BAE Systems, Inc.
Capture Lead - Integrated Survivability Solutions (ISS) - Remote Work Considered
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The role involves capturing international business opportunities, developing strategies, leading capture teams, and managing complex programs with financial acumen for military sales.
Job Description
Are you an experienced Program Director, looking for a challenging and dynamic role? BAE Systems' Countermeasures & Electromagnetic Attack Solutions (CEMA) Business Area has an immediate opening for a highly motivated International Capture Lead in the Integrated Survivability Solutions (ISS) Product Line. This role will be collaborating with the Missile Warning team and across ISS to pursue international business opportunities.
Our employees work on the world's most advanced electronics, you'll be among the brightest minds, working on the aerospace and defense industry's most difficult problems. We welcome all those who have big ideas, crave innovation, want to drive fielding velocity and have the passion to bring the warfighter home safe.
With a 9/80 schedule, and every other Friday off, our flexible work environment provides you a chance to change the world without giving up your personal life. We put our customers first - exemplified by our mission: "We Protect Those Who Protect Us®." This is a dynamic program director opportunity reporting directly to the ISS Product Line Director.
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $153377 - $260743
Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
About BAE Systems Electronic Systems
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it's what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts - defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team-making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you'll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference. Electronic Systems (ES) is the global innovator behind BAE Systems' game-changing defense and commercial electronics. Exploiting every electron, we push the limits of what is possible, giving our customers the edge and our employees opportunities to change the world. Our products and capabilities can be found everywhere - from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of space. At our core are more than 14,000 highly talented Electronic Systems employees with the brightest minds in the industry, we make an impact - for our customers and the communities we serve.
This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.
Are you an experienced Program Director, looking for a challenging and dynamic role? BAE Systems' Countermeasures & Electromagnetic Attack Solutions (CEMA) Business Area has an immediate opening for a highly motivated International Capture Lead in the Integrated Survivability Solutions (ISS) Product Line. This role will be collaborating with the Missile Warning team and across ISS to pursue international business opportunities.
Our employees work on the world's most advanced electronics, you'll be among the brightest minds, working on the aerospace and defense industry's most difficult problems. We welcome all those who have big ideas, crave innovation, want to drive fielding velocity and have the passion to bring the warfighter home safe.
With a 9/80 schedule, and every other Friday off, our flexible work environment provides you a chance to change the world without giving up your personal life. We put our customers first - exemplified by our mission: "We Protect Those Who Protect Us®." This is a dynamic program director opportunity reporting directly to the ISS Product Line Director.
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
- Demonstrated experience capturing Foreign Military Sales and Direct Commercial Sales business opportunities
- Understanding of both DoD and non-US MoD acquisition processes and how to network and navigate within both domains
- Experience developing capture strategies and briefing them throughout the organization to ensure to solicit feedback and gain alignment
- A strong ability to develop priorities across a large opportunity space
- Knowledge of offsets, industrial participation, and localization strategies
- Strong ability to collaborate across product lines and business areas
- Ability to lead multi-disciplinary capture teams to achieve early-phase program shaping and requirements influence
- Program management skills in complex new product development with an eye towards a successful transition to production
- Strong leadership, coaching and mentoring skills
- Strong financial acumen with the ability to analyze and manage budgets effectively
- Bachelor's Degree in a technical or business-related discipline and a minimum of 12 years of experience leading captures and program teams through all phases of the lifecycle
- Active Secret clearance
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
- Ability to obtain special access clearance
- Program Management Professional (PMP) Certification
- Demonstrated mastery of Program Management, Life-Cycle Management and Risk & Opportunity Management
- Master's degree in a technical or business discipline
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $153377 - $260743
Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
About BAE Systems Electronic Systems
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it's what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts - defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team-making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you'll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference. Electronic Systems (ES) is the global innovator behind BAE Systems' game-changing defense and commercial electronics. Exploiting every electron, we push the limits of what is possible, giving our customers the edge and our employees opportunities to change the world. Our products and capabilities can be found everywhere - from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of space. At our core are more than 14,000 highly talented Electronic Systems employees with the brightest minds in the industry, we make an impact - for our customers and the communities we serve.
This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.
Top Skills
Life-Cycle Management
Program Management
Risk Management
BAE Systems, Inc. Austin, Texas, USA Office

825 E. Howard Lane, Austin, TX, United States, 78753
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