Business Development Director – Department of War (DoW) Portfolio

About the position

REI Systems’ mission is to deliver reliable, innovative technology solutions that advance federal missions and exceed expectations. For 35+ years, REI has supported government organizations with technology that transforms operations and improves outcomes for millions of citizens, warfighters, and analysts. We take a Mindful Modernization® approach in delivering our services—including application modernization, cyber readiness, case management, logistics systems, data engineering, AI/ML solutions, and digital transformation programs. This approach ensures measurable mission impact by aligning people, processes, and technology to DoW's operational environment and readiness objectives. REI is rapidly expanding its use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to help federal agencies—including DoW—enhance mission speed, improve situational awareness, modernize legacy systems, strengthen cybersecurity, and deliver real-time insights at enterprise scale. We expect our growth leaders to understand how AI enables new mission capabilities, shapes capture strategies, and differentiates REI in highly competitive DoW markets. Employees voted REI Systems a Washington Post Top Workplace in 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025.

Responsibilities

  • Own and drive net-new business development, pipeline creation, and bookings across DoW components (e.g., Army, Air Force, Navy/USMC, DISA, DHA, 4th Estate agencies).
  • Accountable for full lifecycle business development, including market intelligence, opportunity identification, qualification, shaping, and strategic pursuit leadership.
  • Establish and expand trusted advisor relationships with senior government stakeholders (SES, Flag-level, and Program Executive Offices) while positioning REI for long-term growth within the DoW ecosystem.
  • Lead pipeline development and account expansion strategies, owning a qualified pipeline aligned to REI’s digital transformation portfolio.
  • Develop strategic account penetration, incumbent displacement strategies, and competitive positioning across key DoW accounts.
  • Support and influence capture strategy, win themes, teaming strategy, price-to-win alignment, and proposal shaping activities (Black Hat, Blue Team, Gold Team reviews) in partnership with Capture Managers.
  • Lead partner ecosystem development, establishing and managing strategic relationships with large and small business partners to strengthen REI’s position on priority pursuits.
  • Partner closely with Capture Managers, Solution Architects, Pricing, Recruiting, Delivery, and Executive Leadership to ensure alignment from opportunity identification through award and successful delivery.
  • Leverage AI-powered market intelligence to identify DoW mission trends, competitor shifts, S&T priorities, and pre-RFP indicators.
  • Use AI-enabled tools for rapid opportunity assessments, customer analysis, risk reviews, and competitive insights.
  • Apply AI to generate high-quality growth artifacts including call plans, value propositions, discriminator maps, storyboard drafts, and pursuit strategies.
  • Integrate AI outputs into capture and solution strategies while enforcing accuracy, traceability, and compliance.
  • Champion AI adoption across the BD and capture organization by modeling best practices and identifying new DoW-specific AI use cases.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree required (Business, IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field).
  • 10+ years of experience in IT business development or sales within DoW markets.
  • Demonstrated success identifying, shaping, and winning large DoW programs (> \$50M).
  • Strong understanding of DoW acquisition processes (FAR/DFARS), budget cycles (POM), and agency buying patterns.
  • Experience building customer relationships across multiple DoW components.
  • Proven success leading cross-functional pursuit teams in complex environments.
  • Excellent communication, executive engagement, and relationship-building skills.
  • Ability to operate in a fast-paced, high-growth, highly competitive environment.
  • Self-motivated, confident, and entrepreneurial.
  • Thrives in a high-energy, mission-focused environment.
  • Strong executive presence and polished communication style.
  • Strategic thinker who anticipates customer needs and competitive shifts.
  • Demonstrates integrity, humility, and strong values.
  • Hands-on leader with the ability to execute and influence across teams.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a DoW clearance strongly preferred; existing clearance highly desirable.

Nice-to-haves

  • Existing DoW clearance highly desirable.

Benefits

  • Washington Post Top Workplace recognition
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