Senior Director - Capture Management

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Senior Director - Capture Management

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Job Posting Title

Senior Director - Capture Management

Date

Monday, July 20, 2026

City

Remote

Country

United States

Working time

Full-time

Description & Requirements

Maximus is seeking an experienced Senior Director - Capture Management to support strategic growth across the National Security portfolio, with a primary focus on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agencies, including TSA, CISA, USCIS, FEMA, ICE, and CBP. The Capture Manager serves as the execution lead for assigned opportunities from Capture Plan Review through Final Bid Decision, working closely with the National Security Business Development Account Lead, Operations, Solutions, Pricing, and Proposal teams. This is a hybrid position that requires periodic travel approximately 10 – 25% to customer locations, industry events, strategic planning sessions at the Maximus HQ as needed.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: - Responsible for capture, pursuit, and solutioning architecture for multiple lines of business. - Provide strategic guidance to executives regarding solution shaping and response strategies. - Develop strong business relationships with internal stakeholders. - Brief and provide guidance to senior leadership for decision making. - Work on maintaining a win/loss ratio. - Craft sales themes and differentiating narratives.

- Own and execute capture activities for assigned strategic DHS/National Security opportunities from capture initiation through proposal submission and final bid decision. - Develop, maintain, and continuously refine comprehensive Capture Plans covering customer intelligence, competitive analysis, solution development, pricing strategy, and action plans. - Assemble, lead, and coordinate cross-functional Integrated Growth Teams (BD, Solutions, Pricing, Contracts, Proposal Operations, SMEs, and Operations stakeholders); assign tasks, set milestones, and ensure accountability. - Execute customer engagement strategies and Customer Contact Plans; shape opportunities through RFIs, capability briefings, industry events, and market intelligence. - Lead competitive assessments, Black Hat reviews, SWOT analyses, incumbent evaluations, and competitor profiling to develop actionable win strategies, discriminators, and ghosting strategies. - Collaborate with Solutions Architects, Technology teams, and SMEs to design differentiated, compliant solutions; conduct gap analyses and facilitate Technical Readiness Reviews (TRRs). - Develop and execute teaming strategies to address capability gaps, manage strategic teammates/subcontractors, and ensure small-business/socioeconomic participation goals are met. - Partner with Pricing and Finance teams to develop Price-to-Win (PTW) strategies; coordinate ROM estimates, BOE development, staffing models, and pricing reviews. - Build and manage opportunity-specific B&P budgets; maintain accurate Salesforce opportunity records, artifacts, and Win Rate Indicators (WRI) throughout the capture lifecycle. - Coordinate transition from capture to proposal execution; support proposal reviews; lead structured win/loss reviews and lessons-learned sessions following award decisions.

Minimum Requirements

- Bachelor's degree in related field required. - 12 years of relevant professional experience required.

- 8+ years of Federal Government business development, capture management,