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Business Development Executive - DHS

SAIC

Reston, VAJob$200–240K/yrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 1w ago

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Compensation
$200–240K/yr
Location
Reston, VA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Top Secret clearance

Job overview

SAIC is hiring a Business Development Executive to lead business development strategy, customer engagement, and opportunity identification and qualification for its DHS team. The role works collaboratively with Business Developers and Capture Managers, builds and maintains relationships with DHS contacts and strategic partners, and aligns DHS business needs with SAIC capabilities. The position requires extensive related experience and DHS business development expertise.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

DHS Business DevelopmentDHS Customer EngagementDHS Customer ContactsTeam LeadershipCapture StrategyProposal DevelopmentVerbal CommunicationWritingInterpersonal SkillsDHS ContractingAcquisition TrendsCustomer Buying BehaviorsBusiness Development Best PracticesShipley

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Experience18+ Years Related Experience5+ Years DHS Business DevelopmentTop Secret Clearance Eligibility

Full job description

Description

SAIC is currently hiring for a Business Development Executive to support our growing DHS team.

The successful candidate for this position will lead business development strategy, customer engagement and opportunity identification and qualification for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), working collaboratively with Business Developers and Capture Managers.

Responsibilities:

  • Develops and establishes relationships between the company, strategic partners, and DHS contacts.

  • Identify, develop, and implement near-term and long-term business strategies that provides the business an opportunity to grow revenue.

  • Responsible for the maintenance of long-term relationships with DHS contacts to maintain a high level of satisfaction and increase SAIC revenues.

  • Serve as the primary interface for all SAIC products and services by ensuring they understand DHS's continuing business needs and align those needs with SAIC capabilities to provide full life-cycle solutions.

  • Maintains direct contact with customers before and/or after the sale.

  • Supports sales team by developing and maintaining positive customer relations with clients/customers, which can substantially affect service and/or product revenue(s).

Qualifications

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

  • Bachelor's degree and eighteen (18) years or more of related experience. Will accept additional years of experience in lieu of a degree.

  • Minimum of 5 years' Business Development experience with DHS, specifically DHS CBP, ICE, TSA and USCIS.

  • Current knowledge of DHS, including existing customer contacts and industry peer relationships.

  • Outstanding record of success in leading teams in winning large new business opportunities and improving bid and program profitability, with emphasis on capture strategy and proposal development.

  • Outstanding verbal, writing, and inter-personal skills needed to communicate effectively and persuasively with personnel at all levels, both in customer spaces and within SAIC.

  • Knowledge of DHS contracting, acquisition trends, customer buying behaviors and industry business development best practices (e.g., Shipley).

  • Eligible to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance.

Target salary range: $200,001 - $240,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

REQNUMBER: 2617853

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 20,634 open Business Development jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$200–240K/yr
  • Virginia median$148–212K/yr532 salary ranges
  • US median$123–199K/yr14,604 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $220K, is 22% above the Virginia median midpoint ($180K) — in the top quarter of Business Development salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 655 open Business Development jobs in Virginia and 20,634 across the US. 11% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 18 years of experience — more than three in four Business Development postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 16,337 postings).
Education
7,351 of the 20,634 open Business Development jobs (36%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 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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