Senior Strategic Advisor, Government Contracts

AlphaHire

. Provide strategic guidance on which government opportunities to pursue or decline .

Posted 10/4/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates substantial government-contracting execution experience with a focus on strategic guidance, capture support, and proposal development. Capable of navigating complex government buying processes and providing insights on building contracting capabilities effectively.

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Government-Contracting Execution ExperienceCapture SupportProposal DevelopmentContract StrategyFAR Or DFARS Experience

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Hard Skills

Capture SupportProposal DevelopmentContract StrategyPost-Award Compliance LeadershipGovernment-Contracting Capability Building

Soft Skills

JudgmentStrategic ThinkingCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

IDIQBPAGWACGSA Schedule

Industry Keywords

Professional-Services ContractsResearch ContractsAnalytics ContractsWorkforce ContractsInfrastructure ContractsTechnology Contracts

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide strategic guidance on which government opportunities to pursue or decline
Advise where government buying processes may be underestimated
Identify capabilities needed before pursuing larger contracts
Advise when to prime versus partner
Explain what makes an agency take a newer entrant seriously
Identify mistakes that create problems after an award
Advise how to build government-contracting capability without unnecessary overhead
Participate in periodic strategic conversations
Review selected opportunities or decisions
Make introductions where independently appropriate
Substantial execution work such as capture support, proposal development, contract strategy, or partner work may be scoped separately as full-time employment or project-based contract work

Requirements

What you’ll need

Substantial government-contracting execution experience, not title alone
Judgment that will challenge assumptions rather than confirm them
Ability to join periodic remote strategic conversations
Open to full-time employment or project-based contract engagement; remote-first with travel as partner and field work requires
FAR or DFARS, IDIQ, BPA, GWAC, or GSA schedule experience (nice to have)
Capture, proposal, or post-award compliance leadership (nice to have)
Professional-services, research, analytics, workforce, infrastructure, or technology contracts (nice to have)