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Senior Director of Growth Strategic Initiatives
Senior Director of Growth Strategic Initiatives-September 2024
Herndon
Sep 11, 2025
About Senior Director of Growth Strategic Initiatives

Req ID: RQ196998

Type of Requisition: Regular

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Public Trust/Other Required: None

Job Family: Capture Management

Skills:

Capture Management,Proposal Review,Strategy Plan

Experience:

15 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

GDIT is seeking a Senior Director of Growth Strategic Initiatives to work with business developers, capture managers, and proposal resources on key deliverables, and lead key reviews throughout the business development lifecycle, in support of the Intelligence and Homeland Security (IHS) division. Ability to work collaboratively with business development, capture, solutioning and proposal staff, as well as with senior management, to drive development of quality captures and proposal responses resulting in organizational growth.

The successful candidate must possess strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to distill complex and challenging review material into cogent recommendations supporting capture and proposal teams business decisions.

The location for this position is at GDIT IHS headquarters in Herndon, Virginia, with occasional travel for in-person support at other GDIT IHS offices in Falls Church, VA, Springfield, VA, and Annapolis Junction, MD for major proposal efforts.

Primary Responsibilities:

Collaborate with Senior Leadership, Business Development, Capture Managers, Solution Architects, Line Leaders and Program Managers to facilitate and execute key reviews in the business development lifecycle process that lead to winning captures and proposals.

Talent in integrating disparate information into a concise actionable strategic recommendation

Demonstrated experience to influence and build consensus

Conduct Black Hat reviews to analyze and anticipate competitor strategies and solutions to improve GDIT’s win strategy and positioning before writing a proposal.

Chair Win Strategy workshops to facilitate, in partnership with capture managers, the development of win strategies for all major bids.

Conduct Strength workshops to ensure that win themes, differentiators and strengths are identified and integrated throughout the capture and proposal process.

Chair Blue Team reviews to ensure quality and efficiency of pre-proposal solutioning and that required pre-proposal artifacts are generated.

Work closely with Solution Architects and Business Development Professionals to track solution status. Maintain intimate knowledge of all priority captures and proposals.

Work across the business development lifecycle and partnering with corporate proposals to implement a comprehensive set of libraries of information (in both unclassified and classified areas) for access by capture and proposal resources

Work across the business development lifecycle and partnering with corporate proposals to implement artificial intelligence-based tools and technology to achieve efficiencies when executing captures and developing proposal responses

Chair all major proposal reviews for all major bids, including Proposal Readiness, Pink Team, Green Team, Red Team, and Gold Team reviews to ensure quality and efficient development of all priority proposals.

Required Qualifications:

The right candidate will possess a proven track record of supporting growth organizations in the winning and delivery of new and recompete business with:

Bachelor’s degree required; MBA preferred.

15+ years of industry experience serving in key Growth roles with a proven track record of winning new and recompete business with Intelligence Community and Homeland Security-based clients

Business Acumen - an experience-driven adeptness at working cross-functionally, presenting to executives, working with partners, and achieving consensus, all based on an acute focus on organizational success.

Strong analytical as well as verbal and written communications skills

Experience in building and facilitating highly effective teams

Proven interpersonal skills to lead in a matrixed environment and global marketplace

Demonstrated ability to lead people to achieve very high-performance standards

Experience developing, implementing or enhancing effective and cost-effective business development, capture and proposal processes, methodologies and tools for a growth organization

Experience in facilitating formal capture and proposal reviews

Limited travel to various GDIT IHS division locations around the Washington Metro Area

Clearance:

Current TS/SCI with Poly-level security clearance

US Citizenship required

Location: Herndon, VA

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

● Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home

● 401K with company match

● Comprehensive health and wellness packages

● Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career

● Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications

● Cutting-edge technology you can learn from

● Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

The likely salary range for this position is $233,750 - $316,250. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 30 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

We connect people with the most impactful client missions, creating an unparalleled work experience that allows them to see their impact every day. We create opportunities for our people to lead and learn simultaneously. From securing our nation’s most sensitive systems, to enabling digital transformation and cloud adoption, our people are the ones who make change real.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans

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