Apex Space
Senior Director, Capture
$200K–$270K
Los Angeles · On-site · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Experience
- At least 8 years in capture management, proposal development, or business development.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must qualify as a U.S. Person or be able to obtain required U.S. export authorizations.
About the job
Build and lead Apex’s capture organization and personally manage strategic pursuits from opportunity identification through proposal submission and award.
What you'll do
- Hire, coach, and develop Capture Managers while maturing companywide capture processes, standards, tooling, and gate reviews.
- Lead major captures and develop win strategies, coordinating business development and engineering teams to create compliant, competitive proposals.
- Analyze customer and mission needs, competitive risks, and requirements; present solutions to customers and maintain reusable proposal content and lessons learned.
What they ask for
- At least 8 years in capture management, proposal development, or business development; satellite-related manufacturing experience is preferred.
- Demonstrated experience leading capture, proposal, or business development teams and owning large pursuits with a record of winning complex, high-value work.
- Experience establishing or improving companywide capture, proposal, or business development processes.
- Experience working with prime contractors or government entities.
Nice to have
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Experience in satellite manufacturing or related industries, or spacecraft, launch vehicle, or payload engineering.
Pay
USD 200K – 270K base salary
Tools
RFP, Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
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