Technical Business Development Specialist

Overview

Longenecker & Associates (L&A), a Geosyntec Company, is a trusted partner enabling critical missions across the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) complex for more than 35 years. We contribute to DOE’s nuclear security and environmental remediation enterprise by providing the highest-caliber staff and experts. We are seeking a motivated Technical Business Development Specialist to contribute to our mission supporting our work at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM.

Geosyntec is an innovative, international engineering and consulting firm serving private and public-sector clients to address new ventures and complex problems involving our environment, natural resources, and civil infrastructure. Our engineers, scientists, technical and project employees serve our clients from offices across the world. Ranked by ENR as one of the top environmental engineering design firms, Geosyntec is internationally known for its technical leadership, broad experience, and exceptional client service.

We invest in our people.  Each employee is unique, and your career at Geosyntec will be too.  We offer competitive pay and benefits, and well-being programs to support you and your family.

To Learn More Visit: http://www.geosyntec.com/careers/.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Are you passionate about your work and dream of driving business development and technology strategies in innovative science and technology environments? You could be the Business Development and Partnerships Professional our client is looking for to support Sandia’s national security initiatives. The department provides integrated business development and partnerships specialists that are embedded directly with mission and technology teams to realize program development, strategy and partnering objectives.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Implement stakeholder and partnership engagement strategies (DoD, NNSA and others)
• Develop and execute critical initiatives for national security programs and technologies
• Develop and translate technology speak into the “So What” for technology applications
• Discover and analyze market factors and national security requirements and trends
• Lead technology transfer initiatives to deploy national security systems

The National Security Partnerships and Business Development Department is responsible for providing embedded business development support to Sandia’s mission programs and portfolios to enable the development of national security programs and partnerships. The department is responsible for the creation and implementation of programmatic and technology strategy, capture planning, federal, academic and industry engagement and other marketing and business development efforts for the groups it supports.

Education and Licensure

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field OR equivalent experience and education

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

REQUIRED SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience with business development concepts (ex - strategy, marketing, communications, business management, engineering, international relations)
• Due to federal contract security requirements, this position requires U.S. Citizenship. (required)
• Due to federal contract security requirements, candidates must be able to successfully pass a federal background investigation to secure and maintain DOE Q security clearance. (required)
• Health & Safety training, medical monitoring, and client-driven drug and background testing. (required)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS & LOCATION DETAILS:

• Master's Degree in relevant field.
• Experience with customer engagement related to federal government agencies
• Experience in strategy development and implementation
• Active DOE Q or TS/SCI Clearance. 
• Contract Duration - 2 to 3 years
• Onsite work in Albuqurque, NM. 

Please note that federal contractors are required to maintain a drug-free workplace. Regardless of state laws permitting medical or recreational marijuana use, employees working under federal contracts may be subject to federal requirements that prohibit marijuana use.

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