Peraton is seeking an ambitious Director of Capture Operations with demonstrated success in capturing operations. As a Director of Capture Operations, you will lead the team responsible for delivering strategic capture capabilities to Sector Business Development Executives, Solution Architects, and Subject Matter Experts to develop opportunity win strategies, propose and close differentiated solutions that provide customer value to requirements and challenges.
What You Will Do:
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the capture operations team that has responsibility for capture processes and supporting the development of compelling proposals; and responsible for growth training
- Understanding of Operational environments and how to position Peraton to deliver end-to-end mission value to program sponsors.
- Responsible for supporting development of a winning offer and solution sets through a series of common tools (e.g., technical, management, past performance, cost/price).
- Manage a team that builds predictive models and machine learning algorithms to analyze complex datasets.
- Design and Develop Growth Reports within Customer Relationship Management Repository
- Responsible for managing Growth Knowledge Management Data Repositories – must be able to Clean, preprocess, and validate data to ensure accuracy and integrity.
- Design interactive dashboards and visualizations using Tableau and Power BI.
- Establish and manage communications and relationships with partners and subcontractors, coordinating customer communications and relationships with Business Development to drive high quality solutions and compelling value propositions.
- Manage credentialing and maintaining data source integration layers.
- Responsible for developing and maintaining the Peraton growth process. Including integration with growth training programs.
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Qualifications- 16+ years of relevant experience
- Track record of managing or performing as an operations lead.
- Proven track record of teaming and developing mutually beneficial partner relationships with peers and other vendors
- Excellent business acumen; strong understanding of Federal procurement, contracting, and financial rules and regulations
- Able to effectively diagnose client needs, propose and close solutions that have measurable and positive business impact
- Display exceptional strategic selling skills including discovery, ROI development and presentation, sales cycle maintenance, tactical planning and closing
- Demonstrate solid leadership qualities and organizational skills in coordinating the sales cycle
- Ability to meet fast-paced hard deadlines with extended work hours
- Establish, build, and maintain positive, professional relationships and interaction at all decision levels
- Maintain a highly credible professional profile within the industry
- Ability to communicate issues, concerns, and problems in a solution-oriented manner
- Experience in development of successful negotiation of teaming agreements.
- Experience with visualization tools: Tableau, Power BI, Matplotlib, Seaborn
- Experience with HTML, JAVA, and SQL
- Experience with various AI Tool Capabilities (OpenAI, ChatGPT, Gemini, etc.)
- Must reside in Washington DC metro area.
- Must be a US citizen.
Desired
- Demonstrated capacity to stay on top of current trends, issues, and technologies in mission areas through participation in industry groups and conferences
- Ability to actively communicate with, inspire, and motivate all levels of staff
- Demonstrated ability to think outside the box, acting strategically and proactively
- An established professional reputation for excellence in services rendered and absolute personal integrity must attend any candidacy for this position
- Ability to Obtain Top Secret/SCI security clearance
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.
Target Salary Range$176,000 - $282,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. EEOEEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.Skills Required
- 16+ years of relevant experience
- Experience managing or performing as an operations lead
- Track record of teaming and developing mutually beneficial partner relationships
- Strong understanding of federal procurement, contracting, and financial rules and regulations
- Ability to diagnose client needs, propose solutions, and close solutions with measurable business impact
- Strategic selling skills, including discovery, ROI development, presentation, sales cycle maintenance, tactical planning, and closing
- Strong leadership and organizational skills coordinating the sales cycle
- Ability to meet fast-paced deadlines and work extended hours
- Ability to build and maintain professional relationships at all decision levels
- Credible professional profile within the industry
- Solution-oriented communication skills
- Experience negotiating teaming agreements
- Experience with Tableau, Power BI, Matplotlib, and Seaborn
- Experience with HTML, Java, and SQL
- Experience with AI tools such as OpenAI, ChatGPT, and Gemini
- Must reside in the Washington, DC metropolitan area
- Must be a US citizen
- Participation in industry groups and conferences related to mission-area trends and technologies
- Ability to communicate with, inspire, and motivate staff at all levels
- Strategic and proactive problem-solving ability
- Established professional reputation for excellence and personal integrity
- Ability to obtain a Top Secret/SCI security clearance
Peraton Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Peraton and has not been reviewed or approved by Peraton.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare offerings are described as broad, including medical, dental, vision, mental health support, and specialty programs like virtual physical therapy and surgical/cancer care navigation. Medical coverage is also characterized as a standout part of the overall package in terms of perceived quality.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support includes a 401(k) with employer matching and is repeatedly positioned as a strong component of total rewards. The 401(k) benefit is frequently singled out as one of the most valued parts of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits are positioned as robust, including PTO, holidays, paid sick days, and floating holidays, with some roles offering notably generous accrual. Leave breadth is reinforced by related programs such as short/long-term disability and bereavement leave.
Peraton Insights
What We Do
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.
Why Work With Us
We are fearlessly solving the world’s most complex challenges to keep people safe and secure. You can be a part of protecting and promoting that freedom around the world.







