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# Capture Manager at North Vector Dynamics Inc.

- **Company:** North Vector Dynamics Inc.
- **Location:** Ottawa, Canada
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Posted:** 2026-10-19
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-05
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/northvectordynamics/b5a83c90-4297-40cd-b00d-6cb9fb89cbe3

## Job description

## Who We Are

North Vector Dynamics is a Canadian-owned and controlled defence technology company specializing in precision interception, autonomy, and advanced propulsion. NVD is building a full-spectrum missile capability, from counter-UAS solutions to hypersonics, designed to serve and defend NATO member states and their allies and partners.

## The Role

Reporting to the Director of Business Development, the Capture Manager is responsible for turning qualified defence opportunities into structured, competitive and compliant pursuits. The role leads capture strategy and execution across Canadian defence opportunities and, where required, international markets. The Capture Manager works across business development, engineering, product, finance, legal, government relations and senior leadership to understand customer requirements, develop pursuit strategies, assess competitors, coordinate partners and manage formal submissions. The role plays a key role in capture strategy and execution from opportunity qualification through submission and contract award. The successful candidate must be able to impose structure without slowing execution and coordinate complex pursuits without adding unnecessary process.

## What You'll Do

Capture Strategy and Opportunity Qualification

- Assess and prioritize defence opportunities based on strategic fit, competitive position, probability of success and required resources.
- Develop capture plans, pursuit objectives, milestones and bid/no-bid recommendations for priority opportunities.
- Identify actions required to improve NVD’s position before formal solicitation, including customer engagement, technical preparation, partnerships and demonstrations. Customer and Competitive Intelligence
- Understand customer requirements, acquisition pathways, decision-makers and procurement timelines.
- Monitor relevant defence procurement activity, including RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, demonstrations and innovation programs.
- Assess competitors, incumbents and alternative solutions, and use that intelligence to sharpen NVD’s positioning and win strategy. Pursuit Management
- Own integrated capture schedules and coordinate actions the business.
- Establish clear owners, deadlines and decision points, lead capture reviews, and identify risks or issues requiring executive attention.
- Support the coordination of demonstrations, trials and other activities that may lead to procurement, and ensure assigned actions are completed. Proposal and Solicitation Management
- Lead NVD’s responses to RFIs, RFPs, RFQs and related procurement documents.
- Develop compliance matrices, response plans, schedules and review gates, and coordinate technical, commercial, contractual and corporate inputs.
- Ensure submissions are accurate, compliant, internally approved and delivered on time. Teaming and Commercial Coordination
- Support the development and execution of pursuit-specific teaming strategies with prime contractors, systems integrators, platform partners and other partners where required.
- Work with engineering and product teams to ensure proposed solutions are technically achievable and clearly distinguish current capability from development or future commitments.
- Coordinate pricing, commercial assumptions and partner dependencies. Pipeline and Capture Process
- Maintain accurate pipeline information for priority opportunities, including timing, next actions and major risks.
- Provide concise capture updates and recommendations to the Director of Business Development and senior leadership.
- Apply lessons learned to build a consistent capture process.

## What You Bring

Required ● Significant relevant experience in defence capture, business development, procurement, bid and proposal management, or closely related work. ● Experience interpreting government or defence solicitation documents and managing formal submissions against mandatory, rated and contractual requirements. ● Strong understanding of opportunity qualification, capture planning, competitive positioning, compliance management and win strategy. ● Ability to coordinate technical, commercial and executive contributors, establish clear accountabilities and drive execution without formal reporting authority. ● Strong analytical judgment, including the ability to assess incomplete information, identify gaps and make sound recommendations. ● Strong written communication, executive briefing, project-management and organizational skills. ● Ability to operate effectively in a rapidly scaling organization with limited corporate infrastructure. ● Must hold or be eligible to obtain and maintain a Government of Canada Secret security clearance.

## Preferred

- Strong knowledge of Canadian defence procurement and experience working with the Department of National Defence, the Canadian Armed Forces, Public Services and Procurement Canada, the Defence Investment Agency or related organizations and programs.
- Familiarity with Canadian defence innovation programs, Industrial and Technological Benefits, Controlled Goods and export-control requirements.
- Experience with NATO or other allied and partner defence acquisition processes.
- Experience in missiles, air defence, counter-UAS, precision-guided weapons, aerospace or related defence technologies.

## Why North Vector Dynamics

- Enter the defence sector at a formative moment and help build sovereign domestic missile capability to serve Canada and its allies and partners.
- Join a founder-led company with highly credible engineering credentials. NVD builds real products, not concept-stage pitches.
- Work directly with NVD's founders and senior leadership on priority pursuits and shape NVD's business development approach as the company scales.
- Competitive compensation with meaningful upside at an early-stage defence technology company, backed by back-to-back funding rounds and a growing team.

## About North Vector Dynamics Inc.

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: North Vector Dynamics is a Canadian defense and autonomy technology company building precision autonomous systems and counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) weapons for the future battlefield.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Venture-backed)
- **Headquarters**: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- **Founded**: 2022 (originally as Think Solutions Engineering; rebranded to North Vector Dynamics in 2025)
- **Founders**: Paul Ziadé (Co-founder & CEO), Dr. Craig Johansen (Co-founder & Chief Science Officer), and a third co-founder (aerospace engineers specializing in hypersonics, rocket propulsion, and high-speed aerodynamics)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Defense technology, aerospace, counter-UAS systems, hypersonics, autonomous systems
- **Target customers**: Canadian Department of National Defence (DND), allied military forces, NATO partners
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "On the battlefield, survival isn’t a feature – it’s the requirement." The company is building Canada's first full-spectrum air and missile defence company, focused on sovereign capability for Canada and its allies.

## Products & Services
- **CM-70**: A low-cost, highly-maneuverable, attritable mass, precision-guided missile designed to neutralize Group I-III drone threats. It measures 0.72m in length, weighs ~2 kg, has a range of 3.5 km, and a speed of over 1,000 km/h. Features semi-active laser homing (SALH) guidance supported by AI and a blast fragmentation warhead.
- **SHIELD**: An expeditionary counter-UAS system that uses the Arctos sensor and launch node. It can loiter for hours and deploy air-launched CUAS effects.
- **CI-60**: A next-generation expendable UAV available in two configurations: a threat simulation system (subscale aerial target for air defense training) and a CUAS vehicle designed to neutralize hostile drones with speed and agility.
- **SPIKE**: A subscale aerial target system for use by land, naval, and air forces, providing realistic, threat-representative targets for air defense qualification and live-fire training.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Backed by the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) and venture capital firms
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Canadian Department of National Defence (DND), venture capital firms (specific names not publicly disclosed)
- **Growth Signals**: Rebranded from Think Solutions Engineering in 2025 to go all-in on air-defense development; shifting focus to the CM-70 C-UAS missile to meet growing demand; building Canada's first full-spectrum air and missile defence company; backed by DND for hypersonic and advanced interception work

## Competitive Advantages
- **Sovereign capability**: Building a Canadian-controlled technical base for counter-UAS and hypersonic interception, reducing reliance on foreign supply chains
- **Deep technical expertise**: Founders and team trained at top institutions (Waterloo, Oxford, Calgary) and organizations (NASA, Atomic Energy of Canada, national aerospace labs)
- **First-of-its-kind systems**: SHIELD is described as a first-of-its-kind expeditionary counter-UAS system
- **Attritable mass approach**: The CM-70 is a low-cost, precision-guided missile designed to invert the battlefield economics of drone warfare
- **Full-spectrum ambition**: Building toward hypersonic interception capability, positioning as Canada's first full-spectrum air and missile defence company

## Strategic Focus
- **Near-term**: Low-cost, precision-guided missile system (CM-70) for intercepting Group I-III drones and providing short-range force protection
- **Long-term**: Hypersonic interception capability for North American air defence and allied partners
- **Sovereign capability**: Building a Canadian-controlled technical base for defense technologies to reduce reliance on fragile supply chains
- **Product expansion**: Shifting focus to the CM-70 C-UAS missile to meet growing demand for counter-UAS interceptors

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven work**: Directly contributing to national defense and sovereignty for Canada and its allies
- **Deep tech focus**: Work on cutting-edge technologies including hypersonics, autonomous drone guidance, AI-driven flow control, and rocket propulsion
- **Elite team**: Colleagues include engineers and applied scientists from institutions like Waterloo, Oxford, and Calgary, with experience at NASA, Atomic Energy of Canada, and national aerospace research labs
- **Growth stage**: Recently rebranded and "all in" on air-defense development — a high-growth, high-impact environment
- **Remote-friendly**: Listed as having remote options across 27 locations, with an in-office presence in Calgary
- **Small, agile team**: Approximately 9-12 total employees, offering significant ownership and impact
- **Government backing**: Supported by Canada's Department of National Defence, providing stability and strategic importance

## Sources
1. [northvectordynamics.com](https://www.northvectordynamics.com/)
2. [northvectordynamics.com/about-us](https://www.northvectordynamics.com/about-us)
3. [northvectordynamics.com/advanced-systems](https://www.northvectordynamics.com/advanced-systems)
4. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/north-vector-dynamics)
5. [janes.com](https://www.janes.com/defence-intelligence-insights/defence-news/industry/north-vector-dynamics-aims-to-bring-missile-production-to-canada)

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