Federal Civilian Capture Director

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.

$187K — $244K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in federal capture efforts
  • Bachelor's degree required
  • Expertise in federal procurement and acquisition lifecycles
  • Skilled in developing price-to-win strategies and competitive assessments
  • Strong communication and leadership qualities

Responsibilities

  • Identify and qualify new federal civilian opportunities
  • Lead development and execution of capture strategies
  • Shape customer requirements through engagement and partnership
  • Develop comprehensive capture plans and win strategies
  • Direct cross-functional teams to align bid strategies
  • Manage capture budgets and execution timelines
  • Stay updated on market trends and competitive landscapes

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision plan options
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Flexible work schedules for better work/life balance
  • Generous paid time off and leave policies
  • Disability and life insurance coverage
  • Regular review of benefits to ensure competitiveness
Full Job Description
Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Top Secret

Public Trust/Other Required:
None

Job Family:
Business Development

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Business Development, Capture Management, Capture Strategy
Certifications:
None
Experience:
10 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes

Job Description:

GDIT is seeking a Federal Civilian Capture Director to lead the identification, qualification, capture, and pursuit of strategic opportunities across the U.S. Federal Civilian market. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of developing winning capture strategies, building trusted customer relationships, collaborating across technical and delivery teams, and driving successful proposals from opportunity identification through contract award.

This role requires strategic thinking, exceptional communication skills, and deep knowledge of the federal acquisition lifecycle, particularly within Civilian agencies.

The Federal Civilian Capture Director is responsible for leading, shaping, and winning strategic new business opportunities and re-compete efforts. This role drives all phases of complex capture efforts, integrating strategy, solution development, pricing, supply chain, and customer engagement to position the company for competitive advantage. The ideal candidate has extensive experience with large-scale federal acquisitions, cross-functional leadership, complex technical, and navigating long-cycle, high-visibility pursuits.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
  • Identify and qualify new Federal Civilian opportunities aligned with corporate growth objectives.
  • Lead end-to-end capture strategy development and execution for opportunities.
  • Creating strategies to shape customer requirements, acquisition strategies, and evaluation criteria through early and sustained engagement with government stakeholders, partners, and influencers.
  • Develop and implement comprehensive capture plans, win strategies, price-to-win assessments, competitive analyses, and solution approaches.
  • Direct cross-functional teams including technical solution leads, pricing, contracts, supply chain, finance, HR, and operations to ensure fully aligned bid strategies.
  • Drive partnership strategy, including selection, negotiation, and management of major subcontractors, suppliers, and OEM relationships.
  • Lead gate reviews, readiness assessments, and executive briefings for senior executive leadership.
  • Manage capture budgets, timelines, and resource allocations to ensure disciplined execution.
  • Maintain deep awareness of market trends, competitive landscape, customer priorities, industrial base constraints, and government procurement processes.
  • Mentor junior capture professionals and contribute to organizational capture best practices.


WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED
  • Education: Bachelor's degree required
  • Experience: 10+ years leading federal capture efforts, including multiple simultaneous efforts.
  • Demonstrated success managing complex captures that integrate engineering, technology, logistics, and large-scale supply chain solutions.
  • Strong understanding of federal procurement, acquisition lifecycles, and competitive strategy development.
  • Proven ability to influence senior government customers and shape acquisition outcomes.
  • Experience leading distributed, cross-functional teams under aggressive timelines.
  • Skilled in price-to-win, competitive assessments, and proposal strategy.
  • Excellent communication, executive presence, and decision-making skills.
  • Experience presenting status to senior and executive leadership.
  • Clearance: No clearance required to start with ability to obtain and maintain a TS clearance
  • US Citizenship required
  • Location: Hybrid to Falls Church, VA office with the expectation the selected individual will work three (3) days per week in office/customer sites as needed

• Preferred, but not required:
  • Experience in defense, intelligence, or large-scale civilian programs


The likely salary range for this position is $187,179 - $244,950. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Travel Required:
Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:
Hybrid

Work Location:
USA VA Falls Church

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

Our Identity Verification Process:
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

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