Vannevar Labs

Silicon Valley technology for the country's most critical national security problems

Senior Growth Director

Growth MarketingGrowth MarketingFull TimeRemoteTeam 11-50Since 2019H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

61 days ago

Salary

$180K - $250K / year

Bachelor Degree8 yrs expEnglish

Job Description

• Shape & execute growth strategies • Drive full-cycle pursuit strategies for PEO and PMW opportunities—from early shaping, to capture, to competitive positioning, to contract close. • Identify program headwinds, acquisition timelines, budget patterns, and technical needs to define where Vannevar can build meaningful, wedge-in footholds. • Translate long-term PEO priorities into actionable near-term BD and capture campaigns. • Build and own senior customer relationships • Develop trusted relationships across program offices. • Serve as a strategic partner to senior USN leaders, understanding constraints, modernization plans, and where Vannevar’s technologies can enable operational advantage. • Deliver major growth outcomes • Shape, pursue, and secure multi-year programs and new starts in the $25M–$50M+ annual range. • Own opportunity qualification, bid/no-bid recommendations, competitive analysis, teaming strategy, and price-to-win perspectives. • Lead internal coordination across engineering, product, mission, legal, and leadership to ensure high-probability, high-quality proposals. • Build pipeline and forecast growth • Build a disciplined pipeline across targeted PEO portfolios and maintain clear visibility into opportunity stages, risks, and maturity. • Partner with Mission Systems leadership to connect long-term strategic campaigns with near-term capture actions and resource needs. • Represent Vannevar to customers and partners • Communicate Vannevar’s value proposition, product capabilities, and technical differentiation to senior acquisition and program leaders. • Collaborate with industry partners and primes when teaming magnifies probability of win or program execution success.

Job Requirements

  • 8+ years in defense growth or business development with proven experience shaping and winning meaningful programs.
  • Deep familiarity with PEO structures, PMWs, acquisition pathways, and budget cycles
  • Demonstrated experience driving early program shaping, customer intimacy, requirements influence, and competitive capture strategy.
  • Ability to own large, complex pursuits—from identifying early-stage opportunities to leading proposal development and closing.
  • Experience interacting with senior Navy leaders, government stakeholders, and industry counterparts with trust, credibility, and discretion.
  • Strong strategic instincts—able to zoom out to understand multi-year PEO strategies while driving day-to-day capture execution.
  • Hunger to operate inside a fast-paced national security startup, where ambiguity is constant and ownership is large.

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Remote friendly with WeWork access
  • Unlimited PTO, shared downtime during the federal holiday calendar, and company-wide off time at the end of each year
  • 401(k) match
  • Lifestyle & wellbeing stipends
  • Salary top-up during military reserve duty
  • Fully paid parental leave
  • Child and pet care reimbursement during travel

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