Business Development

Responsibilities

The role involves building relationships with state agencies and prime partners to identify and qualify government procurement opportunities. You will manage the full lifecycle of business development, from research and pipeline management to negotiating subcontract terms and preparing sales packages.

Requirements

Candidates must have experience in government procurement, proposal coordination, or partner-facing business development. A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience is required, with seniority levels determined by years of experience and established industry networks.

Skills

• Business development
• Government procurement
• Capture management
• Proposal coordination
• Relationship management
• CRM
• Pipeline management
• Contract negotiation
• Medicaid
• Health and human services
• Strategic planning
• Market research
• Teaming agreements
• Sales enablement
• Communication skills
• Information triage

About this role

Position Title: Business Development (Level 1 [Associate], Level 2 [Manager], Level 3 [Director])
Posted at three levels. Apply once, and we’ll set level at offer based on your experience
Summary: Most people hear “state procurement calendar” and start eyeing the exits. You hear it and start making a list of people to call. That’s the job. Business Development at Briljent is part detective work, part matchmaking, and part dealmaking, and if you love the chase, you’ll fit right in. You get a territory, you learn it better than anyone else bothers to, and you walk into rooms before the RFP ever hits the street. Along the way, you’ll build real relationships with the agencies and partner companies that care as much as we do about the programs families count on. We’re fully remote across the country, and we take the work seriously and ourselves a good deal less so. Bring your curiosity and we’ll bring the rest.
Essential Duties:
Builds working relationships with Medicaid, Health and Human Services (HHS), and other state agency staff, and leading vendor partners in the anchor state
Develops in-depth knowledge of anchor state procurement schedules, budget cycles, policy drivers, incumbents, and upcoming re-competes
Owns a defined set of national prime partner accounts, maintaining written partnership plans, pipeline reviews, and working relationships, so Briljent is positioned as a partner of choice.
Sources opportunities across the broader territory of assigned states through GovWin, state procurement portals, and partner request for proposal (RFP) invitations
Qualifies prime and subcontract opportunities against Briljent’s qualification criteria, conducting the territory and opportunity research needed to support those decisions
Identifies teaming partners for qualified pursuits and engages prime vendor contacts on newly released RFPs and partner invitations to confirm teaming interest
Negotiates routine and complex subcontract terms, including rate and scope
Prepares a complete, structured package for Sales Enablement on qualified opportunities within the established response window
Owns customer relationship management (CRM) data accuracy and completeness for the territory, logging every opportunity at intake, and keeps capability statements, past performance summaries, and subcontractor qualification materials current for rapid deployment
Maintains working knowledge of state HHS and Medicaid procurement structures and the Briljent service offerings relevant to the territory
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
Experience in government procurement, proposal or capture coordination, or partner-facing business development, at the minimum stated for the applicable level below
Level 1: Business Development Associate: At least 1 year minimum experience with no or minimal established network
Level 2: Business Development Manager: At least 6 years minimum experience with established working relationships with state health and human services or Medicaid agencies
Level 3: Business Development Director: At least 10 years minimum experience across multiple working relationships with state health and human services or Medicaid agencies and national prime contractors
Customer relationship management (CRM) experience, including disciplined opportunity logging and pipeline hygiene
Comfort conducting working-level rate and scope negotiation
Relationship aptitude and client-facing professionalism
Proven strong written and verbal communication skills
Research and information triage
Ability to manage multiple concurrent opportunities under time-sensitive response windows
Physical Requirements & Environmental Conditions:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to handle, or feel objects, a keyboard and other office equipment. The employee frequently is required to sit for long periods of time. The employee must be able to reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Briljent will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, gender, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability (in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act) or other status as protected by applicable law.

About Briljent

Professional Services · 51-200 employees · headquartered in Fort Wayne, IN · founded 1998