Senior Growth Acquisition Strategist

Job Description

Keep growth on track and your career in motion as a Senior Growth Acquisition Strategist r work leading acquisition strategy during capture will power competitive proposals, strengthen supplier partnerships, and position GDIT for long‑term mission success.

As a Senior Growth Acquisition Strategist, the work you’ll do at GDIT will directly impact our ability to win new business. In this role, you will provide enterprise-level leadership and strategic oversight of all acquisition activities across the capture lifecycle, setting direction for sourcing and subcontracting strategy and ensuring alignment to corporate growth objectives. You will serve as the senior‑most acquisition strategist on high‑value, complex captures, advising your director and division capture leadership on risk posture, competitive positioning, and supplier strategy.

You will act as the integrator across subcontracting, material quoting, agreements, and risk management—ensuring readiness, compliance, risk mitigation, and competitive source selection.

• Serves as a people manager with direct leadership responsibility for Material Quoter(s) and Subcontract Specialist(s), including setting goals, conducting performance reviews, providing coaching and development, and ensuring alignment to departmental priorities and service‑level expectations.
• Influence portfolio‑level capture strategy by shaping early acquisition approaches, supplier recommendations and supplier positioning for major pursuits. Act as a senior strategic partner to Capture Managers and division leadership, providing authoritative guidance on make/buy, teaming, and pricing strategy for multiple business divisions and capture efforts.
• Review solicitations, PWS/SOWs, draft RFPs, and customer artifacts to identify acquisition risks, gaps, and dependencies across the supply chain.
• Drive early strategy development for sourcing, pricing inputs, SLAs, supplier commitments, and risk mitigations to ensure competitive and compliant proposal submissions.
• Utilize artificial intelligence to identify potential gaps or risks between subcontractor agreements and customer requirements.
• Coordinate with the dedicated Subcontracts Specialist(s) and Material Quoter(s) to ensure all quotes, agreements, NDAs/TAAs, and compliance documents are delivered on schedule.
• Consolidate acquisition findings, assumptions, risks, and dependencies into leadership‑ready briefing materials for color reviews and proposal milestones.
• Support continuous improvement across capture acquisition processes by identifying gaps, recommending enhancements, and promoting best practices across the organization.

• Early Capture Strategy & Solution Alignment
  • Shape supply chain and subcontracting strategies early in the capture, advising on make/buy decisions, teaming constructs, and risk tradeoffs to ensure alignment with the technical solution and pricing strategy.
• Acquisition Leadership & Integration
  • Serve as the primary acquisition advisor to the capture team; integrate across subcontracts and material quoting to drive compliance, risk mitigation, and strategic competitive source selection.
  • Act as the project manager for acquisition tasks during proposals—defining timelines, dependencies, risks, and deliverables, and driving execution through color reviews and leadership checkpoints.
• Regulatory & Compliance Strategy
  • Interpret and establish acquisition governance standards for FAR/DFARS, ITAR, and CPSR compliance within the capture lifecycle; provide oversight and approval for high‑risk or complex regulatory interpretations. Own the acquisition readiness posture for major bids, ensuring compliance frameworks, templates, and review mechanisms are institutionalized.
• Proposal Lifecycle Ownership
  • Own the acquisition proposal strategy for high‑visibility captures, setting expectations, approving key inputs, and ensuring executive‑level alignment across BD, supply chain, pricing, contracts, and legal. Ensure acquisition components for top‑tier bids meet Senior Leadership Team quality standards and are positioned for post‑award execution success. Consolidate…