
Account Executive – Army
Defense Unicorns
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $145,000 - $185,000 per year
Tech Stack
About the role
- Drive new Mission Hero acquisition across the Army ecosystem, ensuring alignment with Defense Unicorn’s strategic growth objectives and solution capabilities.
- Develop and execute capture plans, win strategies, and competitive positioning to secure new business.
- Engage early with government stakeholders, primes, and ecosystem partners to shape opportunities ahead of solicitation.
- Understand customer pain points, acquisition timelines, and funding paths across multiple branches of the DoD.
- Identify and lead teaming arrangements that enhance technical capabilities, socio-economic positioning, or incumbent advantage.
- Translate technical capabilities—such as the Unicorn Delivery Service (UDS), cATO acceleration, and edge deployments—into persuasive win themes.
- Support RFI/RFP responses with market intelligence, SWOT analysis, and pricing strategy input.
- Prepare regular reports on business development activities, track key performance indicators (KPIs), and analyze the effectiveness of various strategies. Use data-driven insights to refine approaches and achieve better results.
- Represent the company at industry and government events to raise visibility and gather market intelligence.
Requirements
- Proven ability to win complex technical pursuits through the full capture lifecycle.
- Working knowledge of Army acquisition processes (e.g., FAR-based contracts, OTAs, SBIR, IDIQ).
- Excellent communication, strategic thinking, and leadership skills across technical and executive audiences.
- Experience coordinating multi-disciplinary teams to deliver successful proposals.
- Familiarity with software factory environments, DevSecOps, cybersecurity, or tactical edge deployments is a strong plus.
- Deep Army operational experience.
Benefits
- Medical/Dental/Vision
- Premiums are 100% Company Paid
- Health Reimbursement Account
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- 401k Retirement Plan
- Company Stock Options
- Home Office Budget
- Unlimited paid time off, with a mandatory 10 days off on top of 11 federal government holidays, week of Thanksgiving, last two weeks of December (including New Year’s Day)
- Paid Parental Leave
- Reimbursement for approved trainings/subscriptions
- Conferences (travel, lodging, and fees)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
capture planswin strategiescompetitive positioningSWOT analysispricing strategydata-driven insightstechnical capabilitiesRFI responsesRFP responsesKPI tracking
Soft Skills
communicationstrategic thinkingleadershipteam coordinationpersuasive communicationstakeholder engagementanalytical skillsproblem-solvingrelationship buildingmarket intelligence