Director of Capture Management (Critical Infrastructure Protection)

Location: Onsite in Arlington, VA; Washington, DC; or Columbia, MD. Travel up to 50% may be required depending on customer, pursuit, and mission needs.

Salary: $200,000–$265,000 per year

Company

hirify.global delivers mission-focused capabilities for national security, critical infrastructure protection, cybersecurity, systems engineering, and related government and technical services.

What you will do

• Lead strategic capture efforts across the Critical Infrastructure Protection mission area and expand existing positions while opening new growth opportunities.
• Identify, qualify, and shape federal business opportunities through customer engagement, market intelligence, acquisition analysis, and competitive assessment.
• Translate customer needs into win themes, differentiated solution concepts, teaming strategies, pricing considerations, and pursuit priorities.
• Lead cross-functional capture teams spanning business development, operations, technical specialists, contracts, pricing, finance, recruiting, and executive stakeholders.
• Develop solutions covering cyber-physical security, infrastructure resilience, emergency management, operational technology protection, digital modernization, training, sustainment, and mission integration.
• Prepare capture plans, leadership briefings, gate reviews, investment recommendations, and performance assessments tied to customer mission outcomes.

Requirements

• 20+ years of experience in capture management, business development, program management, defense acquisition, military operations, civil space, homeland security, cybersecurity, or related mission growth areas.
• Proven record of personally leading and winning complex federal captures in defense, national security, civil space, homeland security, or mission-critical technical services.
• Experience with critical infrastructure protection, cyber-physical security, emergency management, infrastructure resilience, operational technology, industrial control systems, digital modernization, or related mission areas.
• Working knowledge of FAR/DFARS, IDIQs, task orders, GWACs, OTAs, CSOs, rapid prototyping pathways, recompetes, price-to-win, and probability-of-win methods.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, national security, homeland security, cybersecurity, emergency management, public policy, or a related field.
• U.S. citizenship is required, along with the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting or capturing work for DHS, CISA, FEMA, CBP, TSA, DOE/NNSA, DOT, FAA, NRC, EPA, national labs, or related organizations.
• Experience with AI-enabled software, data analytics, cyber-physical resilience, threat and vulnerability assessment, incident response, continuity planning, or infrastructure modernization.
• Prior military, government civilian, law enforcement, emergency management, cybersecurity, infrastructure, or mission-critical operations experience.
• Existing security clearance and relationships with infrastructure operators, cyber providers, systems integrators, technology firms, or mission partners.

Culture & Benefits

• Senior-level work with government customers, industry partners, technical specialists, and executive stakeholders.
• Cross-functional collaboration across cybersecurity, operational technology, systems engineering, emergency management, analytics, training, test and evaluation, and mission integration.
• Travel of up to 50% based on customer, pursuit, and mission requirements.