies engineered for extreme operating environments. 

We serve customers across aerospace, defense, military systems, commercial space, satellite programs, aviation, robotics, autonomous systems, directed energy programs, industrial automation, automotive, and agricultural technology markets. Our client's include government organizations, defense contractors, aerospace manufacturers, and commercial space companies requiring highly reliable motion control and power technologies.

The Vice President of Business Development will lead the organizations growth strategy, expand strategic customer relationships, and drive revenue growth across aerospace, defense, space, and advanced technology markets. 

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute enterprise growth strategies that increase revenue, expand market share, and support long-term business objectives across aerospace, defense, and space sectors. 
• Build and maintain executive-level relationships with government agencies, prime contractors, commercial aerospace companies, strategic partners, and emerging technology organizations.
• Lead capture strategies, pipeline development, proposal support activities, and business development efforts for major defense, aerospace, and space programs.
• Identify and evaluate new product opportunities, strategic partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, adjacent markets, and technology applications that leverage the company's core capabilities.
• Partner closely with Engineering, Operations, Program Management, Contracts, and Executive Leadership teams to align growth initiatives with manufacturing capacity, product roadmaps, and customer requirements.

Required and Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Engineering, Business, Marketing, Finance, or a related field with significant leadership experience in aerospace, defense, space, advanced manufacturing, or technology industries. 
• Minimum 15 years of progressive leadership experience with at least 10 years driving business development, strategic growth, market expansion, capture management, or executive leadership initiatives. 
• Demonstrated success developing and executing growth strategies that result in significant revenue expansion, customer acquisition, and market penetration. 
• Strong understanding of aerospace and defense business practices, government contracting environments, capture management, and strategic customer engagement. 
• Nice to have: MBA, experience with space systems, satellites, power electronics, motion control technologies, batteries, DoD programs, NASA programs, ITAR environments, and existing relationships across aerospace and defense markets.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Strategic growth leader with a proven ability to scale organizations and drive measurable business expansion.
• Strong relationship builder capable of influencing executive stakeholders, government agencies, prime contractors, and commercial customers.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to identify emerging market opportunities and convert them into long-term revenue streams.
• Collaborative leader who can bridge engineering, operations, and commercial functions to execute growth initiatives successfully.
• Passionate about helping advance aerospace, defense, and space technologies through innovative business development strategies.

What Success Looks Like

• Significant growth in bookings, revenue, and market share.
• Expansion of strategic aerospace, defense, and space customer relationships.
• Increased proposal win rates and capture effectiveness.
• Successful identification and execution of new market and product opportunities.
• Establishment of scalable business development processes, forecasting methodologies, and growth metrics.
• Strong alignment between company strategy, customer demand, engineering development, and manufacturing execution. 

Why Join This Team?

• Help guide the next phase of growth for a recognized leader in advanced motion control and power technologies.
• Work directly with executive leadership on high-impact aerospace, defense, and space initiatives.
• Influence strategic direction across multiple high-growth technology markets.
• Develop partnerships with some of the worlds leading defense, aerospace, and space organizations.
• Join a company experiencing significant expansion while supporting mission-critical technologies used in some of the most demanding applications in the world