Senior Director, Capture Management

Senior Capture Director Peratons Health State and Local Sector (HSL)

Lead Strategic Growth. Win Transformational Business. Deliver Mission Impact.

Peraton is seeking an accomplished Senior Capture Director to lead strategic growth initiatives across our HSL Sector. This is a player-coach leadership role responsible for both personally leading high-priority captures and managing a team of Capture Managers supporting the Sectors Growth objectives.

The ideal candidate will drive strategic pursuits ranging from $100M to over $1B in contract value while mentoring coaching and developing capture professionals responsible for building a sustainable pipeline of growth opportunities. This leader will partner closely with Business Development Executives Solution Architects Technical SMEs and Executive Leadership to shape winning strategies and deliver innovative solutions across Mission Engineering Digital Transformation Artificial Intelligence Data Analytics Cybersecurity Cloud and Enterprise IT.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as a player-coach by directly leading strategic captures while managing and developing a team of Capture Managers.
• Provide leadership mentorship and oversight to capture personnel ensuring consistent application of capture best practices and business acquisition processes.
• Drive accountability performance and professional development across the capture organization.
• Support workforce planning resource allocation and capture staffing priorities across the Health and state and local markets.

Basic Qualifications:

• 18 years of professional experience including 8 years of full lifecycle Federal capture management experience.
• Demonstrated success leading and winning large complex Federal pursuits ranging from $100M to over $1B in contract value.
• Proven experience operating in a player-coach capacity successfully leading strategic captures while managing mentoring and developing Capture Managers or growth professionals.
• Prior people leadership experience with responsibility for managing capture personnel performance workload prioritization and professional development.
• Proven experience leading federal civilian priority pursuits and coordinating cross-functional teams consisting of Business Development Executives Solution Architects Capture Managers Pricing teams and Technical Subject Matter Experts.
• Demonstrated success capturing opportunities involving AI Data Analytics Cybersecurity Cloud Modernization Digital Transformation Mission Engineering or Enterprise IT solutions.
• Strong understanding of Federal acquisition processes procurement regulations contracting vehicles and competitive positioning strategies.
• Track record of developing and executing successful capture strategies resulting in measurable revenue growth.
• Experience building strategic partnerships and negotiating teaming agreements with industry partners and subcontractors.
• Strong executive presence with exceptional communication presentation negotiation and influencing skills.
• U.S. Citizenship required; must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelors and/or Masters degree in technical or business related field
• Established customer relationships and industry network within the Federal marketplace.
• Active participation in industry associations conferences and professional organizations.
• Reputation as a trusted growth leader with a track record of integrity collaboration and execution.
• Demonstrated ability to inspire mentor and lead high-performing pursuit teams.

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider we deliver trusted highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land sea space air and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day our employees do the cant be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit to learn how were keeping people around the world safe and secure.