The posting
NextGen Federal Systems (NextGen) is seeking a Director, Space & Missile Growth to support strategic customer engagement, business development, capture leadership, opportunity shaping, and technical solution development across the national security space and missile defense community. This highly visible role is designed for a recognized leader who possesses deep mission understanding, technical credibility, and established relationships throughout the Department of War, United States Space Force, Air Force, Missile Defense Agency, Space Systems Command, Space Development Agency, National Reconnaissance Office, Intelligence Community, and related organizations. The successful candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, capture teams, proposal teams, program managers, and government customers. While the primary focus of the position is supporting company growth through customer engagement, opportunity development, and capture activities, the individual will also provide senior-level technical advisory support on customer programs and strategic initiative.
Strategic Impact
· Help expand NextGen’s presence within the national security space and missile defense community.
· Strengthen strategic customer relationships across government, military, intelligence, and industry organizations.
· Support the pursuit and capture of high-value contracts and strategic opportunities.
· Increase visibility of NextGen capabilities across key mission areas and customer organizations.
· Provide trusted technical leadership that contributes to both customer success and corporate growth.
Key Responsibilities
Required Qualifications
Desired Qualifications
Ideal Candidate:
Why Join Nextgen:
· Play a key role in shaping the future growth of NextGen within the national security space market.
· Influence strategic pursuits and customer relationships across critical defense missions.
· Contribute both technically and strategically to high-impact programs and opportunities.
· Collaborate directly with company leadership to help define future market direction and growth priorities.
About NextGen:
NextGen Federal Systems is an innovative technology and professional services provider specializing in advanced software solutions and comprehensive mission and business support services. We work in close collaboration with our customers to truly understand their business and mission goals. Our approach is to design, build, implement, and manage solutions that measurably improve our client’s organizational performance. We have established and foster a corporate culture where we:
- Treat employees with fairness and respect regardless of their position, sexual identity, race, or tenure.
- Communicate the importance of our mission and our employees’ contributions to it, ensuring they understand how their job role contributes to the greater good.
- Openly promote and communicate our ideas for change and adaptability.
- Strive to achieve results as an organization.
- Hold employees accountable to their commitments and provide incentives that encourage positive and productive behaviors.
- Value the talents and contributions of our employees as the key factor for our success.
- Create an environment where people can engage at all levels.
- Encourage people to take risks and allow them to make mistakes.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.
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