Founding Capture Strategist — Defense Contracts

Success Matcher Recruitment

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Success Matcher Recruitment partners with Usul (www.usul.ai) to hire a Founding Capture Strategist for the defense and space sector in San Francisco. The role focuses on end-to-end customer deployments, onboarding, and driving platform adoption.

You'll collaborate with Product and Engineering to turn customer feedback into a strategic roadmap, manage health metrics, and pursue renewal opportunities, with a strong emphasis on national security contracts.

Qualifications

  • 1–5 years of experience in government contracting, capture management, budget tracking or proposal writing.
  • Ability to navigate defense tech environments and communicate effectively.
  • Willingness to work on-site 5 days a week in San Francisco, with occasional travel.

Responsibilities

  • Lead customer deployments and own end-to-end relationships with defense and space clients.
  • Drive enterprise adoption by designing onboarding paths and ensuring platform integration.
  • Identify upsell/cross-sell opportunities to fuel growth across accounts.
  • Collaborate with Product and Engineering to translate customer feedback into a roadmap.
  • Monitor metrics to reduce churn and secure renewals.

Skills

government contracting
capture management
budget tracking
proposal writing

Education

Georgetown (SFS) degree (bonus)

Tools

AI tools in professional context

Job description

Success Matcher Recruitment partners with Usul (www.usul.ai) to hire a Founding Capture Strategist for the defense and space sector in San Francisco. The role focuses on end-to-end customer deployments, onboarding, and driving platform adoption.

You'll collaborate with Product and Engineering to turn customer feedback into a strategic roadmap, manage health metrics, and pursue renewal opportunities, with a strong emphasis on national security contracts.

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