Director Capture Management Launch and Exploration- TS​/SCI clearance

Overview

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE TYPE:
Top Secret
TRAVEL:
Yes, 50% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact peoples lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nations history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon.

We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, theys making history.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems (NGSP) is seeking a Director, Capture Management to lead the Launch and Exploration Capture Director team.

This position is preferably based in Chandler, AZ, though we are also considering candidates located at our (VA, CO, UT) campuses.

This position will lead to the most strategic capture efforts for the Launch and Exploration Division (LED) in the Space Systems sector. The selected candidate will be responsible for leading capture for LED, including leading a team of capture managers, and working closely with LED Business Development team to ensure achievement of near and long-term strategic growth objectives for LED.

The candidate must have demonstrated experience successfully leading large captures, including extensive experience with customer engagement, strategy development, international capture, resource planning, and acquisition processes. The successful candidate will have demonstrated experience leading diverse cross-functional teams, be a strong communicator, and be able to work successfully within classified and unclassified areas. The candidate will collaborate with leadership at all levels as well as business functions.

The Director, Capture Management will work as an integral part of the LED business development team, reporting to the Sr. Director Capture Excellence, Space Systems.

Primary roles and responsibilities include:

• Exceptional leadership, collaboration, communication, and team building skills.
• Responsible for oversight and success of all Capture activity within the LED Division.
• Lead a team of Capture Managers assigned to captures primarily within LED.
• Provide leadership to Capture Managers, including some not directly reporting to this position, ensuring all Capture Managers are included and receive any help or guidance they need in the pursuit of their Captures.
• Partner with the Division Business Development Director to ensure the most qualified Capture Managers are assigned to Captures.
• Lead capture teams pursuing sector priority wins and other key opportunities, both domestic and international, providing strategic insight and recommendations.
• Develop capture strategy and tactics to produce capture products such as competitive assessments, teaming strategies, and prices-to-win analysis results applied to improve competitive posture.
• Develop clear and concise Win Themes and Value Propositions for the capture.
• Understand the customer marketplace, stakeholder customer organizations and budgets to identify market drivers and trends and develop strategies.
• 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 the ability to coordinate and collaborate with line of business management, strategy, finance, contracts and global supply chain, technology and engineering offices and functions.
• 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 the VP of BD, including ELT briefings, Deep Dives, monthly New Business Reviews,…