Leidos
Leidos
Posted 3 months ago
Internship
Reston, Virginia
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Responsibilities
Interns will support the Federal Civilian IT Business Development team by assisting with capture strategy, market planning, and proposal operations. They will work under the mentorship of BD leaders to gain experience in optimizing market presence and business growth.
Qualifications
Leidos is seeking a high school intern for their Federal Civilian IT Business Development team. This internship is designed to prepare high-potential individuals for future roles in business development by providing challenging work environments and mentorship from BD leaders. Key requirements include actively pursuing a high school diploma, demonstrating leadership skills, and possessing strong communication abilities.
Job Description
The Federal Civilian IT (FCIT) Business Development team is looking for interns who have an interest in a career in Business Development. The program is designed to prepare high potential interns for future positions in Leidos BD by exposing them to a variety of challenging work environments and pairing them with BD leaders who will provide mentoring throughout their internship.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
The FCIT Business Development team is a dynamic group of professionals responsible optimizing our market presence and business growth within the Federal Civilian government sector. Our teams are fast-paced, strategic and highly motivated to win and capture new business. Successful candidates typically have a high-energy level, strong enthusiasm, passion for innovative thinking, a competitive edge, and strong communication skills.
We offer intern assignments in the following BD functional areas:
-Capture Strategy and Support
-Business Operations
-Market Planning & Support
-Proposal Operations
-Capture Excellence
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
-Actively pursuing a High School diploma
-Academic excellence
-Demonstrated leadership abilities and skills
-Energy, enthusiasm and competitive edge
-Flexibility
-Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
-Willingness to continually learn and grow
-Ability to work in a team
-Ability to work under pressure
-U.S. Citizenship is required
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
-3.0 GPA
-Knowledge and experience in the US Government's procurement process
-Major in Business, Marketing or related discipline
-Knowledge of Government Contractor’s proposal process and development
If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
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