Government Business Development Manager
About the job
- At least three years of business development experience selling services to federal, state, or local government.
- A demonstrated record of originating opportunities, developing productive teaming relationships, or helping secure government contracts.
- Working knowledge of public procurement, competitive solicitations, and government sales cycles.
- Strong communication, relationship development, and opportunity qualification skills.
- Ability to explain personal contributions to previous pursuits and their outcomes.
- Ability to develop a pipeline independently and maintain momentum through lengthy procurement cycles.
- Experience in either federal contracting or state and local government is sufficient; an established network across every market is not required.
- Originate and qualify government consulting opportunities aligned with AlphaGov’s services.
- Build relationships with agency leaders, program managers, human resources executives, and procurement teams.
- Identify upcoming needs through agency priorities, procurement forecasts, direct outreach, and industry events.
- Develop teaming and subcontracting relationships with government contractors and consulting firms.
- Support bid/no-bid decisions and capture planning with buyer insights, competitive intelligence, and positioning recommendations.
- Coordinate with the proposal team on sources-sought notices, requests for information, and competitive solicitations.
- Maintain clear opportunity records, anticipated procurement timelines, and next steps.
- Follow applicable procurement communication rules and AlphaGov’s opportunity approval process.
- Experience selling consulting, workforce services, research, analytics, organizational improvement, or program evaluation.
- Established relationships with buyers in AlphaGov’s service areas.
- Capture management for competitive government opportunities.
- Experience developing prime contractor and subcontractor partnerships.
About the company
AlphaHire provides a workforce intelligence platform for capital-intensive industries such as construction, data centers, energy, and private equity. It uses signals from hundreds of sources across many labor markets to deliver current, decision-ready data on labor availability, compensation trends, and hiring competition, not as a recruiting service. The platform offers structured products—Labor Availability Assessments, Workforce Due Diligence for M&A, Expansion Readiness, and Workforce Risk Monitoring—to support capital decisions. Its goal is to help executives and investors reduce operational risk and improve project cost outcomes through better workforce planning and risk visibility.
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
N/A
Founded
2018
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- September 2026 data center tracker flags 140-plus competing projects and constrained electricians.
- AlphaHire says live compensation intelligence runs on trailing 90-day offer activity.
- The 2026 research lab ties federal-award data to near-term demand spikes.
What critics are saying
- AlphaHire depends on public data, and OEWS lags live market moves by twelve months.
- Competitors copy market dashboards fast; Bloomberg, Lightcast, and LinkedIn can bundle alternatives.
- If data-center capex freezes in 2027, AlphaHire's premium labor-intelligence category shrinks fast.
What makes AlphaHire unique
- Founded 2018, AlphaHire sells decision-grade workforce intelligence, not recruiting or staffing.
- Its 2026 Observatory monitors 180 labor markets and 500-plus sources continuously.
- Labor Availability Assessment and Early Warning System frame Go, Conditional, No-Go capital decisions.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- 401(k) Company Match
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- Performance Bonus