CHAOS Inc. is a global technology company delivering next-generation capabilities to the defense and critical industrial sectors. Founded in 2022 by a seasoned leadership team, CHAOS has quickly become the place where world-class multi-disciplinary engineers come to build mission-critical technologies. CHAOS has a mission-focused culture, dedicated to solving the toughest technical challenges. Its unique agile engineering approach enables rapid prototyping, while deep partnerships with defense and industry ensure real-world solutions.
Role Overview:
As a Capture Strategist, you will play a pivotal role in identifying, pursuing, and securing new business opportunities through effective market analysis, strategic planning, and compelling content development. You will collaborate with engineering and business development teams to identify and analyze markets, understand client needs, and formulate winning strategies and narratives that bring in new opportunities and revenue. This is an exciting opportunity to be among the first members of a rapidly growing team of professionals dedicated to delivering highly impactful technologies to the defense, national security, and critical industry sectors.
Responsibilities:
- Proposal and Content Development
- Serve as project manager and lead writer on proposals, market research, white papers, and other content that supports capturing business.
- Craft clear, concise, and compelling content that directly addresses client needs.
- Ensure full compliance with customer requirements.
- Partner effectively with engineering, Business Development, and design counterparts to achieve high-quality, winning submissions.
- Market Analysis
- Conduct thorough market research to identify potential business opportunities and trends. Includes continuous opportunity monitoring using open-source (e.g., SAM.GOV) and/or subscription services.
- Perform regular research to understand emerging programs and opportunities and to learn about industry-specific subject matter.
- Conduct competitive analysis to gain insights into market dynamics and competitor landscape, which contributes to opportunity qualification and narrative development.
- Capture Planning
- Qualify business opportunities and evaluate attractiveness and probability of win.
- Partner with Capture and BD leadership to develop comprehensive capture plans at the strategic (pipeline-wide) and tactical (opportunity-specific) levels that align with business priorities and growth targets.
- Physical Location
- Work full-time onsite out of our Washington D.C. office.
- Light (<20%) travel required for trips to Los Angeles HQ and/or strategic meetings/events.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in relevant field (e.g., Communications, Marketing, English, Computer Science, Business) or equivalent work experience.
- Significant experience writing and managing Federal proposals and market research, with demonstrated success capturing multi-million-dollar awards.
- Strong understanding of the U.S. Government procurement process, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), and full capture lifecycle.
- Exceptional communication skills and attention to detail.
- Discerning judgment in strategic thinking, with strong risk assessment skills.
- Ability to obtain a Top Secret / Secure Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance.
Preferred Requirements:
- Familiarity with defense and/or energy technology industries preferred.
- Active TS/SCI clearance preferred.
Why CHAOS?
- Health Benefits: Your medical, dental and vision benefits will be 100% paid for by the company (click here for a breakdown of our offered plans)
- Additional benefits: life, FSA, HSA, 401k (+ Company match), and more
- Our Perks: free daily lunch, ‘No meeting Fridays’, unlimited PTO (for exempt employees), casual dress code, beautiful office location in Hermosa Beach with ocean views!
- Compensation Components: competitive base salaries, generous pre-IPO stock option grants, relocation assistance + (coming soon!) annual bonuses
- Company Size: 60 employees and counting!
- More About Us: We're building the next generation of aerospace, defense and critical industry technologies with a seasoned team of mission-focused individuals. We were founded in June 2022 and our goal is to become the platform where world-class engineers come to solve critical, real-world problems. We use agile engineering approaches which enable rapid prototyping, deep partnerships with the defense industry ensuring real-world application, and our newly-invented Coherence platform (through which we’ve made a fundamental breakthrough) improves sensor performance and decision-making in real-time. As of September, 2023 we have raised ~$100M with 8VC as a leading investor. With a managing team that includes Epirus’ founding members (responsible for building a $1.5B company from scratch) + key drivers from Palantir (instrumental in Palantir’s growth to $1B in revenue), we are well-positioned to become one of the fastest growing companies to date!
Salary Range: $150,000 - $200,000
The stated compensation range reflects only the targeted base compensation range and excludes additional earnings such as bonus, equity, and benefits. If your compensation requirements fall outside of the range, we still encourage you to apply. The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations.
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Last updated on Aug 20, 2024