Peraton is seeking a Senior Director Business Development to lead growth across the U.S. Federal Healthcare Sector, with a focus on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), with specific expertise with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), CDC, and/or Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This individual will be deeply connected with current customer key personnel and has established relationships within the broader Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) communities. The qualified candidate must be local to the DC, MD, VA area.
Job Responsibilities:
- Manage and leverage resources to create, identify, develop, and qualify opportunities.
- Achieve growth goals through winning new business, securing contract recompetes, and driving organic program growth.
- Develop and maintain an active pipeline of opportunities in alignment and consistent with corporate strategy and goals.
- Primary interface with customer community, building customer relationships through effective communications, with both internal and external customer bases.
- Develop and execute strategies to "shape" requirements and acquisition strategies.
- Identify and target new business markets, adjacencies, and partnerships.
- Embrace the Peraton Business Acquisition Process in daily activities and effectively communicate all the opportunities and plans for management and technical teams.
- Assist in guiding potential customers by demonstrating technology solutions, architectures, capabilities, and potential acquisition paths for early-stage opportunities, working with internal technical and program management teams to develop responses to Requests for Information (RFIs), market surveys, white papers, presentations, briefings, and major event demonstrations.
Required Qualifications:
- 18+ years of experience
- HHS account management experience and YOY growth
- Proven experience in building relationships with strategic teaming partners (prime and sub)
- Ability to develop and mature key relationships within customer organizations.
- Ability to operate independently but still retain an enterprise focus.
- Demonstrated understanding of customer needs to align Peraton’s capabilities and core values.
- Proven ability to structure key partnerships and alliances and to establish and grow new relationships (critical success factors)
- Must demonstrate high energy, integrity, strong business acumen, professionalism, and commitment.
- Highly effective communicator to all levels within the company and with customers, including senior executives.
- Demonstrated experience with the maze of rules, regulations, and idiosyncrasies that drive the capture process.
- Must be a US Citizen
- Must be able to obtain and maintain the required agency clearance.
Desired Qualifications:
- Successful record of supporting and winning contracts with NIH and/or FDA customers.
- Scrum Master Certified
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.
Target Salary Range$176,000 - $282,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. EEOEEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.Skills Required
- 18 or more years of professional experience
- HHS account management experience with year-over-year growth
- Experience building relationships with strategic prime and subcontractor teaming partners
- Ability to develop and mature key relationships within customer organizations
- Ability to operate independently while maintaining an enterprise focus
- Understanding of customer needs and ability to align company capabilities and values
- Experience structuring partnerships and alliances and growing new relationships
- High energy, integrity, business acumen, professionalism, and commitment
- Highly effective communication with senior executives, customers, and internal stakeholders
- Experience with rules, regulations, and processes governing federal capture activities
- U.S. citizenship
- Ability to obtain and maintain the required agency clearance
- Successful record supporting and winning contracts with NIH and/or FDA customers
- Scrum Master certification
Peraton Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Peraton and has not been reviewed or approved by Peraton.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare offerings are described as broad, including medical, dental, vision, mental health support, and specialty programs like virtual physical therapy and surgical/cancer care navigation. Medical coverage is also characterized as a standout part of the overall package in terms of perceived quality.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support includes a 401(k) with employer matching and is repeatedly positioned as a strong component of total rewards. The 401(k) benefit is frequently singled out as one of the most valued parts of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits are positioned as robust, including PTO, holidays, paid sick days, and floating holidays, with some roles offering notably generous accrual. Leave breadth is reinforced by related programs such as short/long-term disability and bereavement leave.
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What We Do
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.
Why Work With Us
We are fearlessly solving the world’s most complex challenges to keep people safe and secure. You can be a part of protecting and promoting that freedom around the world.

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