Business Development/Capture Manager IV

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions; Washington (District of Columbia); In loco; USD 140.000 - 190.000; Tempo pieno

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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. in Washington, DC seeks a Business Development Capture Manager IV to lead end-to-end capture activities and drive revenue growth through strategic opportunities and customer engagements in defense programs.

You will shape win strategies, coordinate across functions, manage pipelines, and coordinate with prime contractors and government offices to maximize win probability.

Competenze

• Experience leading capture efforts for complex defense programs.
• Ability to develop customer relationships and influence opportunity shaping.
• Strong understanding of acquisition processes, contracts, and capture lifecycle.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams across multiple functions.
• Executive communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.
• Experience with proposal strategy, pricing, staffing, and solution positioning.
• Knowledge of manufacturing readiness and production constraints.
• Understanding of program financials, forecasting, margins, and growth.
• Leadership and accountability in fast-paced environments.

Mansioni

• Lead end-to-end capture activities from qualification to proposal readiness.
• Develop and maintain strong customer relationships with acquisition offices and prime partners.
• Identify and shape new opportunities including follow-on work and task orders.
• Drive pipeline growth through market analysis and competitive assessments.
• Support development of win strategies translating requirements into solutions.
• Coordinate capture planning activities and pricing strategy sessions.
• Collaborate with proposal teams to improve win probability.
• Establish partnerships and teaming arrangements.
• Ensure smooth handoff from capture to execution.
• Lead risk identification and mitigation in capture and proposals.
• Promote disciplined BD processes and CRM governance.

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Job Description

Overview

The Business Development Capture Manager IV plays a strategic role focused on opportunity identification, customer engagement, capture management, and revenue growth within assigned markets. This position is responsible for driving business expansion through the development of customer relationships, pipeline management, opportunity shaping, and capture strategy while collaborating closely with sales operations to drive customer mission focused solutions. The role requires a deep understanding of government acquisition processes, customer mission requirements, and competitive positioning. The Business Development Capture Manager serves as a trusted advisor to customers and internal stakeholders, leading capture activities from opportunity identification through proposal submission and contract award. This individual will work cross-functionally to align technical solutions, pricing strategies, production capabilities, and operational execution with customer requirements to maximize win probability and long-term portfolio growth.

Essential Functions / Responsibility

• Lead end-to-end capture activities for their opportunities, including qualification, pursuit strategy, competitive positioning, teaming, and proposal readiness.
• Develop and maintain strong customer relationships with operational and contracting offices, mission users, acquisition stakeholders, and prime channel partners to establish customer intimacy and identify emerging opportunities.
• Identify, qualify, and shape new business opportunities including follow-on work, task orders, engineering changes, sustainment efforts, and strategic partnerships.
• Drive opportunity pipeline growth through market analysis, account intelligence, customer engagement, and competitive assessments.
• Support development of win strategies by translating customer mission requirements into executable technical and operational solutions.
• Coordinate or participate in capture planning activities including gate reviews, color teams, competitive analysis, solution reviews, and pricing strategy sessions.
• Collaborate with proposal teams through blue and red team strategies to improve win probability through customer insights, staffing strategies, pricing realism, compliance reviews, and solution differentiation.
• Identify acquisition approaches, funding pathways, contract vehicles, and timing windows that support successful pursuit strategies.
• Establish and maintain strategic partnerships and teaming arrangements with channel partners, subcontractors, and industry partners.
• Support transition from capture to execution by ensuring clear handoff of customer requirements, assumptions, risks, and commitments.
• Lead risk identification and mitigation activities associated with capture pursuits, proposal execution, and customer commitments.
• Promote disciplined business development processes, opportunity tracking, CRM management, and capture governance.

Capture, BD, and Revenue Growth

• Serve as the primary business development interface for assigned accounts, regions, and opportunities.
• Lead customer engagement planning, executive briefings, site visits, milestone reviews, and relationship-building activities.
• Maintain awareness of customer priorities, acquisition trends, geopolitical considerations, and funding cycles.
• Provide internal leadership with actionable business intelligence, pipeline forecasts, opportunity status, and strategic recommendations.
• Support long-term portfolio growth planning and strategic account development initiatives.

Basic Knowledge Desired

• Demonstrated success leading capture efforts and business development activities for complex International or defense-related programs.
• Proven ability to develop customer relationships and influence opportunity shaping within competitive acquisition environments.
• Strong understanding of acquisition processes, contract vehicles, proposal development, and capture lifecycle management.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams across engineering, operations, finance, manufacturing, and program management.
• Strong executive communication, presentation, and negotiation skills with the ability to engage senior customer stakeholders and Prime contractor leadership.
• Experience supporting proposal strategy, pricing development, staffing approaches, and solution positioning.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing readiness, production execution, and operational constraints impacting solution development.
• Strong business acumen with understanding of program financials, forecasting, margin considerations, and revenue growth strategies.
• Demonstrated leadership, accountability, and ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, high-visibility environments.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, and talk or hear
• The employee is occasionally required to lift 20 pounds

Working Environment

• Team members are subjected to noise levels which may range from moderately low to loud
• All team members