Northrop Grumman

Manager, Capture Management

Northrop Grumman

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: El SegundoCaliforniaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $193,000 - $289,600 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Lead “down and in” capture execution and be responsible for delivering program and capture outcomes
  • Develop and manage capture rhythm, resourcing (staff, and investments), and related capture execution schedule
  • Establish program definition for the proposed effort
  • Develop / refine capture strategy, tactics, win themes
  • Provide overall senior leadership for proposal development aligned with the established win strategy and PTW
  • In collaboration with Engineering, Business Management and Business Development, lead early development and integration of PTW, DTC, and CAIV (as applicable, based on acquisition phase and strategy)
  • Establish and manage the execution of a successful “Color” team, NAR/ICE, and business clearance process
  • In collaboration with GSC, integrate principal teammates into capture team to ensure a seamless proposal development
  • Execute appropriate Business Acquisition Process (BAP) steps and Northrop Grumman capture best practices
  • Execute associated program transition planning & manage transition to execution
  • Support “up and out” senior customer and company engagement
  • Facilitate integration between primary activity and other related efforts
  • Demonstrate exceptional leadership, collaboration, communication, and team building skills consistent with Northrop Grumman values and leadership principles
  • Collaborate with the sector strategy and growth organization to implement best practices throughout the sector
  • Partner with cross-functional leaders in strategy & growth, GSC, Engineering, Pricing, and Business Management to guide competitive assessments, teaming strategies, and Position-to-win and price to win products to improve NG competitiveness
  • Develop clear and concise Win Themes and Value Propositions for the capture
  • Partner with Business Development to understand the customer’s needs, wants, desires, buying behavior, value proposition, stakeholder customer organizations and budgets
  • Align capture strategy and customer value proposition
  • Maintain relationships with internal stakeholders and functional organizations involved in program capture.
  • Develop and maintain strong relationships with teaming partners and industry associations to help drive partnerships.
  • Demonstrate excellent communication skills and ability to effectively interact with the customer, program management, business unit and supply base executives and functional management, as well as internal stakeholders
  • Execute sector processes and strategies that result in an increased capture PWin and improved capture win rate.
  • Lead the development of briefing materials and responses for executive leadership, including ELT briefings, Deep Dives, monthly business reviews, and Sector Gate Reviews.
  • Ensure accuracy and consistency of the Customer Relationships Management (CRM) tools (Salesforce) and process standards of the Northrop Grumman Business Acquisition Process (BAP).

Requirements

  • Extensive knowledge, experience, and success in leading and winning captures of large-scale opportunities
  • Minimum of 4 years directly running a capture
  • Minimum of 5 captures executed of capture size at least $25 million
  • Minimum completion of formal capture training
  • 10 years with a bachelor’s degree in business, technical or other relevant discipline or 8 years with a Masters with relevant experience (Military, Defense or Federal Civilian)
  • Demonstrated ability to lead multi-disciplinary business development, strategy development activities.
  • Experience in leading capture teams and their leveraging of Customer Relationships Management (CRM) tools (e.g., Salesforce) while following the process standards of the Northrop Grumman Business Acquisition Process (BAP)
Benefits
  • Health insurance coverage
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Savings plan
  • Company paid holidays
  • Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
capture executioncapture strategyproposal developmentprogram transition planningcompetitive assessmentswin themesvalue propositionsbusiness acquisition processformal capture trainingmulti-disciplinary business development
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationcommunicationteam buildingcustomer engagementrelationship managementstrategic thinkingproblem solvingstakeholder interactionfacilitation
Certifications
formal capture training