Business Development Associate

Role Overview

Ideal Aerosmith is seeking a motivated and growth-oriented Business Development Associate to support strategic growth across U.S. Government and Department of Defense customers. This role is ideal for a candidate looking to expand from marketing, communications, program support, or customer engagement into a business development and capture-focused career path. The Business Development Associate will support customer engagement, opportunity identification, trade show and event coordination, market research, proposal development, and capture activities across the Government Systems portfolio.

What You Will Do

Support development and execution of Government Systems growth strategies, assist with customer engagement activities, coordinate customer visits, technical demonstrations, site tours, and industry engagements, help identify emerging customer needs, capability gaps, and acquisition priorities, and maintain customer contact records.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This position provides a defined growth path into senior business development, capture management, and strategic growth leadership. Ideal Aerosmith is seeking a motivated and growth-oriented Business Development Associate to support strategic growth across U.S. Government and Department of Defense customers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Engineering, Political Science, or a related field
• 3–8 years of experience in business development, marketing, communications, program support, defense industry operations, or related fields
• Strong interest in U.S. Government and Department of Defense acquisition and technology development
• Ability to learn Government contracting and acquisition processes
• U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident required due to ITAR-controlled work

Benefits

• Competitive benefits
• Supportive work environment
• Every other Friday off to recharge
• Health, dental, vision, and voluntary benefits
• 401K with company match
• Company-paid holidays
• Paid time off for vacation and personal time