Capture Manager

Position Overview

Riverside Research is seeking a Mission Strategy & Growth Lead to help shape the future of our advanced materials, materials characterization, and emerging technology portfolios. This is a unique opportunity for a technically fluent, mission focused leader to connect groundbreaking research with national security challenges and create new opportunities for impact.

Responsibilities

• Become a trusted ambassador for Riverside Research’s technical capabilities by understanding our research portfolio and communicating its mission value to current and future customers
• Leverage your relationship across government, national laboratories, industry, and mission organizations to identify emerging challenges and create new opportunities for engagement
• Engage directly with customers to understand future mission needs, technology gaps, and investment priorities
• Connect customer challenges with Riverside Research expertise to develop differentiated solutions and growth opportunities
• Partner with Principal Investigators and technical leaders to shape research priorities, capability roadmaps, and strategic investments
• Develop compelling technical narratives, customer presentations, white papers, and marketing materials that showcase Riverside Research’s unique capabilities
• Work with Business Development and capture teams to mature opportunities from early customer engagement through proposal development
• Bring customer insights, market intelligence, and technology trends back to leadership to guide portfolio strategy and future investments

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance (US citizenship required)
• 12+ years of progressive experience in technology strategy, business development, capture, or technical leadership within advanced materials, materials science, applied physics, engineering research, or related national security technology areas
• Demonstrated success identifying, shaping, and advancing defense and intelligence technology opportunities, including experience influencing and supporting major program wins ($10M+ individual award values)
• Deep understanding of technology transition pathways and experience moving emerging materials technologies, research investments, prototypes, or advanced capabilities into funded mission applications and sustained programs
• Established relationships and trusted connections with defense, intelligence, government research organizations, laboratories, and mission partners to identify emerging needs and create new customer engagements
• Ability to understand complex materials technologies and translate technical capabilities into compelling mission focused solutions for government stakeholders, researchers, and executive leadership
• Strong collaborator and communicator with the ability to bridge Principal Investigators, technical teams, Business Development, and senior government decision makers
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 50%

Closing Statement

Riverside Research Institute is a not-for-profit, technology-oriented defense company, where service to our customers and support of our staff is our overall mission. Riverside is an affirmative action-equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. Riverside offers comprehensive compensation and benefit packages to our employees.