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Win the missions that get us there.\nAbout the Role\nAt Advanced Space, we're enabling humanity's return to the Moon and building the technologies that will take us to Mars and beyond. At Advanced Space, Capture Managers serve as Opportunity Leads: they own qualified pursuits through our eight-step capture process and transition awarded work to the engineering team. This is a mid-level business development and capture role based in Westminster, Colorado.\nAs the Capture Manager for assigned pursuits, you'll own opportunities from first identification through qualification, shaping, solution development, proposal submission, customer positioning, negotiation support, and handoff to engineering. You'll be the primary point of contact on many pursuits, supported by the lead of the Growth and Capture team, a senior capture lead who sets day-to-day direction, and Proposal Operations Lead for proposal excellence.\nYou'll partner closely with technical leaders, engineering, finance, government relations, and marketing. Our technical leaders bring customer access and solution leadership; you bring disciplined opportunity leadership, customer intelligence, and proposal execution.\nWe're looking for a self-starter with strong judgment and excellent writing skills who can juggle multiple priorities without losing sight of the details. If you're passionate about space exploration and enjoy turning technical ideas into winning pursuits, this is the role for you.\nMust be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. Visa sponsorship is not available.\nAbout Advanced Space\nAdvanced Space exists to enable the sustainable exploration, development, and settlement of space through innovative software, mission services, and technology solutions. As the owner and operator of NASA's CAPSTONE™ mission and the Prime Contractor for AFRL's Oracle mission, we're helping shape the future of cislunar exploration while supporting commercial, civil, and national security customers.\nOur team combines deep technical expertise with an entrepreneurial mindset. We move quickly, collaborate across disciplines, and empower every team member to make meaningful contributions. We are customer obsessed and mission focused; when we see it, we solve it; we are one team, motivated by our vision; and we bring technical excellence and inexhaustible curiosity.\nWhat You'll Actually Do\nLead and qualify opportunities.\nOwn assigned pursuits from intake to transition across all sources, including follow-on work with existing customers, net-new opportunities, inbound inquiries, and competitive solicitations (RFPs, RFIs, SBIR/STTRs, and task orders). Conduct structured qualification, build the win themes, create teaming arrangements, lead color-team reviews (Pink, Red, & Gold), support price-to-win strategies, make clear go/no-go recommendations, and keep CRM records and forecasts accurate. Work with engineers to turn complex technical concepts into clear, persuasive content.\nUnderstand the customer and shape capture strategy.\nBuild and maintain stakeholder maps, assess relationship strength and access gaps, and coordinate with technical leaders to close them. Turn the voice of the customer into capture strategy, win themes, competitive differentiation, and engagement plans.\nCoordinate solution development.\nWork with engineering, R&D, finance, and leadership to develop solutions that are technically credible, executable, and aligned with what the customer actually needs, not just what the solicitation says. Support pricing, staffing, teaming, and business terms, and identify risks early.\nSupport negotiation and transition.\nSupport post-submission positioning and contract negotiations with leadership, finance, and legal. Lead the customer relationship. Deliver transition briefings to engineering for won work so teams start with full customer context.\nImprove how we win.\nConduct win/loss analyses and capture lessons learned. Help improve our capture processes, CRM practices, pipeline metrics, and reusable proposal content.\nWho Thrives Here\nYou have 4+ years of experience in business development, capture management, proposal management, technical writing, program management, or a related role supporting engineering, aerospace, defense, civil, or national security customers.\nYou have a bachelor's degree in engineering, business, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.\nYou have led or substantially supported proposals, RFP/RFI responses, white papers, or other customer-facing technical and business submissions.\nYou have experience working with technical subject matter experts to develop customer-ready content.\nYou have excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, and you can explain complex technical concepts concisely and persuasively.\nYou're organized and detail-oriented, and you can lead deadline-driven work with many contributors and competing priorities.\nYou build strong working relationships with engineers, executives, customers, and partners.\nYou can assess incomplete information, spot risks and gaps, and recommend practical next steps.\nYou're proficient with Microsoft Office and experienced with CRM or opportunity-management tools.\nYou take ownership. When you see a challenge, you work with the team to solve it.\nYou're able to work in the Westminster, Colorado office five days a week.\nBonus Points if You Have Experience With\nGovernment contracting, commercial space, civil space, or national security procurement\nCapture-management methods, opportunity qualification, and forecasting\nCompetitor analysis and win strategy development\nProposal color-team reviews\nAerospace, space systems, mission operations, or astrodynamics\nSuccess is Measured By\nLeading well-qualified pursuits with clear strategies and sound go/no-go decisions.\nMaintaining an accurate, up-to-date pipeline and forecast.\nTranslating customer insight into differentiated solutions and compelling win themes.\nDelivering compliant, high-quality proposals on time.\nBuilding strong relationships with customers, partners, and internal teams.\nEnsuring smooth transitions of won work to engineering.\nStrengthening our capture processes and proposal assets over time.\nWhy Join Advanced Space\nHelp win the missions that are shaping the future of lunar and deep-space exploration.\nOwn pursuits end to end and see your work turn into real programs.\nCollaborate directly with technical leaders, executives, customers, and mission partners.\nBe part of a growing company where your contributions have a direct impact on our success.\nJoin a team that's passionate about delivering innovation to orbit and beyond.\nCompensation & Benefits\nBase Salary: $88,000-$115,000K (based on experience and qualifications)\nSigning bonus\nQuarterly performance bonuses\nCompany-sponsored medical benefits and 401(k)\nUnlimited vacation time and extensive flexibility\nRelocation assistance\nAdvanced Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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