Capture Team Lead

Job Description

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Major UK programmes such as Apache, Chinook, C-17, P-8A and E7 Wedgetail are supported and delivered by Boeing Defence UK (BDUK) Ltd, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company. Employing more than 1,800 people, BDUK also provides engineering sustainment and support for aircraft in service with the UK armed forces, along with virtual and instructor-led training. Leveraging our established defence business in the UK, and blending our local expertise with our ‘One Boeing’ global approach.

BDUK is well positioned to support the UK with its current and future defence and security challenges.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and dynamic Capture Team Lead to join Boeing’s UK Capture & Campaigns team. The primary purpose of the Capture Team Lead is to lead strategically important captures designed to deliver significant growth.

In this role you will be expected to scope, shape and qualify new business across all business areas.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to lead highly complex campaigns across the Boeing portfolio - including key platforms, digital, training driving innovative solutions for our Defence customers. This is a hybrid role based in Bristol, 3 days per week working on site.

• Lead, motivate and guide the capture team comprising of multi-disciplined individuals & teams across multiple business functions, and (where relevant) partner companies and/or contractors.
• Ensure you can maintain a balance between the longer-term win strategy and the more immediate demands that face a Capture Team; keeping both aligned and informed to the best win strategy effect.

• Collaborate broadly to develop the capture strategy for assigned nominated captures.
• Achieve company buy-in and approval for the capture strategy including associated capability investments.

• Oversee solution development activities for assigned captures, ensuring that solution maturity matches or exceeds customer expectations throughout the capture lifecycle and drives our shaping strategy.
• Develop, maintain, and manage the execution of a coherent, funded, and resourced capture plan that details the implementation of win strategy whilst adhering to business winning policies and procedures.

• Ensure that we support our Global campaigns and Business Units to develop early engagement and understanding of horizon/pipeline deals, maturing them for strategic capture at the ideal time to achieve best shaping effect.
• Contribute to market and competitive analysis to understand the market for assigned captures / campaigns / programs.

• Build and maintain relationships at senior management level (company, client, and partners) in order to develop trust, gain customer insight and intelligence, shape customer requirements and position Boeing as the preferred partner (increase PWin).
• Be able to support and prepare others to lead customer, partner and competitor engagement.

• previous experience as a senior member of a capture team (or equivalent) that has driven from the early stages through to a successful win of a significant contract (Ideally >£50m)
• able to demonstrate experience in successfully influencing the win of major opportunities by leading capture teams within the International defence, security and or government sectors
• Currently holding or able to obtain a UK SC clearance

• Experience in a Capture role
• formal training in complex B2G sales (e.g., Shipley methodologies or equivalent)
• Defence and security experience in our home markets of UK
• Tertiary qualifications in Business Management, Project Management or Finance

This requisition is for a locally hired position in the UK. Candidates must have current legal authorisation to work immediately in the United Kingdom. Boeing…