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Astrion · 1 day ago

Vice President, Solutions

Washington, DC

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

$200K/yr - $250K/yr

15+ years exp

Astrion has an exciting opportunity for a Vice President, Solutions on a hybrid schedule in either Washington, D.C. or Huntsville, AL. The Vice President, Solutions is responsible for building and scaling Astrion’s solutions capability, transforming repeatable services and technical capabilities into documented, mature, and differentiated solutions that drive growth, margin expansion, and long-term enterprise value.

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Responsibilities

Define and own the company’s solution portfolio, aligned to priority capabilities and markets

Translate innovation investments, IR&D outputs, and proven service offerings into formal solutions

Drive prioritization of which solutions to incubate, mature, scale, or retire

Establish solution governance, including approval criteria for new solutions and changes to existing ones

Drive reuse metrics and adoption of standard solutions across pursuits

Capture lessons learned from wins and losses to continuously refine solution offerings

Support clean post-award transitions so programs inherit well-defined, executable solutions

Establish a solution maturity framework (e.g., concept → pilot → repeatable → scalable)

Ensure solutions are documented and productized, including operating models and CONOPs, assumptions and constraints, delivery and transition guidance, etc

Institutionalize solution content and artifacts by maintaining a central solution repository

Lead, develop, and manage a team of Solution Architects

Set standards for how Solution Architects: Engage in early shaping and capture activities, Apply reusable solution patterns, Balance innovation with executability and risk

Align Solution Architect capacity to enterprise priority pursuits and solution maturation efforts

Support Growth and Capture teams by ensuring solutions: Are clearly differentiated and aligned to customer missions, Can be consistently articulated in proposals and customer engagements, Align with corporate pricing strategies

Ensure solutions are deployed consistently across proposals, avoiding bespoke architectures unless strategically justified

Participate in executive solution reviews, gate reviews, and proposal teams as needed

Partner closely with VP of Innovation to: Transition mature capabilities into solutions, Ensure IR&D investments are aligned to future solution roadmaps, Provide market and capture-driven feedback into innovation prioritization

Qualification

Solution architectureSolution developmentFederal capture lifecycleServices-to-solutions transformationSolution lifecycle managementExecutive communication skillsLeadershipTeam management