Capture Manager Launch and Exploration- Ts/sci Clearance

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Colorado Springs, CO +2 · Capture

Capture Manager for Launch and Exploration opportunities within Northrop Grumman, requiring a Top Secret/SCI clearance and involving significant customer engagement, strategy development, and cross-functional team management. The role focuses on securing large-scale defense contracts.

What you'd actually do

  1. Manage large capture opportunities, from customer engagement and strategy formulation to international capture, resource planning, and acquisition processes.
  2. Exhibit exceptional collaboration, and team-building skills while managing diverse, cross-functional teams.
  3. Formulate clear Win Themes and Value Propositions for each capture initiative.
  4. Analyze the customer marketplace and stakeholder organizations to identify market drivers and trends, informing strategic decision making.
  5. Cultivate and maintain strong internal and external relationships with key stakeholders, including team partners, industry associations, and customer decision-makers.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in business, a technical field, or another relevant discipline.
  • Minimum 5 years progressive experience in capture, proposal development, and business development or master’s +4 years or PhD +2 years of hands-on experience in capture management, business development.
  • Experience managing full-cycle capture activities including strategy development, resource allocation, and customer engagement.
  • Proficiency in using CRM tools (e.g., Salesforce) alongside adherence to BAP process standards.
  • Excellent verbal communication skills, with prior experience in briefing executives and influencing decision makers.
  • Understanding of various contract and payment types (non-IDIQ, IDIQ – single or multiple awards, FFP, T&M, Cost Plus) as well as the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR).
  • Willingness to travel up to 50% of the time.
  • Active Top Secret/SCI clearance at the time of application.

Nice to have

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a technical discipline, with a master’s degree in a technical or business-related field.
  • 3-5 years of industry experience in capture leadership, business development, and/or program management.

What the JD emphasized

  • Active Top Secret/SCI clearance at the time of application.