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Vice President, Capture Executive

Leidos Reston, VA executive full-time

Salary

$223,800 - $360,000 per year

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Description

We are seeking a Vice President, Capture Executive to join our Capture Operations and Excellence Organization located in Reston, VA. As a core member of this Strategic Capture Team, you will play a valuable part in supporting and executing a wide range of Captures across all lines of business with total contract values more than $750M.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead development and implementation of capture for strategic, high-value opportunities
  • Develop and execute capture plans through all phases of the capture and proposal process
  • Develop, organize, and execute significant capture activities, including building industry and Leidos-internal teams, assessing win probability, developing win plans/strategies, addressing gap analysis, etc.
  • Develop value propositions, support business cases and project plans, and develop early win strategies
  • Establish and implement customer engagement and intelligence, including creation and execution of call plans, and gathering, assessment, and validation of customer requirements
  • Develop and control capture budgets
  • Communicate with diverse parties internally and externally at senior levels
  • Secure and align resource needs and leverage resources assigned, collaborating with subject and technical matter experts, functional leads, and Program Managers to develop winning proposals
  • Define a schedule to accomplish efficient and effective capture and proposal activities
  • Ensure timely delivery of compliant and compelling RFI, sources sought, and proposal responses
  • Interact routinely with all levels of leadership, infrastructure POCs, staff, and customers, and follow through on tasking
  • Brief capture status to senior leadership at specified milestones in the capture process when material changes occur, and as needed
  • Conduct after-action reviews for all business opportunities, document lessons learned, and identify necessary adjustments to capture technique, strategy, and actions
  • Conduct training on capture process, best practices, and lessons learned
  • Mentor other capture and proposal staff in the capture management process

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field and 15+ years of related experience with 12+ years leading teams or projects
  • Leadership skills to develop, organize, and execute significant capture activities
  • Extensive success, knowledge, and experience in leading and winning captures of large-scale opportunities over $750M
  • Exceptional verbal communication skills and prior experience briefing executives
  • Experience with developing and maintaining effective internal and external business relationships
  • Demonstrable understanding of all contract types and payment types
  • Demonstrable ability to understand customers' unique mission, technologies needed, and pain points
  • Ability to work and execute a quick reaction process for all government responses
  • Ability to influence constructively and interact at the highest levels of the corporate structure
  • Excellent interpersonal, problem-solving, and business acumen
  • Willingness to travel, as necessary in support of the capture
  • Demonstrated deep understanding of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)
  • Ability to lead local and geographically dispersed teams
  • Ability to use automated tools such as Microsoft Office to present ideas, information, and reports

Benefits:

  • Pay Range: $223,800.00 - $360,000.00

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • Top Secret clearance

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You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://leidos.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Reston-VA/Vice-President--Capture-Executive_R-00194740

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