Jobs UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER

The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) pursues fundamental discovery in Earth and Space Science, develops, designs, and builds instruments and spacecraft for space‐based observations of the Sun, Earth, and planets, operates satellites, and analyzes mission data sets. LASP has built instruments and participated in missions to every planet in the solar system.

• Responsible for “winning” contracted space research opportunities through the management and oversight of capture teams and proposal efforts, from conception through award.
• Supports LASP’s strategic planning development and execution, and customer relationship development and management activities.
• Identifies resources required to pursue proposals, establishes infrastructure requirements, processes, plans, and manages the same.
• Manages all capture and proposal activities and processes throughout development, submission, and selection, including scheduling and reviews.
• Develops and implements proposal strategies, including research, planning, pricing, teaming, competitive positioning, and risk assessment.
• Ensures quality and compliance of proposals and customer interactions.
• Participates in dynamic workload balancing with LASP personnel, including projections of needs and prioritization decisions.
• Engages with customers, teammates and the community to solidify and enhance relationships and competitive positioning of LASP.
• Attends conferences and symposia to stay abreast of marketplace changes and determine likely areas for growth and expansion.
• Coordinates across LASP to encourage and foster compelling ideas and concepts that further the Lab’s goals and strategies.

• Due to U.S. Export Control Restrictions, only U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents may apply.
• All University of Colorado Boulder employees are required to comply with the campus COVID-19 vaccine requirement. New employees must provide proof of vaccination or receive a medical or religious exemption within 30 days of employment.

The salary range for this position is $115,000 - $161,000. We offer a generous retirement plan that includes 200% matching for the first 5% contributed with immediate vesting. Relocation assistance is available per institute guidelines. 

• Minimum B.A./B.S. Degree in relevant technical field.
• Minimum of 10 years of aerospace industry experience with three to five years of proposal management and business development experience.

• A dynamic, hands-on leader capable of instilling passion to win, excellence, and adherence to deadlines; mentoring proposal teams, and driving accountability and success.
• Experience in developing responses to solicitations in a similar organization servicing multi-step, page-limited Federal Government announcements of opportunity.
• Experience in developing compliance matrices, outlines, storyboards, page allocation, themes, discriminators, etc.
• Ability to work independently to identify, structure and articulate a winning approach for solicitation responses.
• Program Management experience in assessing technical, financial, schedule, or other associated risks with solicitations, studies, and projects.
• Working knowledge of NASA standards and specifications.
• Experience interviewing customers to ensure understanding of requirements and development of effective solutions.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, with stress on articulating and writing effectively.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office tools including Project, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experienced in developing presentations for senior executives.
• Proven ability to work under pressure, delivering high quality work consistently against tight deadlines.
• Understanding of the various types of contracts (e.g., Single versus Multi-Award, IDIQ Task Orders, Cost Plus, FFP, Incentive Fee, etc.).
• Must have federal government contracting acquisition and proposal processes knowledge, and experience with large proposal efforts.