EW Product Sales Director

Worker Type

Regular

Job Description

Summary

The EW Product Sales Director drives revenue growth by managing existing customer relationships and developing new customer segments within the Electronic Warfare market. This role identifies customer requirements and capability gaps, delivers capability briefings, and coordinates meetings to position EW solutions effectively.

It requires active engagement across industry events-including conferences, trade shows, customer exercises-to expand market presence and pipeline. Success is measured by contribution to annual AOP targets and overall team performance.

Position Responsibilities

• Ensures regulatory compliance of all offerings.
• Focuses on new business models that leverage enabling trends
• Solves customer problems in larger potential markets and rapidly assemble internal and external capabilities required to achieve growth in a very competitive marketplace.
• Validates ideas and achieve milestones in the development and execution of new business opportunities.
• Creates and tracks office and program budgets.
• Works on significant and unique issues where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangibles
• Other duties as assigned

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills & Experience)

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field of study is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• 7 years of demonstrated experience in business development activities or related government/defense and/or intelligence industry experience
• Experience understanding customer requirements and capability gaps
• Experience driving revenue in the EW sector and contributing to meeting yearly AOP objectives
• Good understanding of SIGINT, EW, and Offensive Cyber Operations (OCO) mission sets and CONOPs across land, air, and maritime platforms.'
• Ability to travel, both domestically and internationally, up to 50% of the time

Other Qualifications & Desired Competencies

• Top Secret Clearance Required. SCI preferred.
• General understanding of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, IOT, and L-Band SatComm protocols preferred
• Demonstrates strong written and verbal communication skills
• Performs well in a rapidly growing organization with rapidly changing requirements and sales targets
• Highly self-motivated with strong problem solving and multi-tasking skills
• Uses vision to think beyond the immediate situation, explore multiple potential paths, and adapt decision-making style based on the situational circumstances
• Inspires, motivates, and empowers people to deliver organizational goals, while also delivering value back to employees
• Brings organizational values to life using personality, uniqueness and the creation of a shared vision
• Champions the process of change and promotes a culture of quick adaptation while helping others deal with the effects of change
• The ability to develop and maintain internal and external trusting, professional relationships

Physical Demands

• Ability to work in an office environment (Constant)
• Required to sit and stand for long periods; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard (Frequent)

Special Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required.

Clearance Level

Top Secret

The salary range for this role is

$152,000 - $243,250

AeroVironment considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the location, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education/training, and key skills.

ITAR Requirement

This position requires access to information that is subject to compliance with the International Traffic Arms Regulations ("ITAR") and/or the Export Administration Regulations ("EAR"). In order to comply with the requirements of the ITAR and/or the EAR, applicants must qualify as a U.S. person under the ITAR and the EAR, or a person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction.

Please understand that any job offer that requires approval of an export license will be conditional on AeroVironment's determination that it will be able to obtain an export license in a time frame consistent with AeroVironment's business requirements.

A "U.S. person" according to the ITAR definition is a U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), or protected individual such as a refugee or asylee. See 22 CFR § 120.15. Some positions will require current U.S. Citizenship due to contract requirements.

Benefits

AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401K with company matching, a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown. For more information about our company benefit offerings please visit: http://www.avinc.com/myavbenefits.

We also encourage you to review our company website at http://www.avinc.com to learn more about us.

Principals only need apply. NO agencies please.

About AV

AV isn't for everyone. We hire the curious, the relentless, the mission-obsessed. The best of the best.

We don't just build defense technology-we redefine what's possible. As the premier autonomous systems company in the U.S., AV delivers breakthrough capabilities across air, land, sea, space, and cyber. From AI-powered drones and loitering munitions to integrated autonomy and space resilience, our technologies shape the future of warfare and protect those who serve.

Founded by legendary innovator Dr. Paul MacCready, AV has spent over 50 years pushing the boundaries of what unmanned systems can do. Our heritage includes seven platforms in the Smithsonian-but we're not building history, we're building what's next.

If you're ready to build technology that matters-with speed, scale, and purpose-there's no better place to do it than AV.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans. AeroVironment, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants.

Qualified applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic data, sexual orientation, gender identity or other legally protected status.

ITAR

Benefits

Employee Referral Program, Employee Events, Tuition Reimbursement, Life Insurance, Paid Sick Days, Parking, Professional Development, 401K

Skills

Aerospace and Defense, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Audiovisual, Bluetooth, Budgeting, Business Development, Business Model, Communication Skills, Concept of Operations (CONOPS), Conferences, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Data Analysis, Defense Intelligence, Develop and Maintain Customers, Electronic Warfare, Government, Import/Export, Keyboards, L Band, Maintain Compliance, Market Segmentation, Multitasking, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Problem Solving Skills, Regulations, Resolve Customer Issues, Revenue Growth, Sales, Sales Management, Signal Intelligence (SIGINT), Trade Shows, United States Citizen, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), Wi-Fi, Willing to Travel, Writing Skills

About the Company

AeroVironment Inc

Who We Are

Based in California, AeroVironment (AVAV) is a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and tactical missile systems. Founded in 1971 by celebrated physicist and engineer, Dr. Paul MacCready, we’ve been at the leading edge of technical innovation for more than 45 years.

Be a part of the team that developed the world’s most widely used military drones and created the first submarine-launched reconnaissance drone, and has seven innovative vehicles that are part of the Smithsonian Institution’s permanent collection in Washington, DC.

Join us today in developing the next generation of small UAS and tactical missile systems that will deliver more actionable intelligence to our customers so they can proceed with certainty – and succeed.

We offer our employees full medical, dental, vision benefits all beginning day 1 of employment. For more details visit: www.myavbenefits.com

Paid time off: 2 weeks vacation, plus paid company holiday shut down Dec. 25 - Jan 1.

9/80 work schedule: every other Friday off!

A fun and collaborative work environment encouraging personal growth and creative innovation; AV is a tech start-up with stability.

Company Size

500 to 999 employees

Industry

Engineering Services

Founded

1971

Website

http://www.avinc.com