Executive Vice President, Growth
Kalamazoo, MI - USA
Job Summary
Position Summary
The Executive Vice President Growth serves as the enterprise-wide leader for all Growth activities across Bodwés operating companies markets and service lines. This role oversees the full growth lifecycle strategy client development pipeline capture proposals and the seamless transition of awarded work into operations.
As one of Bodwés three core functions alongside Delivery and Enterprise Growth becomes a centralized professionally led capability under this position. The EVP Growth builds a disciplined scalable organization that reduces dependence on individual relationships establishes a unified One Bodwé gotomarket approach and advances Bodwés long-term strategy and the interests of the Pokagon Band.
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Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Thefollowinginexhaustive list ofdutiesrepresentsa sampleofworkroutinelyperformedbythis role:
Enterprise Growth Leadership
- Own the enterprise growth strategy across all Bodwé companies markets and service lines; serve on the Executive Leadership Team and advise the COO on direction investment and risk.
- Champion and sustain a One Bodwé approach that connects capabilities and companies so clients experience one unified enterprise.
- Advance Bodwés long-term strategy and the interests of the Pokagon Band in all market decisions teaming selections and client commitments.
- Guide development of market and client plans; coach market leaders through the planning cycle and ensure rigorous followthrough.
- Lead enterprise client development including key accounts agency relationships tribal partners primes and teaming partners.
- Direct diversification strategies across clients markets and contract vehicles to reduce concentration risk.
- Coordinate enterprise-wide strategic partnerships.
- Maintain a qualified accurate pipeline directly tied to budgets staffing plans and operational capacity not aspirational activity.
- Own bid/nobid governance and manage a standardized stagegated capture process across all companies and markets.
- Drive conversion of IDIQs MATOCs GSA schedules and other contract vehicles into funded task orders treating utilization as a managed metric.
- Personally lead the most critical enterprise pursuits including sole-source 8(a) tribal and joint venture opportunities.
- Lead the proposal function ensuring capacity compliance quality and timely submission across A/E and nonA/E pursuits.
- Build a durable proposal infrastructure including past performance resumes project data SF 330 content pricing coordination with Finance and consistent win/loss reviews.
- Direct marketing branding and external communications for the enterprise focused on measurable pipeline and capture outcomes.
- Ensure a complete disciplined handoff of awarded work to Delivery scope price staffing assumptions and client expectations.
- Establish clear decision rights across Growth market leaders operating company leaders and Delivery; resolve operational overlaps proactively.
- Build coach and hold accountable the Growth team including developing succession depth across markets.
- Own the Growth budget and demonstrate return on growth investment.
Education Experience and Technical Skills
Required Education Experience and Technical Skills
- Bachelors degree in engineering architecture construction business marketing or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
- Minimum of 15 years of progressive growth business development and capture leadership in professional services (A/E engineering environmental construction federal services).
- Minimum of 7 years leading a multidisciplinary growth team (BD capture proposals marketing) with directorlevel direct reports.
- Demonstrated ownership of enterprise-level growth targets at comparable or greater scale with measurable improvement in capture rate and forecast accuracy.
- Deep fluency in federal contracting: FAR-based procurement SF 330 qualifications-based selection bestvalue tradeoff and IDIQ/MATOC task order competition.
- Strong command of tribal and 8(a) strategies: setaside and solesource authority SDB and HUBZone positioning mentorprotégé joint ventures workshare and affiliation rules.
- Proven track record implementing pipeline discipline CRM adoption and data governance.
- Executive presence with agency leaders boards owners and tribal leadership.
- Ability to travel 4050%; ability to obtain and maintain U.S. Government suitability and work with CUI in a CMMC-controlled environment.
- Must have or be able to obtain and maintain a Real ID or Passport in order to undergo commercial airfare travel
- Must have or be able to obtain and maintain a valid drivers license
Preferred Education Experience and Technical Skills
- Experience in a tribally owned or Alaska Native Corporation enterprise or multientity sharedservices environment.
- Established relationships across federal civilian DoD IHS VA civil works agencies or Midwest municipal and transportation clients.
- APMP certification (CP/CPP) and Shipley or equivalent capture training.
- Experience with Deltek Costpoint or similar ERP/CRM systems and data-driven pipeline reporting.
- Experience integrating a Growth function through acquisition.
Working Environment
This position operates in a professional office setting. The role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers phones printers and photocopiers. The work environment is generally quiet and free from exposure to loud noise hazardous materials or heavy machinery. Employees are typically seated for extended periods and may occasionally move about the office to attend meetings or access equipment and supplies.
Physical Demands
Sitting/Standing: This role is generally sedentary performing sitting work utilizing technological office equipment including a laptop mouse keyboard computer monitors telephones scanners and copiers.
Walking: This role requires the ability to move about inside the office to access the required technological equipment.
Stooping/Kneeling/Crouching/Crawling: This role may require stooping to reload printer trays with print paper moving equipment and managing cords.
Using Hands/Fingers: This role constantly operates technological office equipment such as laptops mice keyboards computer monitors telephones scanners and copiers.
Talking/Hearing: This role requires constant communication with others in the organization to exchange information review information and make decisions about information.
Seeing: This role requires seeing viewing and distinguishing all aspects of internal and external communications.
Carrying/Lifting: This role requires lifting up to 20lbs to transport technological office equipment to and from various workspaces.
Equal Employment Opportunity
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or status as a protected veteran.
Bodwé Group Companies engage in federal contracting. Therefore we would be thrilled to accept applications or referrals to hire veterans.
Native American Hiring Preference
Our parent company Mno-Bmadsen prefers to hire Pokagon citizens who are qualified and suitable for available positions. For purposes of this section qualified means that the applicant meets the technical and experiential needs for employment; and suitable means that the candidate appears to be the best fit considering present circumstances and conditions. Targeted preference is in the following order:
- First to qualified Pokagon Band citizens; and
- Second to qualified spouses and qualified custodial parents; and
- Third to other qualified Native Americans; and
- Fourth to all other qualified applicants
Any determinations as to the applicability of the Pokagon hiring preference are at the discretion of each Company President.
Home Office Connectivity Requirements for Hybrid & Remote Positions
To ensure reliable collaboration client service and secure access to company systems the Company requires minimum connectivity standards to be eligible or remain eligible to work in a hybrid or remote capacity. Employees working remotely must maintain broadband internet service capable of consistently supporting video conferencing VPN connectivity and cloud-based applications. Hybrid or remote work eligibility may be reassessed if connectivity standards are not met. This includes:
- Wired broadband service (cable fiber or DSL) with at least minimum 100 Mbps download / 20 Mbps upload
- Some positions may require minimum 200-300 Mbps download / 25-35 Mbps upload speed
Cellular hotspot or fixed wireless cellular services (e.g. T-Mobile Home Internet) may not be used as a primary connection. The Company will comply with all local state and federal requirements as it relates to the reimbursement of home internet expenses. Eligibility for reimbursement of home internet expenses is defined in a separate policy.
Branch: | BPSG |
Entity: | Enterprise-wide: all Bodwé operating companies markets and service lines |
FLSA Status: | Exempt |
Hours Per Week: | 40 |
Overnight Travel: | 4050% |
Work Arrangement: | Remote with travel to Kalamazoo MI |
Reports To: | Chief Operating Officer |
Manages Others: | Proposal leadership; capture leadership; marketing leadership; market leaders |
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Required Experience:
Senior Exec
About Company
About Bodwé Professional Services Group Bodwé is the Professional Services Group of Mno-Bmadsen, the investment enterprise and a wholly owned instrumentality of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi. We are architects, planners, consultants, designers, engineers, scientists, and federal cont ... View more