Capture Manager

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Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
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Yes, 50% of the Time Description At  Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon.

We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Capture Manager to lead international captures in the Middle East. This position reports to Northrop Grumman offices at either McLean, Virginia or Huntsville, Alabama. This leadership position is an important role for the growth of the division, driving the Business Unit’s long-term growth in the international markets for Integrated Air and Missile Defense and Multi-Domain Command and Control.

The selected candidate will work closely with the Business Unit’s leadership team and other industry and government partners to manage all aspects of the assigned pursuits. The successful candidate will be a self-starter with experience in both program management and in leading business opportunity analysis, strategy development, and execution of captures/proposals toward winning new business. The selected candidate must be adept at quickly understanding what is required to win, developing compelling value propositions, and presenting strong business cases to secure leadership approvals.

The position is responsible for developing the capture strategy to include a business solution for pursuit of opportunities; identifying potential customers, competitive assessments, teaming suppliers, and prices-to-win; and participating in bid and proposal activities. The capture manager will work closely with marketing.

Primary Roles and

Responsibilities Include:

Leads and manages a cross functional capture team and executes capture activities that lead to winning new business and achieving awards and sales growth.

Creates / shapes and prioritizes new business opportunities to achieve business financial targets for growth.

Maintains strong U.S. domestic and international customer relationship management /development and performs customer acquisition analysis and shaping.

Develop capture strategy and tactics to produce capture products such as competitive assessments, teaming strategies, and solution-to-win analysis results applied to improve competitive posture.

Develop business relationships and industry partnerships toward enabling teaming partners and industry associations to help drive partnerships.

Plan, conduct risk management and lead project performance addressing cost, schedule, and technical quality for large system development type contracts. Execute proposal development including managing process, writing proposal responses, and developing pricing to deliver compelling and compliant proposals.

Determines organizational objectives and interprets company policies. Completed work is reviewed, from a relatively long-term perspective, for desired results.

Advanced knowledge of techniques, practices or theories gained through wide seasoning and/or special development. Typically, a broad functional knowledge within a…