Remote Senior Proposal & Capture Leader

Muon Space, Inc.; Woodbridge (VA); Remote; USD 149,000 - 218,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Medical insurance

401k retirement plan

Paid vacation and holidays

Life insurance

Job summary

Muon Space seeks a Senior Proposal Manager to lead high-priority proposals and capture materials, coordinating across Engineering, Business Development, Program Management, Finance, Contracts and Executive Leadership to develop compliant, differentiated bids.

This role supports remote work from approved locations and focuses on scalable capture processes, competitive win themes, and active engagement with executive leadership to drive growth and success.

Qualifications

• 10+ years leading technical captures, strategic proposals, or business pursuits.
• Experience guiding complex captures from opportunity shaping to contract award.
• Translate customer mission needs into executable spacecraft or mission solutions.
• Lead cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. Government acquisition processes (FAR/DFARS, RFPs, BAAs, OTAs preferred).
• Excellent technical writing, presentation, and executive communication skills.
• Ability to balance technical, schedule, cost, and execution tradeoffs.
• Strong organizational and project leadership skills.
• Active clearance (TS).

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional teams to develop compliant, compelling, and differentiated technical proposals.
• Develop best practices, processes and materials to enable Muon to deliver compelling proposals.
• Partner with executive leadership, Business Development, Engineering, Program Management, Finance, and Manufacturing to define materials, themes and messaging in support of key capture activities.
• Develop technical win themes, discriminators, and solution strategies aligned with customer mission needs and Muon capabilities.
• Lead proposal planning, schedules, reviews, and executive decision gates across multiple concurrent pursuits
• Ensure compliance with RFPs, BAAs, RFIs, and other government solicitations.
• Perform competitive analysis, customer assessments, acquisition strategy analysis, and risk identification.
• Develop and continuously improve company-wide capture processes, proposal libraries, reusable content, and best practices.
• Lead proposal retrospectives and drive continuous improvement
• Mentor technical contributors on capture best practices.
• Influence long-term growth strategy by identifying emerging customer needs and market opportunities.

Skills

Technical captures leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

Proposal development

FAR/DFARS knowledge

Technical writing

Lead without authority

Security clearance TS

Job description

Muon Space seeks a Senior Proposal Manager to lead high-priority proposals and capture materials, coordinating across Engineering, Business Development, Program Management, Finance, Contracts and Executive Leadership to develop compliant, differentiated bids.

This role supports remote work from approved locations and focuses on scalable capture processes, competitive win themes, and active engagement with executive leadership to drive growth and success.