Capture Manager

Northrop Grumman Australia; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development

Salary packaging – novated car leases

Flexible working options – hybrid, 9‑D

Parental leave (18 weeks)

Health & Wellbeing program

Employee Discount Program

Employee Recognition Program

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Australia is seeking a strategic, inclusive leader to drive Capture Excellence. You will shape governance, provide resources, and guide best practices that elevate pursuit success across our Defence portfolio.

In this senior role, you will collaborate with senior leaders and industry partners to align capabilities, monitor opportunities and build trusted relationships that deliver mission-critical outcomes, while advancing your career within a world-class defence organisation.

Qualifications

• Experience in Defence, capture management, proposal management or complex program environments.
• Understanding of Defence and Government acquisition processes.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, influencing and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to navigate complexity, think strategically and drive outcomes.
• Commercial awareness and a proactive, solutions-focused mindset.
• Relevant qualifications in Business, Project Management, Capture or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Lead capture governance and opportunity progression through the Business Acquisition Process.
• Champion capture excellence by driving capability development, tools and best practices.
• Partner with capture managers to support planning, reporting and pursuit success.
• Build strong relationships across the Northrop Grumman enterprise, Defence industry and strategic partners.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement across the capture community.

Skills

Defence experience

Capture management

Proposal management

Complex programs

Education

Business/Project Management/Capture qualifications

Job description

At Northrop Grumman Australia, you'll do more than support business growth. You'll help enable the future of Defence capability.

As Manager Capture Excellence, you'll be at the center of some of our most important opportunities, planning and providing the resources, best practices and governance that drive successful captures across our Defence portfolio. Working with senior leaders, capture professionals and industry partners, you'll help position Northrop Grumman to deliver mission-critical outcomes for our customers and make a meaningful contribution to Australia's security.

In this highly collaborative role, you will:

• Lead capture governance and opportunity progression through the Business Acquisition Process.
• Champion capture excellence by driving capability development, tools and best practices.
• Partner with capture managers to support planning, reporting and pursuit success.
• Build strong relationships across the Northrop Grumman enterprise, Defence industry and strategic partners.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement across the capture community.

This is an opportunity to influence the future direction of our business while working alongside passionate, capable teams who are united by a shared purpose: solving our customers' toughest challenges.

About you:

You are a strategic and inclusive leader who enjoys bringing people together around a common goal. You thrive in complex environments, build trusted relationships with ease, and are motivated by the opportunity to contribute to programs that create real-world impact.

We're interested in people with:

• Experience in Defence, capture management, proposal management or complex program environments.
• An understanding of Defence and Government acquisition processes.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, influencing and relationship‑building skills.
• The ability to navigate complexity, think strategically and drive outcomes.
• Commercial awareness and a proactive, solutions‑focused mindset.
• Relevant qualifications in Business, Project Management, Capture or a related discipline.

At Northrop Grumman, we're committed to creating an environment where everyone can belong, grow and succeed. If you're excited by the opportunity to help win the next generation of Defence programs while developing your own career alongside some of the industry's best, we'd love to hear from you.

What we offer:

Whatever your role, life stage or background, you can shape your career here in your way with highly challenging work, great colleagues and career development, plus a range of flexible benefits and working patterns.

• Professional development – further education, leadership development, professional industry memberships and unlimited access to a range of online training.
• Salary packaging including novated car leases and the option to purchase additional annual leave.
• Flexible working options, including hybrid working, 9 day fortnights, volunteer leave and varying start and finish times to suit your family needs.
• 18 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid reservist leave.
• We offer all employees access to our Health & Wellbeing program and Employee Assistance program.
• Employee Discount Program.
• Employee Recognition Program.

For more information or a confidential discussion, please contact [e-mail]

As a Defence security clearance is required for this role, you must be an Australian Citizen. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) are applicable, as such your nationality may be a factor in determining your suitability for this role. You will also need to satisfy police checks and employment screening verification