Strategic Senior Advisor, Government Contracts

AlphaHire; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

AlphaHire is seeking a Strategic Senior Advisor with deep government contracting experience to guide our expansion into federal, state, and local markets.

You will provide strategic counsel, help shape capture plans, evaluate opportunities, and advise on when to prime or partner, while keeping overhead lean and focused.

The role is advisory and non-operational, with periodic conversations, high-level reviews, and introductions as appropriate to unlock meaningful public-sector work.

Qualifications

• Experience in federal, state, or large municipal government contracting.
• Proven ability in capture strategy and opportunity qualification.
• Experience evaluating RFx and making bid/no-bid decisions.
• Knowledge of FAR/DFARS and procurement processes.
• Experience with government contract vehicles (IDIQs, BPAs, GWACs, GSA schedules).
• Ability to lead prime/subcontractor and teaming initiatives.
• Strong agency relationship development and contract compliance track record.

Responsibilities

• Provide periodic strategic conversations and decision reviews.
• Review selected opportunities and advise on approach.
• Make introductions where beneficial to secure engagements.
• Identify capabilities needed before pursuing large contracts.
• Help build capabilities without creating excessive overhead.

Skills

Government contracting

Capture strategy

RFP evaluation

Proposal strategy

Agency relationships

Contract compliance

Subcontractor teaming

Tools

FAR/DFARS

IDIQs

BPAs

GWACs

GSA schedules

Job description

AlphaHire is building a small group of senior strategic advisors with deep operating experience in areas that matter to our next stage of growth.

We are currently looking for a Strategic Senior Advisor with significant government contracting experience.

AlphaHire provides workforce and execution intelligence for construction, infrastructure, energy, power, data centers, and other capital-intensive markets. We are also expanding our work with federal, state, and local government agencies and pursuing opportunities where our data, research, workforce intelligence, and subject-matter expertise can solve meaningful public-sector problems.

We are looking for someone who has operated inside the government contracting ecosystem and can help us avoid the mistakes companies make when entering or scaling in this market.

The experience we're looking for

Ideally, you have substantial experience with several of the following:

• Federal, state, or large municipal government contracting
• Capture strategy and opportunity qualification
• RFP/RFQ/RFI evaluation and bid/no-bid decisions
• Proposal strategy and competitive positioning
• FAR/DFARS and government procurement processes
• IDIQs, BPAs, GWACs, GSA schedules, or similar contract vehicles
• Prime/subcontractor and teaming strategies
• Agency relationship development
• Contract compliance and post-award execution
• Professional services, research, analytics, workforce, infrastructure, technology, or consulting contracts
• Building or scaling a government contracting function

Experience as a government contracting executive, former contracting/procurement leader, capture executive, government practice leader, or senior operator at an established federal contractor would be particularly relevant.

We want someone who can help us answer questions such as:

• Which opportunities should we pursue — and which should we walk away from?
• Where are we likely to underestimate the government buying process?
• What capabilities do we need before pursuing larger contracts?
• When should we prime versus partner?
• What makes an agency take a newer entrant seriously?
• What mistakes create problems after an award?
• How should we build this capability without creating unnecessary overhead?

The strongest advisor will challenge our assumptions rather than simply tell us what we want to hear.

The role

This is a Strategic Senior Advisor relationship rather than a full-time operating position.

The expected commitment is limited and focused: periodic strategic conversations, review of selected opportunities or decisions, and introductions where you independently believe they make sense.

Where AlphaHire needs substantial execution—such as capture support, proposal development, contract strategy, or client work—that can be scoped separately as a paid engagement.

Who this is best suited for

Someone who has learned government contracting through actual execution and can translate that experience into practical judgment.

We care much more about what you have built, won, managed, and learned than an impressive title alone.

If this describes your background, we'd be interested in having a conversation.