Cognition07/22/2026

Capture Lead - Federal

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Responsibilities

  • 01Partner with Federal sales leadership on quarterly and annual capture planning
  • 02Partner with GTM, Mission Success, and Engineering on deal structuring, pricing strategy, and negotiation across contract vehicles
  • 03Track and prioritize contract vehicle strategy (GSA, OTAs, IDIQs, SBIR pathways, prime/sub relationships)
  • 04Identify and track relevant federal solicitations, from initial RFI through final RFP
  • 05Build the operational backbone for proposal response: intake, qualification, bid/no-bid decisioning, color team review cadence, and compliance
  • 06Manage relationships with proposal and capture partners supporting RFI-to-RFP response on Cognition's behalf
  • 07Build and maintain proposal collateral, and maintain the past performance, capabilities, and pricing libraries that compound across pursuits
  • 08Define the metrics that matter for a federal GTM motion and build dashboards that surface them
  • 09Own solicitation response tracking across active pursuits
  • 10Run the red-team/AAR process on wins and losses; turn lessons learned into repeatable best practices
  • 11Identify operational bottlenecks and build the systems, processes, and tooling to remove them

Requirements

  • 014+ years of experience in federal business operations, capture management, or revenue strategy at a defense tech, federal SaaS, or government services company
  • 02Deep fluency in federal procurement: contract vehicles, working knowledge of FAR/DFARS, capture lifecycle, and the rhythm of federal sales cycles
  • 03Strong analytical foundation—you can build the model, run the analysis, and tell the story
  • 04Track record of working in and building capture programs from scratch in a fast-moving environment
  • 05Comfort operating without a playbook, and a low ego about doing the work yourself
  • 06Based in Washington, DC, or willing to relocate
  • 07Security clearance preferred, or ability to obtain one

What we offer

  • 01Based in Washington, DC, or willing to relocate
  • 02Security clearance preferred, or ability to obtain one