Capture Manager

Leidos; High Wycombe; Hybrid; GBP 74,000 - 99,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology and engineering firm in the UK is seeking a Capture Manager to join their Business Growth team. The role requires exceptional leadership and relationship management skills to win complex services opportunities. Candidates must have experience managing multi-million-pound pursuits with a focus on the UK MoD and Homeland Security. The position offers a competitive salary and a flexible work environment.

Benefits

Contributory Pension Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

33 days Annual Leave

Flexible benefits

Flexi-Time

Qualifications

• Strong track record as a Capture Manager winning opportunities over £20m.
• Ability to engage with stakeholders and develop relationships.
• Must have the capability to lead and motivate teams to achieve deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Engage with customers to understand their needs and develop strategies.
• Lead a high-performing Capture team to deliver on bid milestones.
• Collaborate with the Bid Manager to create winning proposals.

Skills

Leadership

Relationship management

Communication skills

Strategic thinking

Negotiation skills

Commercial acumen

Job description

Capture Manager

Location: There will be a requirement to be in our Farnborough office but we are flexible with where someone is based

Join our UK Team who are committed to a Mission!

Leidos require a Capture Manager to join our Business Growth team. We are looking for someone with experience in Capture / Pursuit leadership, who thrives on working in an active, fast‑paced environment to challenging deadlines. You must be self‑motivated and able to work to tough deadlines, managing competing stakeholder demands.

You will be aligned with the UK Capture Operations team, report to the UK Head of Capture, with a focus to leading Capture opportunities to MoD and Homeland Security.

The Capture Manager is accountable for winning a specific business opportunity and provides the leadership to the pursuit team through to award of the contract. You will:

• Define the customer engagement management strategy and engage senior company executives in contact activity as required
• Personally engage with customers and stakeholders to understand their challenges, constraints and desired outcomes
• Lead the development of winning strategies that differentiate us, are competitively focused and are compelling to the client and their requirements, as well as satisfy internal business objectives and risk posture
• Assemble a high performing Capture team that brings relevant expertise and capabilities;
  • Deliver clear and inspired leadership and actively drive them to achieve bid milestones within budget and schedule
  • Deliver clear and inspired leadership to assure execution of winning capture strategy
• Where relevant, assemble an industry team that compliments Leidos capabilities to both win the opportunity and ensure execution of the program
• Work with the Bid Manager to develop a high‑quality proposal, ensuring win themes, hot buttons, and evaluation criteria are comprehensively addressed across all proposal elements
• Lead internal stakeholder management and keep the senior leadership teams informed and engaged including timely escalation of issues needing resolution
• Lead post‑submission activities and support the program team as required, ensuring smooth hand over to the operational delivery

Our ideal candidate must have a strong track record:

• As a Capture Manager / Pursuit Lead winning complex services opportunities of greater than £20m, ideally to UK MoD
• Be capable of developing and maintaining senior stakeholder relationships internally and with customers and industry partners

What skills are we looking for?

• Exceptional leadership, relationship management, and communication skills
• Proven effective in working across organisational boundaries (e.g. between corporate divisions and/or multi‑nationally based divisions)
• Ability to work at the strategic and big picture level
• Strong presentation and negotiating skills
• Sound commercial acumen and ability to build a compelling business case
• Ability to manage to a challenging deadline, including motivation and leadership to team members.

Clearance Requirements: UK Security Clearance is required for this role

Discover yourself at Leidos UK! Join our team and we’ll unleash your talents to solve the most challenging technical problems.

What we do for you

At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work‑life balance.

We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
• Flexi‑Time

Commitment to Diversity

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are

Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science.

Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services; our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different

Purpose: You can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.

Collaboration: Having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth while developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

We’re not looking for perfectly polished resumes or perfect fits. We’re looking for people who break limits, ask hard questions, and don’t wait to be told what’s next. At Leidos, we’re not following the roadmap – we’re redrawing it.

Original Posting

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range: £74,700.00-£98,300.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.