Job Summary

The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) pursues fundamental discovery in Earth and Space Science, develops, designs, and builds instruments and spacecraft for space - based observations of the Sun, Earth, and planets, operates satellites, and analyzes mission data sets. LASP has built instruments and participated in missions to every planet in the solar system.

What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be

• Responsible for "winning" contracted space research opportunities through the management and oversight of capture teams and proposal efforts, from conception through award.
• Supports LASP's strategic planning development and execution, and customer relationship development and management activities.
• Identifies resources required to pursue proposals, establishes infrastructure requirements, processes, plans, and manages the same.
• Manages all capture and proposal activities and processes throughout development, submission, and selection, including scheduling and reviews.
• Develops and implements proposal strategies, including research, planning, pricing, teaming, competitive positioning, and risk assessment.
• Ensures quality and compliance of proposals and customer interactions.
• Participate in dynamic workload balancing with LASP personnel, including projections of needs and prioritization decisions.
• Engage with customers, teammates and the community to solidify and enhance relationships and competitive positioning of LASP.
• Attends conferences and symposia to stay abreast of marketplace changes and determine likely areas for growth and expansion.
• Coordinates across LASP to encourage and foster compelling ideas and concepts that further the Lab's goals and strategies.
• Other duties as assigned.

What You Should Know

• This position may travel occasionally as needed (about 10%).
• This position is initially a limited-term role for approximately 6 months but may be extended based on business needs.

What We Can Offer

• $145,754,00 - $189,585.00 per year.
• Signing bonus is available for qualified candidates.

Benefits

At the University of Colorado Boulder , we are committed to supporting the holistic health and well-being of our employees. Our comprehensive benefits package includes medical, dental, and retirement plans; generous paid time off; tuition assistance for you and your dependents; and an ECO Pass for local transit. As one of Boulder County's largest employers, CU Boulder offers an inspiring academic community and access to world-class outdoor recreation. Explore additional perks and programs through the CU Advantage program.

Be Statements

Be ambitious. Be groundbreaking. Be Boulder.

What We Require

• Minimum B.A./B.S. Degree in relevant technical field.
• Minimum of 10 years of aerospace industry experience with three to five years of proposal management and business development experience.
• Due to requirements to access export-controlled data and information, only U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents (green card holders), or other protected individuals (i.e., persons designated as an asylee, refugee, or temporary resident under amnesty provisions) may apply.
• Must be within commuting distance (come into the office as necessary).

What You Will Need

• A dynamic, hands-on leader capable of instilling passion to win, excellence, and adherence to deadlines; mentoring proposal teams and driving accountability and success.
• Experience in developing responses to solicitations in a similar organization servicing multi-step, page-limited Federal Government announcements of opportunity.
• Experience in developing compliance matrices, outlines, storyboards, page allocation, themes, discriminators, etc.
• Ability to work independently to identify, structure and articulate a winning approach for solicitation responses.
• Program Management experience in assessing technical, financial, schedule, or other associated risks with solicitations, studies, and projects.
• Working knowledge of NASA standards and specifications.
• Experience interviewing customers to ensure understanding of requirements and development of effective solutions.
• Experienced in developing presentations for senior executives.
• Proven ability to work under pressure, delivering high-quality work consistently against tight deadlines.
• Understanding of the various types of contracts (e.g., Single versus Multi-Award, IDIQ Task Orders, Cost Plus, FFP, Incentive Fee, etc.).
• Must have knowledge of the federal government contracting acquisition and proposal processes , and experience with large proposal efforts.

What We Would Like You to Have

• Effective written and verbal communication skills, with stress on articulating and writing effectively.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office tools including Project, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Special Instructions

To apply, please submit the following materials:

1. Resume or CV
2. Cover Letter

If you are selected as the finalist, your degree will be verified by the CU Boulder Campus Human Resources department using an approved online vendor. If your degree was obtained outside the United States, please submit a translated version as an optional attachment.

This position will be open until 7/22/2026

Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, applications must be submitted through CU Boulder Jobs

In compliance with the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, in any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.