Executive Director, Capture - USAF & Space

General information

Requisition # R66596 Locations USA-Remote Work Posting Date 03/13/2026 Security Clearance Required Secret Remote Type Fully Remote Time Type Full time

Description & Requirements

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MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Executive Director, Capture to join our Defense Capture Team and lead USAF and Space pursuits.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Overall responsibility for development and implementation of the Capture Plan through all phases of the proposal development process through award for assigned opportunities.
• Establishes and maintains USAF and Space customers intelligence and rapport; understands the customers’ mission, budgets, and buying patterns for assigned capture opportunities working jointly with account executives.
• Manages all aspects of capture activities to ensure completion and improve PWin, e.g., solution development, teaming, staffing, PTW, capability gap analysis, etc. for assigned opportunities.
• Lead capture gate reviews, ensuring effective and efficient implementation of proven best practices.
• Establishes a schedule to accomplish required capture activities between gate reviews.
• Develops capture and win strategy and works with Proposal Team to ensure proposals incorporate the capture strategy and pricing targets.
• Identifies company investment needs, e.g., facilities, key hires, capital expenditure requirements (managed services), etc.
• Works across USAF and Space divisions within Mantech to secure the necessary operations support for responding to RFI, White Paper, and RFP opportunities.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 12 years of related experience in sales/business development/capture. Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered, particularly with military service.
• Track record of successful capturing and winning multiple >$100M new business opportunities.
• Experience within the USAF and Space markets, with a keen focus on, Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), Air Education & Training Command (AETC), Air Combat Command (ACC), Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), U.S. Space Force (USSF), Space Systems Command (SSC), NASA, Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Missile Defense Agency (MDA), and related organizations.
• Must be a strategic thinker, with the ability to create and execute strategies that lead to the successful pursuit, capture and execution of new programs.
• The candidate must be an organized, aggressive, and highly skilled professional w