Director of Capture Management (Space Warfighting)

Location: Onsite in Arlington, VA; Huntsville, AL; Denver, CO; or Los Angeles, CA. 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 integrated national security and space capabilities across mission engineering, software, cyber-resilient systems, space operations, testing, training, and mission support.

What you will do

• Lead strategic capture campaigns across the Space Warfighting mission area and related U.S. national security space customers.
• Identify, qualify, and shape opportunities in space control, electromagnetic warfare, space sensing, missile warning, mission integration, cyber-resilient ground systems, operational testing, training, and sustainment.
• Build customer engagement plans covering mission needs, acquisition timelines, funding priorities, decision-makers, and pain points.
• Translate customer needs into win themes, solution differentiators, teaming strategies, pricing considerations, and pursuit priorities.
• Coordinate capture teams across business development, operations, technical SMEs, contracts, pricing, finance, recruiting, and executive stakeholders.
• Develop partner strategies, leadership briefings, gate reviews, investment recommendations, and data-driven pursuit assessments.

Requirements

• 20+ years of experience in capture management, business development, program management, military space operations, defense acquisition, or related national security growth roles.
• Proven record of personally leading and winning complex federal captures in defense, intelligence, national security space, or mission-critical technical services.
• Experience with Space Warfighting or adjacent areas such as space control, space domain awareness, missile warning and tracking, electromagnetic warfare, mission command and control, ground systems, cyber resilience, testing, wargaming, training, or mission operations.
• Working knowledge of FAR/DFARS, IDIQs, task orders, GWACs, OTAs, CSOs, rapid prototyping, recompetes, price-to-win, and probability-of-win methods.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, National Security, Space Systems, Public Policy, or a related field.
• U.S. citizenship required; must be Top Secret/SCI eligible. Active TS/SCI with CI Poly is preferred.

Nice to have

• Prior experience with the U.S. Space Force, Space Systems Command, NRO, USSPACECOM, STARCOM, SAF/SQ, CFC, SMDC, or related organizations.
• Experience with AI-enabled software, mission engineering, cyber assurance, modeling and simulation, wargaming, digital engineering, test automation, or mission integration.
• Prior military, government civilian, or industry experience in space operations, acquisition, intelligence, cyber, electronic warfare, missile warning, or command and control.
• Existing relationships with space primes, OEMs, nontraditional technology companies, new-space firms, or specialized mission partners.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment focused on national security space and integrated, solution-led growth.
• Collaboration with senior growth, mission, campaign, technical, and customer-facing leaders.
• Work involving U.S. Space Force, Combatant Commands, Intelligence Community, and allied national security space customers.