United States - Remote Hybrid Employment

Defense Unicorns is hiring an Account Executive - Commercial (ComS114)

Responsibilities

  • Lead the acquisition of new Mission Hero clients within the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) ecosystem, aligned with strategic growth and solution offerings.
  • Create and implement capture strategies, win themes, and competitive differentiation to win new contracts.
  • Engage proactively with government entities, prime contractors, and partners to influence opportunities prior to formal solicitations.
  • Analyze customer challenges, procurement schedules, and budget pathways across multiple Department of Defense branches.
  • Initiate and manage teaming partnerships to strengthen technical qualifications, socio-economic advantages, or incumbent positions.
  • Convert technical offerings—including the Unicorn Delivery Service (UDS), cATO acceleration, and edge deployments—into compelling proposal narratives.
  • Contribute market insights, SWOT assessments, and pricing guidance during RFI and RFP response development.
  • Generate routine business development reports, monitor KPIs, and evaluate strategy performance.
  • Leverage data analytics to refine outreach and improve outcomes.
  • Represent the organization at industry and government forums to enhance visibility and collect market intelligence.

Work Arrangement

Hybrid

Other

  • You are measured by: Number and quality of qualified DIB opportunities identified and advanced
  • You are measured by: Maturity of pipeline supporting growth goals
  • You are measured by: Development and execution of capture strategies, including capture plans, customer shaping, and teaming
  • You are measured by: Achievement of annual bookings target
  • You are measured by: Contribution to overall proposal win rate and contract awards
  • You are measured by: Success in building lasting relationships that lead to competitive advantage
  • Travel Expectations/Requirements: 20%-30%
  • The listed responsibilities are not exhaustive and additional responsibilities may be assigned based on the evolving needs of the organization.
  • We are seeking a dynamic individual who is able to adapt and take on new responsibilities as they arise.
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Defense Unicorns
Defense Unicorns delivers mission value by streamlining software delivery so our customers can focus on the most important challenges. We create and deliver secure solutions for continuous software integration and delivery, consolidating best practices for security pipelines, testing, and deployment automation.
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