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Salary: USD 149,000 - 218,000 / annual
Muon Space, a LEO satellite constellation provider founded in 2021, seeks a Senior Proposal Manager to lead high-priority proposal efforts and capture materials. This role drives technical and business strategy from opportunity identification through contract award, providing cross-functional leadership across Engineering, Business Development, Program Management, Finance, Contracts, and Executive Leadership.
Key responsibilities include leading cross-functional teams to develop compliant and differentiated technical proposals; developing best practices, processes, and reusable materials to enable compelling proposals; partnering with executive leadership and functional teams to define themes, messaging, and win strategies aligned with customer mission needs; leading proposal planning, schedules, and reviews across multiple concurrent pursuits; ensuring compliance with RFPs, BAAs, RFIs, and government solicitations; performing competitive analysis and risk identification; developing and improving company-wide capture processes and proposal libraries; leading retrospectives and continuous improvement initiatives; mentoring technical contributors; and influencing long-term growth strategy by identifying emerging customer needs.
Required qualifications include 10+ years leading technical captures, strategic proposals, or business pursuits; demonstrated success managing complex captures from opportunity shaping through contract award; experience translating customer mission needs into spacecraft or mission solutions; proven ability leading cross-functional teams without direct authority; strong knowledge of U.S. Government acquisition processes (FAR/DFARS, RFPs, BAAs, OTAs); excellent technical writing, presentation, and executive communication skills; ability to balance technical, schedule, cost, and execution tradeoffs; strong organizational and project leadership skills; and an active TS security clearance.
Preferred qualifications include experience with spacecraft design, satellite manufacturing, payloads, mission operations, or launch integration; experience supporting DoD, Space Force, SDA, NRO, NASA, or commercial space customers; and experience building capture frameworks in high-growth environments. The role is fully remote from an approved location.
