As a Capture Specialist, you will partner with senior leadership to support priority USAID captures efforts and prepare for winning proposals. To be successful in this role, you will have experience in the USAID business development lifecycle, experience managing capture for large global development projects and strong understanding of USAID proposal requirements. You will be a team member of the Chief Growth Office (CGO) and work closely with the Global Development Group. Core Responsibilities ...
The World at Abt
Solving the world’s most pressing issues and improving the quality of life for people worldwide is what we do every day at Abt Global Inc. Creating a more equitable world is no small task, but we are driven by big challenges. We are a team of 3,000+ people in over 50 countries working in unison and focused on the bigger picture. Only by sharing our commitment and energy do we affect change and push the boundaries of what’s possible. We welcome diverse ideas, backgrounds, and viewpoints – joining Abt means access to exceptional thinkers at the top of their game.
To thrive at Abt is to embrace flexibility and collaboration. Our open culture allows you to balance your work and personal life as needed to optimize personal well-being. Creating a more equitable world starts from within – we look after people around the world, and we’ll do the same for you.
Ready to embrace rewarding and meaningful work? Now’s your chance.
The Opportunity
As a Capture Specialist, you will partner with senior leadership to support priority USAID captures efforts and prepare for winning proposals. To be successful in this role, you will have experience in the USAID business development lifecycle, experience managing capture for large global development projects and strong understanding of USAID proposal requirements. You will be a team member of the Chief Growth Office (CGO) and work closely with the Global Development Group.
Core Responsibilities
Manage all aspects of opportunity capture management:
Manage opportunities, providing strategic and tactical advice and guidance to Capture Directors, senior leadership, and division teams.
Lead the capture process ensuring adherence to Abt agreed process and industry best practices
Manage the day to day operations of the capture team
Make significant contributions to the development and continuous improvement of capture and management processes, tools, and templates.
Act as the central point for the capture process
Prepare/complete strategic capture plans
Communicate overall capture progress to management
Lead responses to Requests for Information
Provide market analysis, competitor analysis, gap analysis, and teaming advice
Help negotiate with partnership teams and prepare input for NDAs and TAs (working with Contracts)
Prepare and deliver updates to senior leadership at specified milestones in the capture process
Utilize BD market intelligence accounts and subscriptions
Maintain pipeline and opportunity records/information in the company’s CRM tool
Work with the technical teams to develop content that is clear, effective and consistent
Provide guidance, sample content, and boilerplate materials to writers, as needed
Facilitate activities of supporting areas: contracts, subcontracts, small business, pricing, competitive intelligence, legal, and quality control
Provide the leadership, methodologies, procedures, tools, and templates to support USAID capture efforts.
Have responsibility across multiple, concurrent captures.
Provide leadership to a diversity of matrixed opportunity teams.
Contribute to the development Abt’s new business function –
Collaborate with other capture team members
Support positive teambuilding
Take and conduct training as appropriate
Continuously refine and improve process and strategies
Mentor CGO and Portfolio team members, as appropriate
Develop and share leading practices
Travel – Provides backstopping support to members of intelligence gathering trips; participates in trips as required
Information Gathering – Assists with a broad variety of ad hoc information gathering requirements
Ability to shift priorities and tasks – Ability to juggle multiple tasks of varying degrees of difficulty.
What We Value
Bachelor’s Degree + Five years of relevant experience, or Master’s Degree + Three years of relevant experience, or PhD
Experience in coordinating large complex capture and proposals with values more than $25m
Knowledge of USAID proposal costing/financial requirements
Proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
High attention to detail
Willingness to travel
English plus other proficient language skills
Training in formal capture/proposal methodologies
Knowledge of industry-wide best practices in proposal management
Knowledge and understanding of Federal procurement regulations and practices (including FAR/AIDAR)
Experience in project management and capture management
Understanding of editorial practice and standards
What We Offer
We foster an environment where you can Thrive Your Way. Our innovative total rewards programs are designed to help balance your work and personal life. The approach toward your wellbeing centers around comprehensive benefits, flexible schedules, and professional development.
Abt is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse workforce. Abt provides market-competitive salaries and comprehensive employee benefits.
This position offers an anticipated annual base salary range of approximately $91,500 to $120,000 and may vary by ten percent depending on candidate geographic location. Salary offers are made based on internal equity and market analysis.
Disclaimer: Abt will never ask candidates for money in exchange for an offer of employment.
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Abt Global is a mission-driven, global leader in research and program implementation in the fields of health, social and environmental policy, and international development. Known for its rigorous approach to solving complex challenges, Abt Global is regularly ranked as one of the top global research firms and one of the international development innovators. The company has multiple offices in the U.S. and program offices in more than 40 countries.
At Abt Global, we are committed to creating a lasting culture of equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that in order to achieve full participation, our practices must be free of prejudice, discrimination, and bias that result in inequitable outcomes. We are actively working to advance equity for everyone, and while we still have much work to do, we know that racial and cultural diversity are an asset to our business and the communities where we live and serve. Our ongoing commitment is focused on creating business practices that advance racial and social equity, investments in community impact programs for the benefit of Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC), and expand upon project work related to racial equity and social justice.
