Business Development Specialist

The NASA Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) seeks a Business Development Specialist to manage the Small Business Program for Johnson Space Center by providing expert guidance, assistance, leadership, analysis, reviews, reports, and recommendations in support of acquisitions.

Initiates, interprets, develops, and recommends policies and procedures for establishing and maintaining the NASA Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP).

Provides small business advice and counsel to management, business, and technical personnel as it relates to their small business programs.

Attends and actively participates in NASA-sponsored small business outreach events and NASA small business committee meetings.

Maintains a program designed to locate capable small business sources, for current and future acquisitions.

Coordinates inquiries and requests for advice from small business concerns on acquisition matters. Assists small businesses with payment issues.

Identifies portions of NASA requirements that can be performed by small businesses. Reviews small business set-aside recommendations and coordinates with the Small Business Administration (SBA) Procurement Center Representative (PCR).

Conducts market research, planning, economic and business analyses, and feasibility studies to identify actual or potential problem areas, trends, and areas of imbalance in the operation of Small Business Programs.

Develops annual small business goals and reports on progress to management. Ensure data is correctly entered. Extracts small business data from standard and ad-hoc reports from sam.gov.