MEET SLINGSHOT
At Slingshot Aerospace, we're on a mission to make space safer and more secure for everyone. Our work directly impacts global security, disaster response, climate monitoring, and the critical infrastructure that connects our world. We're a team of builders, thinkers, and problem-solvers who believe that the next generation of space operations will be powered by better data and smarter software.
We move fast, we're not afraid to fail, and we believe the best ideas can come from anywhere—whether you're in engineering, sales, product, or operations. If you want to work on something that truly matters, with people who care deeply about the impact we're making and help shape the future of an industry that's just getting started, you're in the right place.
What You'll Be Launching
As Manager, Capture & Proposals, you will build and lead Slingshot's enterprise capture and proposal capability, ensuring qualified opportunities are transformed into compelling, compliant, and competitive submissions that maximize our probability of win.
This role answers one critical question for the Growth organization: How do we turn qualified opportunities into winning proposals? You will lead capture strategy after a pursue decision has been made, oversee proposal development through submission, and establish the processes, operating rhythms, and best practices that support consistent execution across the company.
Working closely with Revenue, Business Development & Strategic Alliances, Solutions Engineering, Product, Engineering, Programs, Finance, Legal, Contracts, and executive leadership, you will bring structure, accountability, and discipline to complex pursuits. We are looking for a leader who can think strategically, operate tactically, influence across teams, and build a scalable capture and proposal function.
We're building a team of sharp, creative people who love solving hard problems. We value curiosity over ego, initiative over waiting for permission, and people who genuinely care about doing great work. Bring your expertise, your fresh ideas, and your drive. We'll bring the rocket fuel.
Your Mission (Should You Choose to Accept It)
Capture Strategy & Execution
- Lead capture strategy and execution for strategic government, defense, intelligence, civil, commercial, and international pursuits after a pursue decision has been made.
- Develop and manage capture plans that align customer priorities, competitive positioning, teaming strategy, pricing considerations, solution development, and proposal readiness.
- Drive capture milestones, pursuit reviews, executive decision points, and corrective actions to improve probability of win.
- Partner with Revenue and Business Development to ensure qualified opportunities transition into formal capture with clear ownership, customer intelligence, and strategic direction.
- Conduct customer, competitor, market, and price-to-win analysis to strengthen pursuit positioning.
Proposal Leadership
- Lead the proposal organization responsible for developing compliant, compelling, and differentiated submissions.
- Oversee proposal strategy, kickoff, schedules, assignments, content development, reviews, production, and final submission.
- Ensure proposals clearly communicate Slingshot's value proposition, technical approach, management strategy, past performance, and customer outcomes.
- Write, edit, and shape high-value proposal content, including executive summaries, technical narratives, management approaches, and customer-specific messaging.
- Partner with Solutions Engineering and technical subject matter experts to ensure proposal content is accurate, executable, and differentiated.
Cross-functional Pursuit Leadership
- Coordinate inputs, decisions, and accountability across Product, Engineering, Programs, Finance, Legal, Contracts, Revenue, and executive stakeholders.
- Partner with external primes, subcontractors, teammates, and strategic partners to align proposal strategy,…