
Director, Capture Management
Sterling, VAFull-time$173–294K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Job overview
The Capture Director leads matrixed teams pursuing large programs for U.S. Intelligence agencies and reports to the Senior Director of Growth within the Intelligence Solutions Business Area. The role shapes the Intelligence portfolio and develops capture strategy with the VP for Intelligence business. It covers opportunity pursuit from qualification through award, customer and industry engagement, solution development, proposal strategy, and pricing.
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Job Description
Imagine a role that propels you into the heart of innovation, where every decision helps shape the future of our workforce and our customers mission. As a Capture Director, you will lead matrixed teams in the pursuit of large, $100M programs at US Intelligence agencies. Reporting directly to the Senior Director of Growth within the Intelligence Solutions (IS) Business Area, the ideal candidate will have proven experience navigating and capturing work within the intricate terrain of the Intelligence market space.
We re looking for a strategic leader that thrives in fast-paced environments, has strong relationship-building skills, and is excited to introduce disruptive innovations. In this role, you ll have the opportunity to directly shape the direction of our growing Intelligence portfolio and will work directly with the VP for Intelligence business to develop and execute capture strategy.
Duties and Responsibilities:
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End-to-end leadership for the full opportunity pursuit lifecycle from initial qualification to contract award.
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Strategic partnering across industry and OEM vendors
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Capability gap identification and analysis of alternatives to formulate unique and competitive solutions
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Development of capture plans including technical, management, past performance, security, and pricing strategies and win themes
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Robust customer engagement at all levels leading to shaping successes
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Win theme and discriminator development proficiency
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Experience leading story board and proposal color team reviews
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Effective use of cross corporate solutioning and resource loading to increase PWIN and drive best in class solutions
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Experienced in briefings to senior leadership
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Financial acumen both in New Business Fund management and strategic pricing
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Strong collaboration and team building skills
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Proficient in strategic teaming and customer relationship building
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
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Bachelor's Degree and 12 years work experience or equivalent experience
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Desire to perform at a high level in a fast-paced environment
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Ability to handle ambiguity and attack tasks proactively
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Successful experience both managing and winning large (>$100M award) programs for the Intelligence marketspace
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Working knowledge of solution development for Intelligence customers, preferably in the areas of IT, Cloud, and Cybersecurity
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Proficient in leveraging generative AI to assist in research, proposal analysis and review, and storyboarding
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Developing solutions that incorporate Artificial Intelligence in IT operations to improve efficiency and delivery speed
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Familiar with leading information technology (IT) tools and providers that leverage enterprise software license features for customers including ServiceNow, MS Office365, Cisco/Splunk, Amazon Web Services, and others.
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Experience proposing and Agile frameworks and processes to manage customer programs
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Experience with different government contract types, price to win, competitor intelligence assessments, and pricing strategies
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Ability to lead diverse matrixed teams comprised of Solution Architects, Engineers, Subject Matter Experts, and functional support teams to develop compelling solutions for customers
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Knowledge of the customer community, relationships, and experience with procurement organizations in the Intelligence community
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Ability to communicate (written/oral) at the most senior levels of government and with internal executives
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Experienced and/or certified in Shipley or other industry-recognized capture methodologies
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
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Experience capturing programs at the US Intelligence agencies.
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Active Clearance at the Top-Secret level with eligibility to be cleared at the SCI level.
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $173023 - $294137
Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
Director, Capture Management
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How this job compares
Set against the 600 open Capture Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 9, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$173–294K/yr
- Virginia median$159–250K/yr72 salary ranges
- US median$134–248K/yr522 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $234K, is 11% above the Virginia median midpoint ($211K) — in the middle half of Capture Management salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 80 open Capture Management jobs in Virginia and 600 across the US. 12% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
- Leidos10 open
- BAE Systems (this employer)9 open
- SAIC7 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 12 years of experience; Capture Management postings that state a minimum ask for 15 years at the median (570 postings).
- Education
- 124 of the 600 open Capture Management jobs (21%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 9, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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