22 Oct
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Embrace Software
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Montreal
22 Oct
Embrace Software
Montreal
We're rebuilding vertical software with AI — from the inside.
Embrace owns the software running inside 16% of the Fortune 500, 45+ state agencies, and 450+ banks and credit unions. We acquire entrenched vertical software businesses and rebuild them around AI — products, operations, go-to-market, all of it. Our Venture Lab launches new AI-native products into those same markets, using the distribution and customer relationships our portfolio already owns.
You'll ship AI into production against real workflows, real customers, and a P&L; you can see move within a quarter.
We hire people who want scope, speed, and ownership, and who are tired of working on AI that never reaches a customer. If you want to spend the next five years shipping into software that already runs the economy, talk to us.
Job Description
This is a remote position.
Fairfax Software, part of the Embrace portfolio, is a leading provider of intelligent document processing (IDP) and financial transaction solutions. For more than three decades, Fairfax has been a recognized leader in state tax and revenue software, with solutions spanning DMV, child and family services, labour departments, courts and judicial systems, as well as financial services and insurance.
As we grow, we're looking to hire a Capture Manager to identify which government opportunities are worth pursuing and position us to win them before the RFP is released.
About 220 opportunities are issued in our segment each year, through GovSpend, BidNet and agency portals. Maybe 30-–45 are worth bidding. The leads already exist; the job is choosing, not finding. You pick the right ones early - often 12–24 months before the RFP - shape them,
and hand the AEs a short, ranked list they can win. Just as important, you say no to the rest, so the win rate holds as volume grows.
This is the role that lets our capture motion scale.
What you'll own
- The pursuit pipeline. Building an engine to update and maintain a rolling calendar built from incumbent contract expirations across all 50 states and the Canadian provinces, plus portal monitoring and pre-solicitation notices.
- Qualification. Score each prospect on fit, competition, incumbency and how shapeable it is. Bring a clear bid/no-bid recommendation to the shared gate.
- Relationship mapping. Who owns the requirement, who influences it, and where Fairfax has an incumbency or reference edge.
- Feeding the AEs. A ranked, qualified shortlist so their time goes to winnable, shaped pursuits
- Protecting the win rate. The discipline of saying no, so more volume never dilutes the rate.
Requirements
What you must have
- Experience in government capture, bid management, or pipeline / proposal operations (SLED or federal).
- A qualifier's judgment. You're comfortable killing a bad-fit pursuit and defending the call.
- Fluency with GovSpend, BidNet or similar bid-intelligence sources, and a knack for turning noise into a ranked shortlist.
- Organized and relentless on detail. The role runs on a clean, current pipeline.
- Comfortable working onsite, shoulder to shoulder with the AEs and the Director.
Who this role is for
You might be a capture or BD analyst at a government contractor or gov SaaS firm, a proposal-shop coordinator ready to step up, or someone in agency procurement who wants to move to the vendor side.
This is not an SDR/BDR role. An SDR is measured on how much outreach they do. A Capture Manager is measured on which deals they choose, and whether Fairfax wins them.
Core job
Capture Manager at Fairfax: Qualify existing demand; decide which RFPs are worth bidding and shape them
Where leads come from
Typical SDR / BDR: Self-sourced through cold email, calls, social
Capture Manager at Fairfax: Already exist (~220 a year); the job is choosing, not finding
Primary metric
Typical SDR / BDR: Meetings booked, activity volume
Capture Manager at Fairfax: Win rate held as volume scales; quality of the shortlist
Typical SDR / BDR: This week, this month
Capture Manager at Fairfax: 12–24 months ahead of the RFP
Cold outreach to buyers
Typical SDR / BDR: The whole job
Capture Manager at Fairfax: Rarely, and carefully — cold-emailing procurement officers can hurt more than help
Skill that matters
Typical SDR / BDR: Persistence, messaging at scale
Capture Manager at Fairfax: Judgment; saying no to poor-fit bids and defending the call
Typical SDR / BDR: AE
Capture Manager at Fairfax: Senior capture, capture lead, BD leadership in gov contracting
It's also not a pure data role. The p
📌 Capture Manager (Montreal)
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