Director, Business CaptureCesiumAstro

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  • Not-remote
  • Full-time
  • $217K - $266K/yr
  • Total comp
    Expected total yearly pay with bonus and equity at target, including any base pay.
  • Salary
  • El Segundo, CA

Job Summary

Please Note: To conform with the United States Government Space Technology Export Regulations, the applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., conditional resident, asylee or refugee (protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

At CesiumAstro, we are developers and pioneers of out-of-the-box communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms. We take pride in our dynamic and cross-functional work environment, which allows us to learn, develop, and engage across our organization. If you are looking for hands-on, interactive, and autonomous work, CesiumAstro is the place for you. We are actively seeking passionate, collaborative, energetic, and forward-thinking individuals to join our team.

We are looking to add a Director, Business Capture to join our team. In this role you will lead the company's business capture function, establishing capture strategy and directing major pursuits across U.S. Government, defense, and high-value aerospace opportunities. This role sets departmental priorities, leads capture professionals and cross-functional pursuit teams, and oversees opportunity qualification, capture planning, competitive positioning, customer engagement, and win development. The Director evaluates customer mission needs, acquisition approaches, competitive intelligence, solution maturity, and pursuit investments to prioritize opportunities and improve probability of win across the business pipeline.
 
This position requires an experienced aerospace and defense leader with deep knowledge of U.S. Government acquisition processes, defense procurement environments, customer missions, and complex aerospace programs. The Director partners cross-functionally with business development, proposal management, engineering, contracts, finance, program management, and executive leadership to translate customer requirements into differentiated capture strategies, guide major pursuit and investment decisions, and position the company for contract awards and long-term business growth.
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