Pinnacle Capture Leader

Job Family:

Pinnacle Capture Leader

Travel Required:

Up to 75%+

Clearance Required:

None

What You Will Do:

The Pinnacle Capture Leader for the Energy Providers (EP) is responsible for shaping, leading, and winning large, complex capture efforts for technology-enabled projects where GH provides technology integration and wrap-around services.  This role serves as the single accountable capture leader for major and very large $10-100M+ pursuits, integrating customer engagement, competitive intelligence, solution shaping, teaming, pricing strategy, and proposal execution to deliver compliant, compelling, and operationally credible solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Capture Leadership
• Build and sustain trusted relationships with senior leaders and stakeholders across EP and Tech organizations
• Lead customer shaping activities, including requirements influence, acquisition strategy insight, and early solution positioning.
• Create new pipeline of projects with strategic partners (e.g. IBM, IPPs, Software companies SAP, Oracle, GIS, etc) and develop pursuit to close plans.
• Develop and execute win strategies, including incumbent displacement strategies.

• Conduct competitive intelligence and Black Hat analysis, assessing incumbents, integrators, niche competitors, and small business dynamics.
• Define clear discriminators, value propositions, and win themes aligned to operational outcomes, compliance, and impact.

• Drive technical solution & partner integration

• Provide leadership over proposal development.
• Establish proposal governance, milestone reviews, and executive engagement for high-dollar, high-risk pursuits.
• Ensure proposals are fully compliant, operationally credible, and clearly differentiated across technical, management, and pricing volumes.

• Own bid/no-bid decisions, capture budgets, and investment strategies for designated major pursuits.
• Partner with pricing and finance teams to develop competitive, executable pricing strategies that withstand cost realism scrutiny.
• Identify and mitigate programmatic, technical, compliance, and performance risks.

• Brief and advise segment growth lead, campaign growth lead, segment and practice leads on capture strategy, probability of win, and investment risk.
• Lead, mentor, and develop capture managers, proposal managers, and business development professionals focused on EP markets.
• Drive capture discipline, best practices, and continuous improvement for future deals

What You Will Need:

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 8-10 years of consulting and advisory experience with EP clients.
• 5-10 years of 10M+ capture experience.
• 8-10 years of technology implementation experience

What Would Be Nice to Have:

• Guidehouse EP experience
• Guidehouse Tech experience
• Masters or Advanced Degree.

The annual salary range for this position is $179,000.00-$298,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays

• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

• Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance

• 401(k) Retirement Plan

• Basic Life & Supplemental Life

• Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

• Student Loan PayDown

• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities

• Skills Development & Certifications

• Employee Referral Program

• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach

• Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program

• Mobility Stipend

About Guidehouse

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