Capture Director Advance Programs

Job Title: Capture Director Advance Programs

Job Code: 46556

Job Location: Huntsville AL

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days totaling 80 hours worked and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

We are seeking a Capture Director Advanced Programs professional to keen knowledge on large solid rocket motors and Strategic Defense programs. This position will be located at our Propulsion Systems (PS) Headquarters facility in Huntsville AL.

In this role you will be responsible for developing and executing strategies to capture opportunities for PS in the Defense market. This involves significant customer and stakeholder interface to identify and create areas of opportunities and develop PS business positioning to maintain franchise programs and win new business. Key customers/stakeholders include the MDA U.S. Defense Services and Prime contractors. As opportunities materialize the Principal Business Development is responsible for establishing win strategies and partnering with PS Center of Excellence representatives (i.e. Program Management Engineering) to capture the opportunities. The Capture Director is a recognized leader in the company and has overall responsibilities for planning directing and coordinating business development activities across their assigned portfolio.

Essential Functions:

• Development and execution of pursuit and capture strategies and plans to win new or follow-on business including but not limited to:

• • Maintain understanding of customer (U.S. Government and Primes) requirements plans strategies etc.
  • Identify new business opportunities; lead or support opportunity assessments.
  • Support capture manager AR leadership meetings with customers.
  • Support capture manager in developing and executing capture strategies/plans.
  • If a capture / proposal manager is not in Business Development Department lead competitive assessment and price-to-win.
  • Identify and guide program team on issues that could impact current (keep-it-sold) or future AR MS programs.
• Serves as the Large Solid Motor / Strategic Systems Account Manager. Directly supports Service and International Executive leadership and represents Propulsion Systems with the highest degree of professionalism.
• Identify material solutions to shape the future market and develop requirements that support the strategic deterrence future warfighting concepts and/or capability gap
• Actively manage DS (MOA) B&P and IR&D portfolio funding/budgets
• Process and manage NDAs/PIAs
• Collaborates across stake-holders to publish updated Pursuit Books and associated Capture Plans
• Establishes and maintains active engagements across the Department of War on strategic missile/rocket programs.
• Support Business Intelligence through market surveys analysis with latest defense industry news and projections. Seeks out strategic alliances to build market share in current and adjacent markets (both traditional and non-traditional defense industry companies).
• Actively manages Other Transaction Agreements (OTA) Management (AMTC DOTC DISB)
• Executes and guides Gate Reviews and Price to Win analysis
• Provides inputs and direction to Technology Roadmaps that support future technology development and internal investment
• Maintain continuous and expansive contact with assigned customers.
• Actively manage Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Tool (Microsoft Dynamics) entries for sole-source and follow-on programs for assigned portfolio.
• Lead coordinator/manager for tradeshows and conferences PS is attending.
• Provides Joint Strategic Plan (JSP) inputs for assigned PS market segments and customers.
• Coordinates and partners with L3Harris Global Business Development and Government Relations teams on related programs and initiatives.
• Participates in technical meetings for internal and external representatives concerning organizational projects. Represents the organization in meetings conferences and workshops as assigned.
• Oversee development and implementation of business strategies for assigned portfolio of propulsion systems related products and technologies and booking of orders.
• Meet and interface with Department of War and Prime contractor representatives.
• Oversee internally funded discretionary programs particularly Independent Research & Development (IR&D).
• Support development of AR Technology Roadmaps and other internal executive level plans.
• Interface with PS senior-level management as required.
• Manage Customer Engagement and new business activities including spending and Gate reviews associated with the Missile Defense new business portfolio.
• Lead assigned Capture aligning with Program Management & BD leaders to address top priorities and critical pursuits to win new business.
• Participate as a significant contributor to capture activities to create comprehensive win strategies.
• Ensure detailed collection and assessment of competitive information from Program Management Business Development Engineering and others with opportunities to collect insights.
• Use the above to active shape the opportunity.
• Facilitate Win Strategy Workshops Color Teams and Price to Win activities
• Recommend strategies and approaches for differentiation based on market and mission understanding business deal potential teaming etc.
• Follow and leverage the L3Harris Business Acquisition Process and associated tools and methods.
• Ensure team understanding of the customers mission strategy unmet needs problems barriers via active listening iteration.
• Additional responsibilities at the discretion of the Director Business Development.
• This position may require 25%-50% travel

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree with a minimum of 15 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 13 years of prior related lieu of a degree minimum of 19 years of prior related experience.
• Active US Secret clearance.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Extensive experience with Defense program diversity ranging from complex development to qualification to production.
• Ability to direct and control overall organizational resources; considerable initiative organizational skills; and the ability to drive convergence and resolution to challenges of substantial importance to AR.
• Possesses strong written and verbal communication skills.
• MBA degree or other advanced degree.
• Active Secret U.S. Security Clearance with the ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance.
• Previous experience working with solid rocket motors and/or liquid engine propulsion programs.
• Existing network of propulsion customer relationships.

Required Experience:

Director