Air Force Language & Culture Business Development Consultant, TU Language
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Identify, assess, and qualify prospective Department of the Air Force and Department of Defense language and culture opportunities. Advise leadership on mission priorities, acquisition environments, and customer needs while providing subject-matter expertise during meetings, briefings, and solicitation reviews. Support capture planning, proposal development, and competitive assessments to shape win strategies and account plans. Engage with senior military, civilian, and industry stakeholders to translate mission requirements into practical solution approaches, staffing concepts, and instructional delivery models. Assist in developing market analyses, opportunity assessments, and technical responses aligned with TU strategic priorities. Provide objective, risk-informed recommendations to support business decisions and identify adjacent mission areas. Perform services on a part-time, on-call basis with occasional travel, requiring a Secret clearance and deep Air Force organizational knowledge.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of 20 years of relevant experience supporting the U.S. Air Force or Department of the Air Force through military service, federal civilian service, or a combination of comparable experience.
- Senior-level military or civilian leadership experience with demonstrated understanding of Air Force organizations, missions, operations, training requirements, and decision-making processes.
- Demonstrated experience with foreign language, regional expertise, culture, education, training, international affairs, security cooperation, professional military education, or another closely related mission area.
- Experience in business development, strategic planning, capture management, acquisition, program management, consulting, or a closely related field.
- Working knowledge of the federal business-development lifecycle, including opportunity identification and qualification, customer engagement, capture planning, competitive assessment, teaming, and proposal development.
- Understanding of Department of Defense and Air Force acquisition and contracting processes.
- Ability to review Government requirements and translate them into actionable business-development, capture, and solution-development recommendations.
- Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain productive professional relationships with senior military, civilian, acquisition, academic, industry, and partner stakeholders.
- Experience working with executives and supporting initiatives involving multiple organizations and stakeholders.
- Strong interpersonal, written, verbal communication, analytical, and presentation skills.
- Ability to perform services with professionalism, discretion, sound judgment, and adherence to applicable ethics and procurement-integrity requirements.
- Ability to work independently while coordinating effectively with TU/YSG leadership, Growth personnel, program teams, and other stakeholders.
Desired Qualifications
- Retired senior Air Force officer, senior enlisted leader, or senior Department of the Air Force civilian with broad experience across operational, training, education, headquarters, acquisition, international affairs, or major command environments.
- Demonstrated experience supporting Air Force LREC, language education, international education and training, Foreign Area Officer, Language Enabled Airman Program, security cooperation, partner-nation, or related missions.
- Established professional relationships across relevant Department of the Air Force organizations, Major Commands (MAJCOMs), Headquarters Air Force, program offices, training and education organizations, acquisition organizations, and operational communities.
- Experience supporting Air Force requirements development, acquisition planning, contracting, program execution, or capability modernization initiatives.
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