Senior Manager, Strategy

Peraton•Reston, VA

About The Position

This position is contingent upon a future need. The Senior Manager, Pursuit Strategy is a senior individual contributor on Peraton's Growth Strategy & Intelligence team. This role sits at the intersection of competitive intelligence and bid execution - consuming finished intelligence products, translating them into win arguments and competitive positioning, and delivering pursuit strategy support to Peraton's highest-priority opportunities. This is not a capture management role. It is a strategy role. The Director, Pursuit Strategy does not run bids or act as a deputy capture resource - they make bids winnable by providing a clear assessment of capture competitiveness and coaching teams to proactively mitigate ongoing pipeline risk management through capture excellence activities and practices. The role operates as the primary strategy partner to capture teams on Business Priority 0 and 1 (BP 2 as bandwidth allows) pursuits. It reports directly to the Senior Director, Growth Strategy & Intelligence and works in close coordination with support teams like Corporate Intelligence, Pricing & Estimation, Talent Acquisition, Procurement, and others.

Requirements

12+ years of experience in federal government contracting, with direct experience in capture strategy, competitive analysis, or pursuit strategy roles
Senior practitioner level understanding of capture methodologies (Shipley, Lohfeld, or comparable system) and a demonstrated track record supporting and winning large-scale federal pursuits (>$100M TCV)
Experience facilitating or participating in Black Hat reviews, competitive assessments, or structured win strategy sessions to diverse technical and non-technical audiences
Strong written and verbal communication skills - ability to produce executive-quality strategy artifacts under tight pursuit timelines and present confidently to C-level executives
Must hold and maintain a security clearance (clearance level dependent on portfolio requirements)

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with pWin and/or PTW modelling, proposal management, staffing, and other associated capture support functions as a practitioner or manager
Experience working or supporting large, complex GovCon prime opportunities ($1B+ TCV)
Expertise in the use of AI/automation tools in a capture or strategy context
Current TS/SCI clearance.

Responsibilities

Develop win arguments for Tier 0/1 pursuits using the PerWINS six-element framework: customer objective, challenge, solution, benefit, proof point, and follow-through
Translate competitive intelligence products into actionable win themes, competitive positioning, and section-level strategy guidance
Deliver gate intelligence packages to capture teams no later than 5 business days before each gate review
Assess probability of win (pWin) at key pursuit milestones; document rationale and update as conditions change
Develop and maintain competitive positioning narratives for priority pursuits across assigned mission cluster
Facilitate a variety of growth intelligence and capture engagements (strategy workshops, solutioning sessions, Black Hat and White Hat reviews, etc.) for Tier 0/1 pursuits
Support independent quality assessment for recompete programs (e.g. mid-course reviews and growth-driven program reviews) providing a strategic bridge between Sector delivery resources and Growth teams
Operate as the primary consumer and translator of growth intelligence and capture engagement outputs into pursuit strategy artifacts
Co-own growth intelligence requirements development with the CI/CA team for assigned pursuits
Provide structured feedback to the CI/CA team on intelligence gaps and collection priorities based on active pursuit needs, and maintain focus on consistent application and continuous improvement of customer/competitive understanding
Develop deep understanding of and apply Peraton’s agile capture methodology to pursuit strategy work; ensure strategy artifacts reflect correct quality level expectations at each gate
Support capture teams with independent assessment of capture health and readiness to bid relevant to strategy and competitive positioning
Participate in agile capture management calibration cycles; flag methodology gaps or field-level friction to the VP, Growth Strategy & Intelligence
Serve as a senior advisory resource for capture teams on Peraton capture practices
Participate in post-award debriefs for Tier 0/1 pursuits within assigned cluster
Synthesize debrief findings into actionable strategy lessons; contribute to win/loss pattern analysis
Maintain a running competitive landscape view for assigned mission cluster based on debrief data, market signals, and CI products