Sr Capture Manager - intelligence Solutions; ODNI, DIA, DTRA

Description

The Intelligence Solutions Business Area within the Intelligence Sector of Leidos is seeking a Sr Capture Manager to lead and support high-performing capture teams, responsible for securing existing and winning new business opportunities in the Intelligence Community market.

The successful candidate possesses technical education and related professional experience, resourcefulness, and motivation to join a cohesive, winning team. The position will report to the Director of Capture Management for the Intelligence Solutions Business Area. The position is located primarily in Chantilly, VA and requires a Secret clearance with the ability to acquire a TS/SCI Full Scope Poly.

Primary Responsibilities:

The Sr Capture Manager is responsible for developing and supporting the execution of the business operation’s overall capture strategy associated with an approved pursuit effort to increase the win probability of new and existing projects.

Duties may include the following:

• Orchestrating bid strategy
• Providing oversight of the development of proposal volumes
• Conducting market and competition analysis
• Creating, leading, and supporting capture and proposal teams.

The selected candidate is responsible to follow corporate processes for business development and capture management.

• This includes working closely with the Intelligence Solutions Business Area Business Development Leads, Account Executives and the required corporate and external capture and proposal resources accordingly
• Coordination and Collaboration includes working with:
• The person(s) responsible for business development or marketing leads
• Supporting the transition from opportunity identification into capture efforts
• Assembling a capture team and managing the capture team to successfully bid and win contracts
• Contacting and interfacing with existing and new clients and partners, communicating the organization’s core capabilities
• Establishing internal and external teaming, and managing bid and proposal funding.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Works as lead responsible for entire sections, volumes, proposals, and/or captures
• Develops solutions to difficult problems and issues that are unclear and require thorough analyses and understanding of domain knowledge
• Collaborates with internal stakeholders, business development and operations team members, as well as customer leadership and external stakeholders
• Works collaboratively with team members regarding solution design, process and/or approaches
• Participates or leads opportunity gate reviews, black hat sessions, win theme and discriminator workshops, proposal and program reviews, and lessons learned activities; communicates status, resource needs, capture strategy, and recommendations to executive leadership
• Oversees the proposal phase of the opportunity to ensure successful delivery to the client
• Contributes feedback and innovative ideas to the team in support of continuous improvement.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 15+ years of prior relevant experience or Master’s degree with 12+ years of prior relevant experience
• Demonstrated excellent written and verbal communication skills, as well as effective collaboration and inclusive leadership skills
• Familiarity with federal government acquisition types, processes, and tools
• Demonstrated skills in areas relevant to business development including: opportunity qualification, capture strategy, customer and industry collaboration, and team leadership
• Candidate must possess an active Secret clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in capturing and winning business development opportunities with emphasis on opportunity qualification, stakeholder engagement, solution development, and proposal submission
• Proven record of success managing and winning capture efforts within the Intelligence Community
• Experience in the development of and successful negotiation of teaming agreements
• Experience in the development of competitive pricing strategies and associated cost proposal
• Active Top Secret / SCI clearance and willingness to obtain a successful polygraph

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