Proposal and Capture Strategist

Location: Washington, DC area (DMV); flexible work with regular attendance at the Arlington, VA office. U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residence, protected individual status, or eligibility to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations is required for ITAR compliance.

Salary: $115,000–$190,000 per year

Company

hirify.global develops autonomous spacecraft, advanced payloads, mission software, and space-based interceptors for space superiority and threat response.

What you will do

• Lead complex mid-to-large government proposal efforts independently from strategy through submission.
• Design review and production processes, maintain quality control, and drive on-time delivery.
• Develop capture plans, win strategies, teaming approaches, competitive analyses, and price-to-win inputs.
• Apply acquisition strategy, contract vehicle positioning, and source-selection knowledge to proposal planning.
• Write executive-quality narratives, win themes, discriminators, storyboards, and graphics guidance.
• Shape technical narratives by partnering with Engineering and technical subject matter experts.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Design, Communications, English, Engineering, STEM, or equivalent experience, plus 8–11 years of government solicitation and competitive federal proposal experience; equivalent advanced-degree paths are accepted.
• Track record of independently leading and winning complex, multi-hundred-million-dollar proposals.
• Deep experience with competitive U.S. Department of War Program of Record solicitations.
• Strong acquisition, contracting, writing, project management, and information-management skills.
• Experience with proposal libraries and content management systems.
• Must satisfy U.S. ITAR eligibility requirements and be able to work flexibly with regular Arlington, VA office attendance.

Nice to have

• Active TS or TS/SCI clearance.
• SAP experience.
• Startup experience or experience with a major U.S. defense contractor, ideally in the space sector.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven work focused on securing the space environment.
• Cross-functional collaboration across Growth, Engineering, Legal, Contracts, and Pricing.
• Flexible work arrangements with access to a local Arlington office.
• Opportunities to mentor peers and lead initiatives across the Growth organization.