
Business Development Consultant
Lexington, KYFull-time$110–133K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Business Development Consultant will grow Applied Technology business across the Army Special Operations Forces enterprise, building stakeholder relationships and creating market opportunities. The role demonstrates products, supports customers and capture efforts, translates operational requirements for development teams, and collaborates across business development, engineering, field services, and management. It also supports testing, technical experiments, trade shows, industry days, and customer engagements.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Benefits
Full job description
Experience Required
10 - 20 years
Minimum Education Required
Bachelor's Degree
Compensation
$109,500.00 - $133,000.00 / yearly
Hours Per Week
40
Number Of Positions
1
Work Schedule and Shift Requirements
First (Day)
Job Description
Company Overview
At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We're a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that's critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.
Department OverviewApplied Technology. The Applied Technology organization puts some of Motorola Solutions' brightest minds on unique, highly challenging projects. Based on decades of experience with our customers, we apply leading-edge technologies to support security and safety throughout the world. We engineer our products from start to finish and manufacture them in-house. We deliver high capability with focused specialization in areas including software-defined radios, signals intelligence, advanced antenna solutions, artificial intelligence and machine learning, cyber security, and more. Our customer-centric, team-based environment is proud to support today's modern war fighter.Job Description
In this role, you will be responsible for business development within Applied Technology with a primary focus on the Army Special Operations Forces (ARSOF) enterprise. You will drive and expand business across USASOC, 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne), and the Special Forces Groups, spanning strategic headquarters relationships down to tactical ODA-level engagement. You will promote and maintain strong relationships with ARSOF stakeholders and leverage existing programs while creating new market opportunities for specialized mission sets.
As part of the AT Business Development team, you will provide technical support to customers, demonstrate capabilities to current and potential partners, and interpret complex requirements to ensure AT products exceed expectations for the Army Special Operations community. You will work collaboratively across the organization including Business Development, Field Services, Development Engineering, Early Capture, and Senior Management.
Specific responsibilities include:
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Demonstrate AT products to USASOC and USASFC leadership, G-shops (including G2, G25, and G39), and Special Forces Group end users, emphasizing advantages for Ground, Airborne and UAS-integrated missions.
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Grow the business by identifying opportunities across the ARSOF enterprise-from USASOC and 1st SFC headquarters to the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 10th Special Forces Groups-and providing technical support to facilitate capture.
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Interpret customer requirements, communicating these needs to the development team to influence product roadmaps.
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Manage the business development process with specific attention to ARSOF opportunity identification, screening, forecasting, and capture across strategic and tactical levels.
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Participate in internal product testing and technical experiments (TEs) to ensure features are optimized for Airborne environments and ruggedized SOF use cases.
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Support trade shows, technical experiments, industry days, and customer engagements by showcasing AT's advantages in the tactical communications space.
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Engage key ARSOF-aligned organizations and partners including SOCPAC, DTRA-Germany, Capability Development and Innovation (CD&I, formerly IWTSD), and others as relevant to the portfolio.
Specific Knowledge/Skills
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Deep familiarity and experience with SIGINT & EW mission requirements and tactical integration in the Army Special Operations environment.
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Proven experience with SIGINT & EW Tactical operations.
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Strong working knowledge of USASOC and 1st Special Forces Command structure, acquisition processes, and SOF requirements generation (including SOFCIDS/UFR pathways).
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Strong understanding of SIGINT/EW/ELINT/Cyber and Secure COMMS product requirements and sustainment.
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Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to navigate the unique culture of the Special Operations community-from 4-star headquarters to tactical ODA teams.
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Must be technically savvy with the ability to bridge the gap between company technical capabilities and complex operator requirements.
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Ability to travel on a regular basis (5-10 days/month) to support testing, Group-level engagements, and customer visits across key ARSOF locations (including JBLM, Fort Bragg, Fort Campbell, Eglin AFB, Fort Carson, and other relevant sites).
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Target Base Salary Range: $109,500 - $133,000 USD
Consistent with Motorola Solutions values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate.
Basic Requirements
Bachelor's degree OR with 10+ years of experience.
Substantial knowledge of the U.S. Special Operations community, Signals Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and its leadership structure, and procurement cycles.
Must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a high-level security clearance (TS/SCI preferred).
Travel RequirementsOver 50%Relocation ProvidedNonePosition TypeExperiencedReferral Payment PlanNo
Our U.S.Benefitsinclude:
Incentive Bonus Plans
Medical, Dental, Visionbenefits
401K with Company Match
10 Paid Holidays
GenerousPaidTime Off Packages
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
PaidParental & Family Leave
and more!
EEO Statement
Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to r ace, color, r eligion or belief, s ex, s exual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.
We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you'd like to join our team but feel that you don't quite meet all of the preferred skills, we'd still love to hear why you think you'd be a great addition to our team.
We're committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience for candidates with disabilities, or other physical or mental health conditions. To request an accommodation, please complete thisReasonable Accommodations Formso we can assist you.
Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to no discrimination because of r ace, color, creed, marital status, age, r eligion, s ex, national origin, citizenship, s exual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.
Job Type
Full time
Benefits Offered
Not specified
Veteran Preference
No
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
R70553
How this job compares
Set against the 20,420 open Business Development jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 8, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$110–133K/yr
- Kentucky median$118–180K/yr116 salary ranges
- US median$125–194K/yr14,468 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $121K, is 20% below the Kentucky median midpoint ($152K) — in the middle half of Business Development salary ranges in Kentucky.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 191 open Business Development jobs in Kentucky and 20,420 across the US. 13% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience; Business Development postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (16,202 postings).
- Education
- 6,158 of the 20,420 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 8, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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