Senior Capture Manager AAS

KBR, Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 262,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K plan with company match

Medical insurance

Flexible work schedule

Job summary

KBR, Inc. is seeking a Senior Capture Manager to lead bid campaigns across federal civil and defense opportunities, with a focus on GSA AAS/Fedsim HPC, AI, cloud, and mission programs. The role emphasizes capturing large, strategic contracts and directing cross-functional teams to win.

Primary location is Columbia, MD, with remote options depending on location; travel 20-40% to client sites. You will manage the full lifecycle from qualification to proposal submission, shaping winning strategies

Qualifications

• 12+ years total experience including 8+ years in industry and 4+ years in business development
• Experience winning new business single award contracts valued over $100M
• Demonstrable history winning large prime, non-IDIQ contracts
• Experience working with senior government leaders and mature capture organization

Responsibilities

• Capture ownership of assigned opportunities
• Manage and execute the full BD lifecycle across multiple pursuits and proposals
• Routinely manage 2-3 large ($100M+) solicitations at various stages of capture
• Develop a capture plan with win themes, discriminators, and win strategies
• Lead capture activities and team to achieve the strategy through final proposal submission
• Lead competitive assessments, teaming, and price-to-win efforts

Skills

Business development

Capture management

Program management

Leadership

AAS/GSA processes

Win strategy

Customer engagement

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Job description

Title:

Senior Capture Manager AAS

BELONG. CONNECT. GROW. with KBR!

At KBR, we define the future.

We are a company of innovators, thinkers, creators, explorers, and dreamers.

But we all share one goal: to improve the world responsibly and safely.

Our KBR team is actively hiring a Senior Capture Manager! Job level will be based on years of experience in support of a mature capture process and the value of captured contracts. Details are listed in the Qualifications Section below.

The KBR Senior Capture Manager will serve as a Capture lead within KBR’s Exploration and Logistics (E&L) business unit. Customers include a broad selection of Federal Civilian Government agencies with a specific focus on GSA AAS/Fedsim procurements for high-performance computing (HPC), AI, cloud, and mission programs. The Capture lead will be responsible for leading, developing, maturing, and winning new large, prime business.

Primary work location will be Columbia, MD with assigned customers based across the US. Position can be 100% remote depending on location.

Approximately 20-40% of work time will be on travel to client locations.

Responsibilities:

• Capture ownership of assigned opportunities in support of KBR’s growth mission and vision
• Responsible for the management and execution of the full BD life-cycle process across multiple simultaneous pursuits and proposals
• Routinely assignment of 2-3 large ($100M+) solicitation pursuits at various stages of the capture lifecycle primarily in the federal market
• Conceptualize a winning strategy, develop a capture plan that implements the strategy and translates into win themes, discriminators, and scorable strengths, adjusts the strategy as the procurement unfolds, and drive the capture activities and team (internal and external) to achieve the strategy through final proposal submission
• Plan, lead, execute capture activities to include:
• Participate in developing a healthy pipeline of new opportunities
• Qualify and assess the “win-ability” of new opportunities
• Develop a plan for securing knowledge and understanding of the customer’s requirements, challenges, issues, and needs during the capture phase and lead solutioning/planning sessions with the capture team
• Coordinate meetings with customers, competitors, clients, and teammates to develop market insight on requirements, acquisition strategy, acquisition timing, and contract vehicle choices
• Lead milestone/gate reviews, black hat sessions, solution sessions, blue teams, and support proposal reviews
• Lead competitive assessments, teaming, and price-to-win efforts
• Lead the development and submission of white papers, RFI responses, and other proposal artifacts as assigned
• Apply KBR capture management best practices to each pursuit, including creating and disseminating capture artifacts—call reports, B&P budgets, win plans, solution documentation, key strengths statements
• Brief capture status to senior management at specified milestones in the capture process, when material changes occur and as requested
• Creating winning solutions
• Winning large new business programs

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and a total of 12+ years of experience that includes 8+ years of industry experience and 4+ years of experience in business development
• Experience winning new business single award contracts valued over $100M
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent related experience will be accepted in lieu of degree
• Must have a demonstrable history of winning large prime, single award, non-IDIQ contracts
• Demonstrated ability to work with senior business and government leaders and to provide leadership within the workplace
• Working knowledge and experience within a mature, industry-leading capture organization targeting space and engineering support
• An ability to drive profitable financial outcomes on each capture with demonstrated understanding of corporate indirect rates and LOE/BOE development
• Proven success in the following discipline(s): Business development, capture management, program management, science and engineering programs, civil space programs, civilian federal technology programs, AAS/GSA acquisition processes, opportunity identification and qualification
• Demonstrated leadership skills in services-centric organizations to develop, organize and execute significant capture activities, including building industry teams, assessing win probability, and executing customer call plans to shape acquisitions

Basic Compensation:

$174,700-$262,000

The offered rate will be based on contract affordability and the selected candidate’s working location, knowledge, skills, abilities and/or experience, and in consideration of internal parity.

KBR Benefits

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.

Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR

At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and foster an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together.

At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and foster an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.