Business Development Account Manager, Air Force

Red Cedar TG is seeking a dynamic, proactive, and self-starting Business Development Account Manager to join our team.
Compensation for this position ranges from $150,000 - $185,000 and is based on geographical location, qualifications, and experience. This position is also eligible for a generous commission package.
Responsibilities
As the Business Development Account Manager for the Air Force market, the successful candidate will contribute to the strategic planning and growth of Red Cedar TG an SBA-certified, tribally owned 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Business, and its affiliates. The position will report to the Director of Business Development and will develop and execute a comprehensive growth strategy for Red Cedar TG’s Information Technology services within the U.S. Air Force, with a primary emphasis on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Air Force Materiel Command, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Air Force Research Laboratory, and adjacent mission organizations.
The Business Development Account Manager will own and maintain multi-year account and growth plans, develop a qualified opportunity pipeline, identify and engage government and industry stakeholders, and position Red Cedar TG ahead of customer demand. The position will build trusted customer and partner relationships, monitor mission priorities, budgets, acquisition forecasts, and procurement activity, and translate market intelligence into actionable business development and capture strategies.
The position will identify, qualify, shape, and advance new business opportunities through disciplined Bid/No Bid and gate reviews. Capture responsibilities include customer engagement, opportunity strategy, competitive intelligence, Black Hat analysis, solution framing in coordination with technical leaders, price-to-win support, win strategy development, and teaming strategy. The position will distinguish between business development, capture, and proposal responsibilities while maintaining continuity across the lifecycle.
The Business Development Account Manager will identify value-adding partners; support the negotiation of nondisclosure agreements, teaming agreements, and related partner arrangements; assess organizational conflicts of interest; and align partner capabilities, past performance, and customer access to pursuit requirements. During proposal development, the position will transition validated capture intelligence, customer requirements, competitive insights, and win strategies to the assigned proposal manager and remain engaged as the account and capture lead.
The position will collaborate across executive leadership, program operations, technical delivery, contracts, pricing, recruiting, security, marketing, and proposal management to align growth strategy with organizational capability and delivery readiness. Post-award, the position will maintain executive-level customer relationships, support account reviews, monitor customer satisfaction and delivery performance, identify contract growth opportunities, and position the company for follow-on work and recompetes.
Success will be measured through the quality and growth of the qualified pipeline, customer and partner engagement, opportunity progression, forecast accuracy, capture milestone performance, awards, revenue growth, account expansion, and alignment between proposed solutions and Red Cedar TG’s delivery capabilities. Performance will be evaluated based on development and maintenance of a qualified Air Force pipeline; customer, partner, and stakeholder engagement; accuracy of opportunity qualification and forecasts; completion of capture milestones; opportunity progression; quality of capture-to-proposal transition; awards; revenue growth; expansion of existing accounts; and alignment of pursuits with company capabilities, contract access, and delivery capacity.
Requirements
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- Resides in or near the Dayton, Ohio, or Wright-Patterson AFB market and maintains an established network of Air Force, federal acquisition, industry, small-business, and teaming-partner relationships.
- Direct business development, capture, account management, acquisition, program management, or mission-support experience with Air Force Materiel Command, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Air Force Research Laboratory, National Air and Space Intelligence Center, Air Force Sustainment Center, or related Air Force and Space Force organizations.
- Prior Air Force, Space Force, Department of Defense civilian, acquisition workforce, program office, systems engineering, logistics, sustainment, or industry account experience that provides practical understanding of customer missions, organizational culture, budgeting, and decision-making.
- Experience capturing new business across federal information technology services, including IT operations and maintenance, enterprise architecture and business system modeling, cybersecurity and risk management, cloud infrastructure, data management and analytics, systems integration, system modernization and migration, and software and application development, including databases, web and mobile applications, data warehousing, dashboards, and workflow automation.
- Experience developing and managing multiple affiliated-company, joint venture, mentor-protégé, or partner pipelines concurrently while maintaining clear account ownership, opportunity alignment, workshare strategy, and forecast integrity.
- Demonstrated experience building go-to-market strategies for new capabilities, service offerings, contract vehicles, customers, or mission areas.
- Experience developing customer value propositions, solution concepts, white papers, Requests for Information responses, capability briefings, and other pre-solicitation content used to shape customer understanding and position future opportunities.
- Experience supporting federal proposal development by transferring validated capture intelligence, customer insights, competitive assessments, win strategies, partner inputs, and solution direction to proposal management teams.
- Experience supporting or delivering oral presentations, capability briefings, solution demonstrations, and executive-level customer presentations.
- Demonstrated teaming and partner-management experience, including identifying strategic partners and supporting negotiation of nondisclosure agreements, teaming agreements, workshare arrangements, and related business terms.
- Familiarity with Shipley, KSI, APMP, or comparable business development and capture methodologies.
About Red Cedar TG
Headquartered in New Braunfels, TX, Red Cedar TG is focused on delivering enterprise application architecture, project management, and telecommunications solutions to federal, state, local government, and commercial clients. We deliver information technology support, solutions, engineering, architectures, telecom cloud solutions, and engineering and consulting services to Federal Government and commercial clients. We also specialize in fiber optic solutions, Cat-6 network cabling, and all other low voltage cabling solutions.
Red Cedar TG is owned by the Modoc Nation of Miami, Oklahoma, a federally recognized Native American Tribe, and is a registered SBA Small Disadvantaged Business and certified 8(a) company.
At Red Cedar TG, we know employee well-being is important. That’s why we’re committed to making resources available to you that will enable you to become happier, healthier, and more productive in all areas of your life. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package including:
- Generous PTO Package
- 11 Paid Holidays
- Health Benefits Effective Immediately
- 401K and Immediate Company Matching
- Education Assistance
- Paid Parental Leave
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability; veteran status; or any other status protected by law. We are proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.