Senior Manager, Capture Management
- Top Secret clearance
About the job
L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success.
Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do. L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech.
With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security. ## Job Description L3Harris is seeking a Senior Manager, Capture Management within the Space and Mission Systems (SMS) Proposal Center of Excellence (Proposal COE).
This position will provide functional and personnel leadership for the Document Production team and will also support selected capture activities and manage selected proposal efforts that support major new-business pursuits. The primary responsibility is leading the Document Production organization.
The Senior Manager, Capture Management will oversee team performance, staffing, workload, resource allocation, employee development, service delivery, and continuous improvement. Working with experienced Document Production professionals, this leader will ensure proposal documents and related deliverables are compliant, professionally produced, accurately controlled, and delivered on schedule.
The Senior Manager, Capture Management will also support capture planning for selected pursuits and manage selected RFPs, RFIs, Sources Sought Notices, BAAs, white papers, and other customer responses using established Proposal COE processes and resources.
The role requires strong people leadership, operational judgment, cross-functional coordination, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a deadline-driven environment. ## Document Production Management - Lead the Document Production team responsible for editing, formatting, document assembly, quality control, final book checks, packaging, and electronic or physical delivery of proposal documents - Set team priorities, performance expectations, service standards, and operating practices in alignment with Proposal COE and business needs - Manage employee performance, coaching, professional development, training, engagement, staffing, onboarding, retention, and succession planning - Build an inclusive, collaborative, and accountable team environment that supports quality work under demanding schedules - Forecast workload based on the new-business pipeline and active proposal schedules; assess capacity and assign resources across multiple simultaneous pursuits - Prioritize work and resolve resource conflicts based on proposal importance, complexity, schedule, security requirements, and available capacity - Coordinate matrixed resources, contractors, or surge support when business demand exceeds available team capacity - Oversee Document Production processes for intake, scheduling, formatting, file organization, production handoffs, quality checks, final production, submission, and closeout - Ensure the team maintains effective templates, work instructions, formatting standards, quality-control practices, and document-management procedures - Ensure final deliverables meet customer instructions, including Section L and M requirements, page limits, file formats, security markings, and submission requirements, while following L3Harris brand and style standards - Oversee the assembly and integration of proposal volumes, appendices, attachments, forms, oral-presentation materials, and electronic submission packages - Ensure effective document status tracking, permissions, version control, authoritative-file management, backups, final records, and archives - Serve as the management escalation point for production readiness, final quality, schedule conflicts, resource constraints, and submission risks - Support the evaluation and improvement of Document Production tools, including Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Adobe Acrobat, document automation, workflow systems, and approved artificial-intelligence capabilities - Monitor and communicate workload, capacity, schedule performance, on-time delivery, quality findings, rework, customer satisfaction, training, and process adherence; lead lessons learned, corrective actions, and process improvements that strengthen quality, consistency, efficiency, and workforce readiness - Represent Document Production in Proposal COE leadership meetings, workforce planning, process reviews, audits, and cross-functional initiatives ## Selected Proposal and Capture Management - Manage selected proposals from planning and kickoff through development, reviews, final production, submission, and closeout using established Proposal COE processes - Review solicitation requirements and maintain proposal plans, schedules, compliance matrices, assignments, review cycles, and production milestones - Coordinate cross-functional proposal teams and Document Production; facilitate key meetings and reviews; monitor progress; resolve or escalate risks; and confirm required approvals and submission components through final revision and closeout - Help develop and maintain capture plans for selected pursuits in coordination with Business Development and cross-functional stakeholders, including pursuit milestones, action items, resource needs, and risks - Coordinate customer and competitive assessments to help shape win strategies, value propositions, and discriminators, and ensure these are reflected in proposal messaging ## Qualifications - Active Top Secret Security Clearance - Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 12 years of prior related experience; Or, Graduate degree and a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience; Or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 16 years of prior related experience - Proficiency with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, SharePoint, and related Microsoft Office applications ## Preferred Additional Skills - Demonstrated experience successfully leading and developing professional teams - Experience managing employees, workloads, competing priorities, schedules, performance, training, and professional development - Experience allocating resources and delivering high-quality work in a deadline-driven, matrixed environment - Experience collaborating across business functions and communicating with employees, peers, and senior leaders - Ability to establish priorities, improve processes, resolve issues, and make sound decisions with limited oversight - Strong written and verbal communication, organization, coaching, problem-solving, and conflict-resolution skills - Familiarity with government proposals, federal acquisition processes, or defense-industry business development - Familiarity with proposal production, document formatting, quality control, version control, or final submission activities - Experience leading geographically dispersed employees or a combination of full-time, part-time, matrixed, contract, and surge resources - Experience developing staffing plans, workload forecasts, capacity analyses, performance measures, and leadership reports - Familiarity with SharePoint collaboration, document-management systems, workflow tools, Adobe Acrobat, proposal automation, or records-management practices - Training or certification in L3Harris, Shipley, APMP, Lohfeld, project management, or another relevant methodology - Availability to travel and work extended or nonstandard hours when necessary to support critical proposal activities #LI-CG1 L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination
From L3Harris's job posting, checked 7 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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