The Business Development Associate will support key initiatives by identifying and pursuing new opportunities and preparing proposals, client communications and presentations. This role involves maintaining business development pipelines using CRM tools such as Salesforce, as well as providing organisational support through meeting coordination, scheduling and office administration.
You will assist with preparing documents, reports and correspondence for internal and external stakeholders, ensuring accurate data entry and records management. You will also support the company’s presence at trade shows, conferences and client events through event planning, set-up and follow-up activities. The role includes coordinating domestic and international travel for team members and collaborating effectively using Microsoft Outlook, Teams, Excel and PowerPoint.
What you'll do:
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders across federal, state and territory government departments, agencies and regulatory authorities.
- Monitor and interpret government policies, regulations and initiatives relevant to the organisation’s operations.
- Support the alignment of company objectives with relevant Australian government priorities such as the NDS, IIP, and DIDS and economic development initiatives.
- Coordinate applications for approvals, licences and other regulatory requirements with relevant government bodies.
- Represent the organisation at official meetings, forums and industry events involving government stakeholders.
- Provide strategic advice to leadership on navigating Australia’s regulatory and policy landscape.
- Act as a key point of contact for business development initiatives, ensuring smooth coordination between internal and external stakeholders.
Required qualifications:
- A bachelor’s degree in business administration or a related discipline.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
- 3–5 years’ experience in business development, sales support or office coordination.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, and collaboration tools such as Microsoft Teams.
- Familiarity with Salesforce or other CRM and business development tools is desirable.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing tasks and priorities.
- A proactive, adaptable approach, with strong attention to detail and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Willingness to travel occasionally for events and business development activities.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration or a related discipline
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- 3–5 years of experience in business development, sales support, or office coordination
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- Proficiency with collaboration tools such as Microsoft Teams
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage competing tasks and priorities
- Proactive, adaptable approach with strong attention to detail
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Familiarity with Salesforce or other CRM and business development tools
- Willingness to travel occasionally for events and business development activities
What the Team is Saying
Shield AI Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as excellent, with dental/vision and mental‑health support, and ancillary protections like life and disability appearing in benefit summaries. The breadth and perceived affordability of coverage are highlighted as a standout component of the package.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is featured alongside enhanced maternity benefits, fertility and childcare support, and onsite resources such as a Mother’s Room. These elements are positioned as competitive and above the minimal baseline for the company’s stage.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity is granted to all full‑time hires, with RSUs, double‑trigger tax timing, and tools to model scenarios (e.g., through Carta Tax). Communications also reference a transition from options to RSUs, reinforcing access and maturity of ownership programs.
Shield AI Insights
What We Do
At Shield AI, you won't wait years to see your work reach the field. You'll build hardware and software that operates in the real world right now, in the hands of the people who depend on it. Hivemind, our AI pilot, has been flying since 2018. It has flown more than 30 platforms, including an F-16, and it now sits under a U.S. Air Force production contract for Collaborative Combat Aircraft. When you write code or shape a system here, you contribute to technology with a proven flight record and a clear production future. V-BAT flies intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions with an operational record that stretches from Ukraine to the Indo-Pacific. It delivers eyes where they matter most, in the most demanding conditions on earth. The teams behind it watch their work get tested where the stakes are real. X-BAT takes its first flight this year. It's an AI-piloted fighter that needs no runway, built to operate where traditional aircraft can't. Join now and you help shape a program at its earliest, most formative stage. That's the kind of ground-floor work that defines a career. Do the most impactful work of your life, on problems that matter. Autonomy at this level asks a lot of you. You'll take on problems in perception, planning, and control that few teams anywhere are equipped to solve. You'll work across disciplines, from aerospace and robotics to machine learning and systems engineering, alongside people who hold themselves to an exacting standard and expect the same from you. Our mission is clear: protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems. That purpose runs through every decision, every design review, and every deployment. It's why the work here carries a weight you can feel. Ready to join our mission? Explore our open roles and find where you fit.
Why Work With Us
Founded in 2015 by a former Navy SEAL, Shield AI builds AI pilots and uncrewed aircraft. Veterans aren't an afterthought here, they're at every level. It's why the work carries weight: AI pilots and uncrewed aircraft flying real missions, from Ukraine to the Indo-Pacific, protecting service members and civilians.
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