Business Development Intern

Job Description

About the Role
The Parallax Advanced Research Mission delivers innovative research and provides technology, human and business solutions via The Science of Intelligent Teaming™ for government, industry and academic clients with critical challenges. The Business Development Intern supports the organization’s growth efforts by assisting with market research, opportunity tracking, capture activities, and proposal preparation for Department of Defense (DoD) and federal/state government contracts, providing hands-on exposure to government contracting, federal acquisition processes, and BD pipelines in a fast-paced defense environment.

What You’ll Do
• Conduct research on DoD agencies, programs, budgets, and competitors to support BD strategy and capture planning.
• Review and track opportunities through government portals (SAM.gov, eBuy, DIBBS, etc.) and internal pipeline tools.
• Assist with organizing and maintaining BD pipelines, reports, and weekly activity summaries.
• Support capture managers with development of customer profiles, win themes, discriminators, and solution research.
• Assist proposal teams with writing tasks, data collection, compliance checks, formatting, and document preparation.
• Help prepare briefing materials, capability statements, and presentation content for internal and customer meetings.
• Participate in internal meetings related to BD, capture, proposals, and program reviews.
• Support meeting scheduling, note-taking, and follow-up actions for BD and capture efforts.
• Provide general administrative and analytical support to the growth organization.
• Collaborate across engineering, operations, contracts, pricing, security, and HR teams as needed.
• Other office tasks as needed.

You’re a Good Fit If You
• U.S. Citizenship is required and ability to work on-site at Parallax-HQ in Beavercreek.
• Have a high school education and are actively pursuing an associate or bachelor’s degree.
• Possess strong writing, communication, and analytical skills.
• Have the ability to synthesize information and present it clearly.
• Exhibit high attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• Are comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with multiple deadlines.
• Are proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Role Highlights & Compensation
• Eligible to work up to 28 hours per week.
• Hourly rate pay.
• Qualified for both Roth post-tax 401(K) and/or pre-tax with a generous monthly company match.