Business Development Director Jobs in Virginia
Business Development Director jobs in Virginia are concentrated in defense contracting, federal IT services, and professional services consulting, with demand anchored by the dense government contractor ecosystem around Northern Virginia and secondary markets in Richmond and Virginia Beach. Established firms like Leidos, SAIC, and Booz Allen Hamilton regularly hire at this level to pursue new federal and commercial contracts. The most in-demand specialties are capture management, strategic partnerships, and government program expansion. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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ASRC Federal is seeking a Federal Civilian Business Development Director to support the Civilian and Health Operating Group.
Summary: Reporting directly to the Vice President, Business Development for the Civilian and Health (C&H) Operating Group, this position will partner with C&H leadership to drive the organization's strategic growth objectives by developing and refining an understanding of customers' most important needs, building/owning a pipeline and creating/leading winning strategies.
The position will be located at our ASRC Federal HQ in Reston, Virginia, with occasional travel to client location(s), industry conferences and events.
Key Role:
This role is responsible for the identification and qualification of new business opportunities across the Civilian and Health markets. It will entail establishing and developing customer intimacy, win strategy development, and solicitation shaping, and it will entail close partnership with capture, proposal, and delivery teams to win new business and recompetes. The ideal candidate will have a proven record of establishing robust opportunity pipelines that leverage corporate capabilities; building and executing call plans marketing a company’s capabilities to prospective and existing clients; identifying industry conferences, symposiums, industry days, and other events in which to invest; and partnering with executive leadership, peers, operations staff, and capture support to execute business development plans, submit bids, and win deals. The ideal candidate will be expected to "roll up their sleeves" in authoring persuasive narratives for SSN, RFI, and RFQ/RFP responses along with preparing customer briefings and leading teams to write white papers. Demonstrated experience successfully pursuing prime contracting opportunities is a fundamental requirement.
Specific responsibilities include:
- Build onto the federal civilian new business pipeline including opportunity identification, qualification, shaping, and positioning leading to the successful capture of multiple opportunities each FY.
- Grow the opportunity pipeline, through diligent and timely identification and qualification of new business opportunities that leverage current technologies, customer intimacies, and inter-company collaboration.
- Direct and support new business development opportunities to improve the company's business portfolio to include marketing and executing customer call plans.
- Obtain marketing intelligence and competitive data pertaining to potential targeted pursuits and develop marketing strategies, value proposition and win strategy shaped to the customer.
- Participate in bid decisions, development of pricing strategies, and phase reviews.
- Conduct customer visits and perform research to understand current and emerging customer needs and requirements
- Interface with industry peers and recommend teaming arrangements.
- Establish, build, and maintain customer relationships and assess competitor capabilities aligned to specific customers in federal health marketplace.
- Work collaboratively with multiple components of the larger ASRC Federal enterprise, to include other Operating Groups, Shared Services, the Technology Committee and the ASRC Federal Senior Leadership Team to ensure appropriate policies and procedures are adhered to.
- Support creation and execution of multi-year business development strategies.
- Bachelor's Degree or relevant 10+ years of business experience.
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant business development experience.
- Demonstrated success as a business development leader in the federal civilian marketspace.
- Demonstrated success in leading and winning contracts > $50M or of comparable size and scope.
- Ability to identify, establish and use important customer relationships with government leadership and program stakeholders to win new business.
- Possess versatile and persuasive written and presentation communication skills.
- Ability to establish and maintain productive customer and industry participant networks.
- Experience in management of bid and proposal budgets.
- Must have US Citizenship and ability to gain access to customer sites
EEO Statement
ASRC Federal and its Subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, age, national origin, religion, disability, protected veteran status, or any other factor prohibited by applicable law.
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What Virginia Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in business development director jobs across Virginia.
- Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or a related field required
- Seven or more years of progressive business development or sales experience
- Proven experience winning government contracts or managing federal client relationships
- Strong knowledge of the Virginia and Mid-Atlantic commercial or public-sector landscape
- Demonstrated ability to build pipelines and close complex enterprise deals
- Active security clearance or eligibility to obtain one preferred by many Virginia employers
Business Development Director Jobs in Virginia: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a business development director in Virginia?
Business development directors in Virginia do not require a state-issued license, but the most common path runs through a bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or a technical field followed by progressive sales or account management experience. In Virginia's dominant government contracting sector, candidates who develop familiarity with federal acquisition processes and hold or can obtain a security clearance move to director-level roles faster. Titles like senior business development manager or capture manager are typical stepping stones.
Which companies hire business development directors in Virginia?
Companies currently hiring business development directors in Virginia include Akima, Peraton, and Rocket Lab USA, per current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Virginia's concentration of defense contractors, federal IT firms, and professional services companies means large-scale government-facing employers make up a significant share of director-level hiring in the state.
Which Virginia cities have the most business development director jobs?
McLean, Reston, and Arlington lead Virginia for business development director openings. Northern Virginia, anchored by the dense cluster of defense and intelligence contractors in Tysons, Reston, and Arlington, drives the bulk of the volume, while Richmond's commercial and financial services base and Virginia Beach's ties to military and logistics clients fill out demand in those markets.
Are there remote business development director jobs in Virginia?
Yes, and more than many senior leadership roles, since much of the work involves relationship management and strategy that can be handled off-site. About 89% of business development director openings tied to Virginia are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, though many government contractor roles require periodic on-site presence or mandate a cleared facility. Pipeline development, proposal strategy, and client outreach work are the functions most commonly performed remotely.
How can I get hired as a business development director in Virginia with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is through a sales or account management role inside a Virginia government contractor or professional services firm, then building toward a business development manager title before reaching director level. Large Virginia employers like Leidos, SAIC, and General Dynamics IT run associate business development and capture analyst programs that train candidates on federal acquisition and proposal processes. A Project Management Professional credential or coursework in federal procurement gives candidates without a long tenure a measurable edge.
Where can I find and apply to business development director jobs in Virginia?
You can find and apply to business development director jobs in Virginia on Migrate Mate, which lists current Virginia openings updated regularly. Search the listings to identify roles that match your experience, industry focus, and preferred location, then apply directly to the ones that fit.
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