Business Development Manager - Military Veterans

Req #: R153643

Location(s):

• SA - Jeddah

In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next!

When it comes to what you want in your career, if you can imagine it, you can do it at Parsons.  Imagine a career working with intelligent, diverse people sharing a common quest. Imagine a workplace where you can be yourself. Where you can thrive. Where you can find your next, right now. We’ve got what you’re looking for.

Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Senior Business Development Manager to join our team! In this role you will get to lead our business growth and capture activity in the Jeddah / South West region of Saudi Arabia.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Develop and execute comprehensive capture strategies in partnership with operations, business development and disciplinary management teams to produce winning results.

• Provide leadership and oversight to the development and preparation of major proposals, qualification statements, expressions of interest, presentations, and other business acquisition materials.

• Understands business negotiations and recognizes and acts upon opportunities to promote the Company’s expertise and successful past performance. 

• Responsible for market specific partner identification and relationship building for execution of unique technical and engineering solutions.

• Perform detailed analysis of RFP/RFQ/RFI documents to assess requirements and develop compelling proposal narratives and pricing strategies that demonstrate our value proposition.

• Support project schedule development and project approach for successful delivery of strategic programs. 

• Identify opportunities that drive new business growth from Identification through Award. 

• Foster team collaboration and bring new differentiated solutions to clients.

• Develop and oversee the creation of high-quality marketing materials and winning proposals.

• Keep abreast of market and industry trends to understand price to win and adjacent growth opportunities.

• Understand competitor capabilities; devise plans to position the company to be successful in pursuits aligned with our capabilities.

• Perform other capture-related responsibilities, as assigned.

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• BS degree in Engineering, Environmental Sciences or Business (or equivalent)

• 15+ years of experience industry experience inclusive of 5+ years in a business development capacity.

• Demonstrated history fostering team collaboration and envisioning differentiated solutions to solve client challenges.

• A track record of successful captures and proposal submissions with proven results in the development and execution of capture plans.

• Advanced client relationships and ability to interface at all levels within client organizations.

• Familiar with contract terminology and provisions, proposal pricing, negotiations, period of performance evaluations / project schedules, and ability to adapt them for new work as appropriate.

• Strong facilitation, leadership, and communication skills to lead capture teams through the entire pursuit lifecycle.

• Ability to multitask, supporting multiple projects at once amid rapidly shifting priorities.

• Excellent written, interpersonal, and communication skills; ability to write executive summaries, engaging presentations, and other technical and non-technical proposal sections.

• Ability and desire to take-on new challenges and highly technical pursuits for new work.

• An ability to evaluate markets and support customer engagement to deliver winning proposal solutions.

• An exceptional ability to favorably represent the Company, to cultivate new clients, and to negotiate with key members of other firms to achieve Parsons’ business goals.

Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.

We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!