Business Development Associate

Position Summary

Odyssey is seeking a Business Development Associate to support the company’s growth across the U.S. Air Force, Army or Navy markets. This individual will help identify, develop, and capture new business opportunities while building and maintaining relationships with Air Force, Army or Navy customers, program offices, industry partners, and other key stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will bring 3-5 years of experience in business development, capture, account management, or growth within the Air Force, Army or Navy markets, with a strong understanding of defense organizations, acquisition processes, mission priorities, and the defense contracting environment.

This is a highly collaborative role requiring a combination of customer engagement, market intelligence, opportunity development, pipeline management, and proposal/capture support.

What Success Looks Like

Within the first 6–12 months, the successful candidate will have developed a strong understanding of Odyssey's capabilities, established relationships with key Air Force, Ary or Navy stakeholders, identified and qualified new opportunities, expanded the company's Air Force, Army or Navy pipelines, and contributed meaningfully to capture and growth activities.

Responsibilities

Duties include, but not limited to:

• Develop and execute business development strategies focused on growth within the Air Force, Army, or Navy.
• Identify, qualify, and track new business opportunities across Air Force, Army or Navy organizations and program offices.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with customers, government stakeholders, industry partners, and teaming organizations.
• Monitor defense budgets, acquisition plans, solicitations, recompetes, and emerging mission requirements to identify potential opportunities.
• Support the development and management of the business development pipeline and opportunity forecasts.
• Conduct customer research and develop account strategies for priority organizations and programs.
• Coordinate with technical, program management, contracts, pricing, and executive leadership teams to develop competitive solutions.
• Support capture activities, including customer engagement, competitive intelligence, win strategy development, teaming, and solution shaping.
• Contribute to responses to Requests for Information (RFIs), Sources Sought notices, White Papers, Requests for Proposals (RFPs), and other government opportunities.
• Represent Odyssey at industry days, conferences, government-industry events, and customer meetings.
• Maintain accurate opportunity information and customer engagement activities within the company's CRM system.
• Provide regular business development updates, pipeline reports, and market intelligence to company leadership.
• Identify potential strategic partners and develop teaming relationships that strengthen Odyssey's defense offerings.

Qualifications

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen

Minimum Required Qualifications

Clearance: Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance, if required by assigned programs.

Education: Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, government, marketing, or a related field.

Years of Experience: 3-5 years of professional experience in business development, capture management, sales, program management, or a related growth function supporting the U.S. Air Force, Army or Navy.

• Demonstrated understanding of the defense acquisition and contracting environment.
• Established relationships or familiarity with Air Force, Army or Navy program offices, organizations, and acquisition stakeholders.
• Experience identifying and qualifying government business opportunities.
• Experience supporting proposals, captures, RFIs, Sources Sought responses, or other federal business development activities.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with senior executives, government customers, technical teams, and industry partners.
• Ability to manage multiple opportunities and priorities in a deadline-driven environment.

Preferred Qualifications

Clearance: Active or recently active Secret or higher security clearance .

Education: Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, government, marketing, or a related field.

Years of Experience: 5+ years of professional experience in business development, capture management, sales, program management, or a related growth function supporting the U.S. Air Force, Army or Navy.

• Existing relationships within defense program offices or major defense installations.
• Experience supporting defense acquisition organizations and/or Program Executive Offices.
• Experience with IDIQs, GWACs, BPAs, OTAs, GSA vehicles, and other federal contracting mechanisms.
• Experience with defense modernization, acquisition, engineering, logistics, IT, cybersecurity, systems engineering, or mission support programs.
• Familiarity with DoW budget and planning processes.
• Experience working for a federal government contractor.

The Successful Candidate Will Be

• Customer-focused – able to develop trusted relationships and understand customer mission needs.
• Opportunity-oriented – able to identify emerging requirements and translate them into actionable business opportunities.
• Connected – familiar with the defense contracting and acquisition ecosystem.
• Collaborative – able to work across technical, operational, contracts, and executive teams.
• Strategic and analytical – capable of evaluating markets, competitors, requirements, and potential partners.
• Proactive – comfortable operating independently and developing opportunities before they become formal procurements.

Additional Information

Location: Strong preference candidates for near major Air Force, Army or Navy installations. Remote is a possibility, but would require heavy travel.

Travel: 25-50%

Remote, Onsite, or Hybrid: Hybrid preferred, but will entertain remote.

Company Overview

Odyssey is a world-class technical, engineering, and integration company serving the warfighting ecosystem with airborne integration, ISR, C2, and warfighter readiness capabilities. Odyssey meets the military’s operational needs by integrating layered defense systems from equipment, technology, and services to data, information, and business operations. We streamline defense acquisition and sustainment, engineering the technical battlefield with domain-specific proficiency to ensure lethality. Odyssey is dedicated to excellent contract execution, peak organizational performance, and fostering a workplace built on employee care.

Odyssey is proud to live out our core values of commitment, ambition, and respect in our work and communities through OdysseyCares , a philanthropic group focused on giving back through direct donations, an employer match program, and volunteering events.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals With Disabilities

Please Note:

Final compensation for this position will be determined by various factors such as the Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant work experience, specific skills and competencies, geographic location, education, and certifications.

This position is filled through continuous recruitment and will remain open until a sufficient pool of applications has been received.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, Tricare supplement, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, employee assistance program, learning and development benefit, paid time off, and holidays.