Capture Manager II - Operations & Sustainment

Job Description
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We are currently recruiting for a Capture Manager to perform business development and capture for BAE Systems Space and Mission Systems. This position reports to the Operations & Sustainment mission area of Ground Systems and Services (GSS), which supports the Department of Defense, the Intelligence Community, and Civil customers with a focus on customer groups that provide operations and sustainment to operational air-, sea-, ground and space systems and sensors. At the Capture Manager II level, you'll be customer focused, leading new business development and capture activities for operations and sustainment of space-related systems. A successful candidate must have a solid technical and operational background as well as customer focused, collaborative leadership qualities.
The Ground Systems & Services (GSS) Strategic Business Unit is responsible for driving business growth in the ground systems development, operations & sustainment, and technical services markets. This business unit focuses on designing, building and integrating ground systems in support of air and space-based assets, providing operational support for mission platforms and instruments and offering scientific and engineering expertise to our customers.
What You'll Do:

• Lead the pursuit and capture of new business opportunities with a variety of defense, intelligence, and civil customers.
• Support direct engagement with key government and industry customers, including expanding the company's network of potential partners.
• Coordinate and communicate across Strategic Business Units (SBUs) ensuring a unified approach to business capture.
• Develop and carry out plans and strategies to build a business pipeline and capture new opportunities.
• Manage business development and technical personnel to carry out capture plans and strategies to produce solutions that meet customers' mission needs.
• Lead the preparation of responses to customer opportunities, including white papers, proposals, rough order of magnitude estimates and responses to customer requests for information.
• Provide leadership, knowledge, mentoring, staff development, application of internal processes, and management of internal budgets for execution of existing work.
• Coordinate inputs from support organizations including engineering, contracts, finance, security, and others as needed.
• Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Capabilities Units and the Company. Interact appropriately with others in order to maintain a positive and productive work environment.
• Perform other duties as necessary.

On-Site Work Environment: This position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site five days each normally scheduled week in the primary work location. Travel and local commute between company campuses and other possible non-company locations may be required.
Working Conditions:

• Work is performed in an office environment, laboratory, cleanroom, or production floor.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• BS/BA in related field plus 10 years or more related experience.
• Each higher-level degree, i.e., Master's Degree or Ph.D., may substitute for two years of experience. Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education. Degree must be from a university, college, or school which is accredited by an agency recognized by the US Secretary of Education, US Department of Education.
• A current, active TS/SCI security clearance is required.
• Competency in the following: mission operations and operations support, space and ground systems sustainment, business development, strategic planning, and project and time management.
• Experience in new business capture in space or related industry for defense, intelligence, and/or civil customers, to include networking skills, technical acumen, and understanding of business relationships.
• Experience working on proposals, both classified and unclassified.
• Excellent presentation skills to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Excellent communication and proposal writing skills.
• Extremely high commitment to ethics and professionalism in dealing with existing and potential customers and teammates.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• Solid programmatic background within program environments for government or industry is a plus.

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $146670 - $249330
Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
About BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it's what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts - defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team-making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you'll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference.
Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, Space & Mission Systems is a leading provider of national defense and civil space applications, advanced remote sensing, scientific and tactical systems for the U.S. Intelligence, Department of Defense and scientific communities. We continually pioneer ways to innovate spacecraft, mission payloads, optical systems, and other defense and civil capabilities. Powered by endlessly curious people with an unwavering mission focus, we continually discover ways to enable our customers to perform beyond expectation and protect what matters most.