Technical Business Development Specialist

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 30 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 Lab 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.

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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 Technical Business Development Specialist we are looking for to support Sandia’s national security initiatives. Our 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.

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. 

Essential duties include:

• 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; and
• Lead technology transfer initiatives to deploy national security systems.

• Bachelor's Degree in related field. (required)
• Advanced degree in related field. (preferred)

• Experience with business development concepts (ex - strategy, marketing, communications, business management, engineering, international relations).
• Experience with customer engagement related to federal government agencies preferred.
• Experience in strategy development and implementation. preferred.
• Due to federal contract security requirements, this position requires U.S. Citizenship. 
• 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. 
• Successful candidates will be able to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. This job posting reflects management’s assignment of essential functions and the descriptions listed do not restrict management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
• Health & Safety training, medical monitoring, and client-driven drug and background testing. (required)

Please note that marijuana remains a Schedule III controlled substance under Federal Law. Federal contractors must follow Federal drug-free workplace rules, which prohibit marijuana use, even if medical or recreational use is permitted under State Law. 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS & LOCATION DETAILS:

• Experience with customer engagement related to federal government agencies
• Experience in strategy development and implementation
• Active DOE Q or Top-Secret security clearance
• Sandia National Lab – Albuquerque, NM.
• 2-3 year contract duration.
• Onsite position.