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Pursuit Strategist (Director)
- CACI International (Reston, VA)
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Pursuit Strategist (Director)
Job Category: Business Development and Marketing
Time Type: Full time
Minimum Clearance Required to Start: None
Employee Type: Regular
Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%
Type of Travel: Local
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The Opportunity:
CACI is looking for a Pursuit Strategist to provide multi-disciplined support to one or more elements of the CACI Pursuit Excellence’s business development efforts, including: qualification analysis; capture support; solution facilitation and development; and proposal artifact creation and refinement. The ideal candidate with specialization in one or more of the following: Proposal management, Proposal writing, Project management, Workshop facilitation, IT operations/design.
Responsibilities:
The Pursuit Strategist is a leader in conceptualizing and developing high-scoring proposals with differentiated discriminators that exceed customer expectations. As a key member of the capture team, the Pursuit Strategist is engaged from the early stages of capture to help steer call plan and artifacts toward meaningful win themes that translate into structured and cogent proposal artifacts.
The Pursuit Strategist collaborates with the core capture team (Capture Manager, Solution Architect, Proposal Manager, and line leads) to develop call plan artifacts; test and validate customer understanding, solution elements, and win themes; inform and shape requirements; structure proposal response; and ultimately translate the elements into proposal artifacts.
The candidate will serve as an expert resource for Pursuit Excellence activities responsible for key aspects of building differentiated solutions and proposals. Candidate will be a key member of CACI’s Pursuit Excellence capture and proposal team; will participate in strategic planning and implementation with senior leaders from across CACI; and will gain experience and mentorship working alongside an experienced and motivated Pursuit Excellence leadership team.
The Pursuit Strategist is a functional leader—a “player-coach”—who engages directly to lead and co-develop proposal strategy throughout the business development lifecycle. Core activities may include the following:
+ Participating in call plan strategy to focus on proposal differentiation and PWIN
+ Developing call plan artifacts, RFI responses, white papers, and other customer-focused technical artifacts
+ Participating in solution sessions and strategy workshops with a focus on eliciting expert consensus and translation to proposal artifacts and content
+ Leading strategy sessions, IPTs, and workshops to develop feasible, understandable, high-scoring proposal content
+ Directly contributing proposal content, to include written and presentation content when needed
Qualifications:
_Required:_
+ Minimum of seven (7) years of related work experience
+ Experience with proposal administration tools and knowledge management
+ Experience serving in multiple proposal leadership roles, including volume leadership
+ Ability to manage multiple high priority tasks
+ Ability to handle stressful environments with complexity and ambiguity
+ Diplomacy in maximizing the contributions of capture and proposal contributors from different professional backgrounds and communication temperaments
_Desired:_
+ Bachelor’s Degree in a related discipline
+ Experience supporting federal contract proposals strongly preferred
+ Shipley or equivalent proposal professional training
+ Certified Program Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification
+ Federal security clearance **eligibility** (up to TS/SCI/Poly)
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What You Can Expect:
A culture of integrity.
At CACI, we place character and innovation at the center of everything we do. As a valued team member, you’ll be part of a high-performing group dedicated to our customer’s missions and driven by a higher purpose – to ensure the safety of our nation.
An environment of trust.
CACI values the unique contributions that every employee brings to our company and our customers - every day. You’ll have the autonomy to take the time you need through a unique flexible time off benefit and have access to robust learning resources to make your ambitions a reality.
A focus on continuous growth.
Together, we will advance our nation's most critical missions, build on our lengthy track record of business success, and find opportunities to break new ground — in your career and in our legacy.
**Your potential is limitless.** So is ours.
Learn more about CACI here. (https://careers.caci.com/global/en/life-at-caci)
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**Pay Range** : There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad and competitive mix of benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families. At CACI, you will receive comprehensive benefits such as; healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits. Learn more here (https://careers.caci.com/global/en/employee-benefits) .
The proposed salary range for this position is:
$143,600 - $316,000
_CACI is_ _an Equal Opportunity Employer._ _All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any_ _other protected characteristic._
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