Air Force Client Development Lead
🔍 United States, Nebraska, Omaha
At HDR, our employee‑ownership model shapes everything we do, including how we support and care for our people. Our diverse service lines, including Water, Architecture, Building Engineering Services, Field Services, Power, Waste, Industrial, and Transportation reflect our commitment to shaping resilient, sustainable, and forward‑thinking communities around the world. Across these disciplines, our teams design and deliver solutions that safeguard public health, enhance quality of life, power innovation, and drive responsible growth. Whether advancing clean water, creating healing and learning environments, engineering next‑generation facilities, or building the infrastructure that moves people and energy, our work is rooted in technical excellence and a shared sense of purpose. Our employee‑owners collaborate across specialties, combining creativity, precision, and deep expertise to solve the most complex challenges facing our clients and communities.
In the role of HDR’s Air Force Client Development Lead, you will support our Air and Space Force Programs team and help drive the growth of the United States Department of Air Force (DAF) program. Reporting to Director of Client Services, through this role, you will have primary responsibility to lead, develop, implement, and monitor effective programs including identifying, capturing, and delivering technical services in congruence with established company goals and objectives.
The Air Force Client Development Lead must effectively collaborate with company operational and business group leaders to identify and pursue/win opportunities and be capable of working with a broad spectrum of external stakeholders, partners, and clients to deliver quality products and services. Works in conjunction with the Federal Leadership Team in establishing and monitoring overall program direction and goals. On occasion, this role may take on a principal level role on project delivery as well as help to manage client and community relations.
Primary Responsibilities
Achieves sales goals related to Department of the Air Force Programs, coordinating across the company using an integrated marketing approach for all HDR services.
Develops new projects, markets, business classes, project planning, financial information, staffing requirements, marketing materials and other related matters for DAF Programs.
Identifies HDR priorities and investments needed to position and respond to market trends.
Identifies specific opportunities for capture planning and leads key pursuits.
Supports our Air Force Programs Director in leading strategic direction and visioning.
Plans, directs, and monitors all aspects of program execution by overseeing a broad range of disciplines throughout the HDR portfolio.
Coordinates with Federal Regional Directors, overseeing investment, selection, development of Department of the Air Force capture plans, pursuits, and proposals.
Monitors Air Force Programs direction, growth, technical capabilities, policies and practices, risk management, and adherence to company policies and procedures.
On occasion, may serve as a project principal/program manager on highly significant or complex projects/contracts. This entails oversight of scope, schedule, budget, resources, and relations.
Assists with relationships and mutual alignments with various client bases and other partnering organizations to include, but not limited to local, state, and federal governments and affiliated agencies.
Works with contract administrators and marketing staff to keep systems current, including Sales Cloud and Client Relationship Management (CRM).
Maintains key client relationships as leader or member of CSL teams.
Serves as a company role model in business and community.
Professional registrations in area of study.
- Bachelor’s degree in a professional area of study relevant to engineering, architecture, planning or science.
- Professional registrations in area of study.
- 15+ years progressive leadership experience in large, complex organizations with 5+ years of demonstrated success at the executive level. Demonstrated experience in development and management of diverse teams.
- Demonstrated experience in strategic planning and program management.
- Experience working at Department of the Air Force installations and/or with Department of the Air Force contracts.
- Demonstrated experience in the analysis and interpretation of business financial data.Committed to quality, improvement and promoting company values at HDR.
- Experience in formulating policy and developing and implementing new strategies.
- Ability to motivate teams and individuals.
- An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture.
- Travel requirement: 20-40%
HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.
Our Commitment
As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.
Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.
