Capture Manager

Amentum is seeking a Capture Manager to accelerate Amentum’s growth within the Intelligence Community (IC).  The successful candidate must have proven experience in capture management methodologies against corporate key opportunities. The candidate must have a solid history of successful captures and awards.  As required, the individual must be willing to support and be assigned other on-going captures to improve fidelity and PWin.  Candidates must have strong and current customer knowledge and networking relationships to identify opportunities in this market and position Amentum as a leading provider in those areas. 

The Capture Manager must have a deep and broad understanding of the customer’s short and long-term objectives, as well as their in-house capabilities, and areas where contractor support will enhance their chances for mission success

Essential Job Duties:

• Develops strategies and responses to Request for Information (RFI), Market Surveys, and Expressions of Interest (EOI)
• Prepares and presents capability statements and other new business information presentations
• Develops and maintains a close relationship with the key customers to understand their requirements, plans, goals and concerns to develop new business.
• Responsible for shaping the RFP, determining customer intimacy and identifying strengths and weaknesses of the organization in pursuit of the opportunity.  
• Drives opportunity from capture decision to contract award, managing bid strategies and overseeing the development of the technical, management and cost strategies and associated proposal volumes. 
• Responsible for determining the most likely requirements to successfully win an opportunity to include development and articulation of the solutions required, win strategies, themes and discriminators.  Clearly communicates these to both corporate executives and the proposal team. 
• Develops the solutioning, then the implementation and management of the capture plan and associated strategy into the proposal end-product and corporate offering.
• Identifies the need or benefits of teaming partners and the associated oversight of required agreements. Must be proficient in drafting and negotiating teaming agreements/ statements of work addressing customer’s requirements, resulting in increased PWin and long-term benefits to the company.
• Develops and matures the strategies for future market changes and assess the likely impact on customers to identify growth opportunities and trends in domestic and international markets.
• Consults with customer on upcoming requirements to help shape requests for proposals (RFPs) and ensures BD/Proposal teams have full understanding of requirements, constraints, and perceived risks. (Responsible for core market sustainment and new business growth; responsible for new business opportunity qualification, competitive positioning, and capture)
• Experience in targeting the market, identifying and qualifying new business opportunities and leading teams through the capture process (e.g., Shipley) to include: customer contact, competitive intelligence, gap analysis and bid team structuring; development of the value proposition, win strategy and offer design; price-to-win and design to cost; bid a business case; proposal product development, color reviews, submission, final proposal revisions, hand-off for implementation, lessons learned continuous improvement, new business budgeting and cost control.

Minimum Requirements:

• Must have an Active Top Secret US Government Clearance. Note: US Citizenship is required to maintain a Top Secret Clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in business or subject matter relevant to customer’s mission required.
• Up to 4 years of Capture Management experience with proven capability to execute a capture strategy and win pursuits working with the customer’s organization is desired.
• Credibility with external constituents, specifically with this customer set; the candidate should have a developed network of relevant contacts in this customer set.
• Deep and broad understanding of customer’s operations, priorities, short/long term goals, strengths, and weaknesses typically derived from having worked within this customer’s organization in a variety of roles and departments.
• A broad-based understanding and knowledge of the business environment around the customer’s operations support services, understanding of the business cycles of this capability set
• Proven capability to act as a Capture Manager for various size pursuits ranging from $1M to $1B
• Experienced with rapid IDIQ task order processes and responses to a defined timeline
• Ability to work in a matrixed, fast-paced team environment
• Demonstrate the ability to develop proposal objectives from vaguely defined requirements
• Effective oral, written, and presentation communication skills coupled with the ability to establish and maintain productive customer and industry participant networks are essential
• Efficient use of Microsoft (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel) is required
• Experience supporting a diverse set of customers such as the Department of Defense (DoD), including intelligence programs customers
• Experience working with a wide range of technical service offerings to include security, facility support, logistics, records management and support services is preferred
• Maintain a positive demeanor despite challenging situations
• Excellent customer service, interpersonal, and communication skills
• Abie to multi-task, organize, and prioritize multiple on-going projects
• Be self-motivated and work independently

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active Top Secret Clearance with polygraph

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran’s status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language at EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans and Labor Laws Posters.