Business Development Director

Quartermaster

Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States permanent

Posted: January 9, 2026

Job Description

About Us:

At Quartermaster AI, we leverage cutting-edge AI and robotics technology to enhance maritime domain awareness. Our mission is to become the eyes, ears, and brain of the ocean by enabling every vessel to collaboratively sense, compute, and communicate. Quartermaster is a venture-backed Maritime Domain Awareness company providing near real-time insights to government and commercial partners via our SmartMast product. SmartMast is a COTS sensor system consisting of a camera and a software defined radio installed on vessels worldwide, and managed by Quartermaster.

Job Description:

We are looking for a highly motivated mid-level experienced Business Development Director to join our dynamic team. This role will be instrumental in driving sales growth and building relationships with key clients both domestically and internationally. The successful candidate will have a track record of closing contracts with USG agencies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify, Qualify, Shape, Negotiate and Close new business opportunities

• Partner with engineering and program management teams to grow existing accounts

• Support the optimization of sales processes to improve overall efficiency and drive revenue growth.

• Deliver high-quality outcomes to our government and commercial partners

• Spearhead proposals, including RFIs, RFPs, white papers, and unsolicited concept papers.

• Maintain situational awareness of acquisition pathways (e.g., OTAs, MTA, SBIR/STTR, IDIQ) and upcoming solicitations.

Qualifications (preferred):

• 5-10 years of Business Development experience

• Ability to travel 25-50% of the time

• Demonstrated knowledge of maritime customers, existing programs, and how Quartermaster can drive outcomes for government and commercial partners

• Experience building or scaling a new business development function

• Are comfortable selling complex, technical systems to operational customers

• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment with people across the globe in various timezones.

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, and ability to brief company executives and senior government officials

• Prior military or government national security experience viewed favorably

• MBA viewed favorably

• Active security clearance

Benefits:

- Competitive salary

- Flexible work hours and opportunity for remote work.

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