Proposal & Capture Manager

About the Role

Star Catcher Industries, Inc., located in Jacksonville, Florida, is looking for an ambitious, execution-focused Proposal & Capture Manager to own our end-to-end acquisition process, develop win strategies, and lead multi-million-dollar proposal efforts across commercial and defense customers.

What You’ll Do

• Own the Capture & Proposal Lifecycle: Lead end-to-end proposal development—from opportunity identification and capability mapping to color-team reviews, final submission, and post-award debriefs.
• Write & Review Technical Content: Author core proposal sections, white papers, RFIs, and RFPs, synthesizing technical input from engineering teams into compliant, compelling narratives under tight timelines.
• Develop Scalable Proposal Infrastructure: Own and curate Star Catcher’s central proposal library, capturing past performance, win themes, baseline graphics, and boilerplate content for rapid turnarounds.
• Help Architect Winning Strategies: Collaborate with executive and technical leadership to translate complex space architecture and energy capabilities into sharp win themes, discriminators, and value propositions.
• Build Strategic Proposal Pricing Models: Partner to develop/implement pricing strategies, cost structures, and commercial model terms for government acquisitions and commercial deals.
• Cross-Functional Execution: Coordinate across engineering, legal, finance, supply chain, and program management to align on deal terms, risk mitigation, and regulatory/export compliance (ITAR/EAR).

Required Qualifications

• 3-6+ years of progressive experience in proposal management, capture execution, business development, and/or technical work within aerospace, defense, or high-tech hardware.
• Exceptional Technical Writing: Proven ability to turn complex technical and operational concepts into clear, compliant, high-velocity proposals on short deadlines.
• Deep Government Acquisition Experience: Deep hands-on experience navigating U.S. Government acquisition processes, including DoW, USSF, NASA, or IC contracting vehicles.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Demonstrated ability to drive consensus across engineering, operations, and executive leadership to hit strict submission deadlines.
• U.S. Person Status: Required due to access to export-controlled technical data (ITAR/EAR).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience writing win-themes for space systems, airborne payload platforms, orbital infrastructure, or advanced R&D initiatives.
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment on quick-turnaround projects and proposals to meet customer needs.
• Strong working knowledge of the FAR/DFARS, OTAs (Other Transaction Authorities), SBIR/STTR programs, and commercial space contracting mechanisms.
• Experience introducing structured capture frameworks to early-stage, fast-scaling aerospace companies.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave