DoD/DoW Senior Capture Manager

REI Systems' mission is to deliver reliable and innovative technology solutions that empower federal, state, local, and nonprofit organizations to achieve their missions. For over 35 years, we've helped our customers solve complex challenges, make data-driven decisions, streamline processes, and improve citizen services. As a 100% employee-owned company, we are all directly invested in delivering excellence. With a fierce commitment to mission impact, we ensure measurable outcomes that align with our customers' strategic goals. 

REI is also leading the industry in the integration of Artificial Intelligence across federal capture, delivery, and customer engagement. We leverage AI-driven research, opportunity intelligence, competitive assessments, and customer insight tools to elevate our win strategies and accelerate decision-making. This role will work in an environment where AI is embedded into the capture lifecycle—and will be expected to use AI tools to enhance capture quality, speed, and precision.

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Project Overview: 

Capture Managers at REI Systems play a critical role in the strategic growth and expansion of the company's defense and federal IT portfolio, with a particular focus on the Department of Defense and other relevant federal agencies.  

The Director will guide capture management, ensuring REI maximizes growth potential. The Director will leverage deep industry knowledge and play a key role in shaping REI's strategy for pursuing federal contracts, including IT systems for DoD/DoW. They will provide leadership, expertise, and mentorship across both business development and program delivery teams to drive REI's success in the defense/war space. 

Position Overview:  

The Manager, with expertise in federal IT contracting and defense/war growth programs, will oversee strategic growth efforts for high-value opportunities (individually over $50 million) within the DoD/DoW. This role combines capture management and long-term account growth strategy.  The Manager will act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for REI's defense account, advising on market trends, customer needs, competitive intelligence, and strategic growth.  

Key Responsibilities: 

Lead Capture Teams: Form and manage cross-functional teams to pursue high-value opportunities within DoD/DoW. Guide teams in identifying growth areas and expanding the client portfolio. 
Growth Strategy Execution: Help execute growth strategies for the DoD/DoW account, ensuring alignment with REI's long-term goals.  
Capture Strategy & Proposal Execution: Lead capture strategy development and proposal execution, ensuring alignment with customer needs and differentiating REI from competitors. 
Stakeholder Management & Client Engagement:  Act as the primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, providing updates and acting as a trusted advisor to foster long-term partnerships. 
Competitive Intelligence & Market Insights:  Lead competitive analysis efforts and provide insights to inform capture strategies, ensuring REI is positioned to win key opportunities. 
Partnerships & Alliances:  Identify and manage external partnerships to enhance REI's offerings and ensure collaboration throughout the capture and proposal. 

AI-Focused Responsibilities:

• Leverage AI-powered market intelligence tools to identify trends, competitor shifts, and customer priorities across DoD/DoW.
• Use AI-enabled search, research, and summarization capabilities to accelerate opportunity assessments, customer analysis, and shaping strategies.
• Apply AI to generate high-quality capture artifacts (e.g., call plans, discriminator maps, draft sections, proposal storyboards) at speed and scale.
• Integrate AI outputs into win strategies, ensuring accuracy, alignment with customer missions, and compliance with REI's quality standards.
• Champion AI adoption across the capture team—modeling best practices, identifying new use cases, and strengthening AI maturity within Growth.

Experience:

Minimum 10 TO 15 years of experience in a combination of business development, capture management, and program delivery in federal contracting, particularly within DoD or related government agencies. 5 of those years should be in a growth-focused role. 

Leadership: Proven ability to lead and manage cross-functional teams, including program managers, proposal teams, and technical experts. 
Capture & Growth Expertise: Strong background in developing and executing capture strategies, managing proposal development, and driving growth in federal IT and defense sectors. 
Stakeholder Engagement: Experience engaging with senior government officials, defense contractors, and federal agencies. Proven ability to build and maintain long-term client relationships. 
Competitive Intelligence: Knowledge of federal contracting landscapes, market trends, and competitive positioning to inform strategic decision-making. 
Specialized Knowledge: In-depth knowledge of DoD/DoW, Army, and federal IT systems and contracting processes, particularly related to large-scale defense programs. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

Partnership Management: Experience in managing strategic external partnerships and alliances within the defense and federal contracting space. 
Proposal Management: Extensive experience in managing complex proposals and leading win strategy development for multi-million-dollar federal contracts. 
Customer Focus: A deep understanding of federal customer priorities and ability to tailor solutions to meet specific needs within defense and IT sectors. 
Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field. 
Technical Domain Expertise: Experience running captures in REI's core capabilities (Digital transformation, Artificial Intelligence, data analytics) 
  

Education: Bachelor's degree in relevant field. A master's degree in business, public administration, public policy, or relevant field (preferred). 

Clearance: Due to federal contract requirements, U.S. citizenship is required. Candidate must be able to obtain a Public Trust. 

Location: Hybrid (1 Day per week in our Sterling, VA HQ) 

EEO Statement: REI Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In our workplace, we seek, we welcome, and respect diversity in all of its forms.  

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