
VA - BD Lead
Reston, VAJob$180–220K/yrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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Job overview
SAIC seeks a Business Development Lead to own growth for its Department of Veterans Affairs account. The role develops and executes the account strategy, shapes opportunities across VA organizations, builds stakeholder relationships, and leads opportunities from early positioning through proposal submission and award. The lead partners with internal teams on proposals and pricing, supports existing work and recompetes, and reports pipeline and forecasts to leadership.
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Description
SAIC is seeking a Business Development Lead to own growth for our Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) account. You will identify and shape opportunities across VA organizations, build trusted relationships with program and acquisition stakeholders, and own opportunities from early positioning through proposal submission and award.
Role Description
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Develop and execute a business development strategy and pipeline for the VA account, including VHA, VBA, and the Office of Information & Technology (OIT)
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Identify, qualify, and track opportunities using SAM.gov, GovWin, FPDS, forecasts, and market intelligence
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Build and maintain relationships with program managers, contracting officers, small business specialists, and industry partners
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Lead opportunity planning, including customer engagement, win strategy, competitive analysis, and teaming decisions
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Partner with proposal, finance, legal, and delivery teams to produce compliant, compelling proposals and pricing
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Attend industry days, one-on-one meetings, and VA events to position the company far ahead of RFP release
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Identify and negotiate teaming arrangements, subcontracts, and partnerships, including with small and Veteran-owned businesses
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Support expansion and recompetes on existing VA work by working closely with program delivery leads
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Maintain accurate CRM records and report on pipeline, win probability, and forecast to leadership
Qualifications
Required
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Bachelors degree and 17 years of experience, Masters and 15 years of experience.
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Must have 8+ years of business development or capture experience in federal government contracting, with direct experience supporting the VA
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Working knowledge of the federal acquisition process, including FAR, GSA schedules, NASA SEWP, VA T4NG2 or similar vehicles, and small business set-aside programs
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Strong understanding of VA mission, organization, and priorities
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Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills
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Proven ability to build relationships and influence without direct authority
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Must be a U.S. Citizen, and the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust may be required.
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Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Preferred
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Experience in healthcare IT, clinical or program support services, or [your core service area]
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Shipley, APMP Foundation or Practitioner, or similar certification
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Existing network within VA or among VA prime and sub contractors
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Veteran or military spouse experience is valued but not required
Target salary range: $180,001 - $220,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
REQNUMBER: 2618906
SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability
How this job compares
Set against the 21,229 open Business Development jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 13, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$180–220K/yr
- Virginia median$145–212K/yr596 salary ranges
- US median$125–200K/yr15,520 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $200K, is 11% above the Virginia median midpoint ($180K) — in the middle half of Business Development salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 707 open Business Development jobs in Virginia and 21,229 across the US. 12% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Business Development postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (17,133 postings).
- Education
- 6,297 of the 21,229 open Business Development jobs (30%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 13, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.
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