Proposal Manager - Transportation

WGI•Tampa, FL

19d•Onsite

About The Position

WGI is seeking a Proposal Manager, Transportation, for its Business Development Division. The role is based in one of WGI’s Florida offices in West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Tampa, Orlando, Gainesville, Tallahassee, or Jacksonville. The position focuses on strategy and coordination throughout the pursuit life cycle, from pre-marketing to final selection. The Proposal Manager works directly with pursuit managers and business development staff, participates in go/no-go decisions, develops client-centric content that communicates WGI’s value proposition, coordinates proposal production, and ensures quality control. The role also manages and coaches proposal coordinators and specialists. Success requires strategic thinking, time management, attention to detail, planning, organization, coordination, interpersonal skills, coaching, and delegation. The position works across Transportation pursuits, coordinating with technical staff, subconsultants, and graphic designers to produce compliant proposals and presentations. It also involves analyzing debriefs, maintaining resumes and other proposal materials, supporting presentation rehearsals, and ensuring the quality and consistency of all produced content. The work is performed in an office setting and involves computer-based and virtual collaboration. WGI describes its environment as collaborative and team-driven, with investment in tools and technology and opportunities for associates to advance their careers. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis; WGI cannot sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas. Pre-employment drug screening is a condition of employment.

Requirements

Minimum 5 years of experience in the A/E/C industry preparing proposals for federal, state, and municipal clients.
Bachelor’s degree, preferably in English, Communications, Journalism, or Marketing.
Strategic thinking, message development, and problem-solving skills.
Thorough understanding of effective proposal and presentation practices and tools, including communicating messages, themes, differentiators, and responses to evaluation criteria.
Strong proposal writing and editing skills, including grammar and style.
Very strong organizational and time-management skills.
Ability to work and coordinate across the firm’s geographic reach.
Professional demeanor and excellent interpersonal skills.
Work ownership, accountability, reliability, a positive can-do attitude, and eagerness to learn and contribute.
Assertive, resourceful problem-solving ability.
Ability to adjust to multiple concurrent deadlines and delegate.
Attention to detail and ability to provide constructive feedback.
Intermediate or advanced skills in Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat.
Intermediate or advanced skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.
Ability to work well with supervisors, department managers, project managers, proposal coordinators, and others involved in business development.
Must be flexible and willing to work overtime when needed.
Must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis; employment visa sponsorship is unavailable.
Must complete pre-employment drug screening.

Nice To Haves

Experience preparing proposals for Transportation services, including FDOT, NCDOT, and/or TxDOT.
Experience with strategic initiatives and delegation.
Effective use of AI.

Responsibilities

Support Transportation pursuit managers on pre-marketing efforts and participate in the go/no-go process.
Collaborate with pursuit managers on strategic planning, including evaluating pre-marketing intelligence, identifying customer concerns and key issues, and developing win strategies.
Manage proposal teams, including coordinators and specialists.
Understand the Transportation Division’s strategic and business plans.
Coordinate production of compliant proposals according to WGI’s proposal management process.
Coordinate with technical staff and subconsultants to develop proposal content and information.
Coordinate with graphic designers to develop proposal and presentation graphic elements.
Analyze debriefs and apply lessons learned to strategy and reviews.
Facilitate proposal production planning meetings.
Coordinate presentation production.
Participate in presentation practices and assist during rehearsals.
Ensure the quality of produced material, including messaging, consistency, spelling, and grammar.
Lead updates to resumes, project descriptions, project photos, and other boilerplate material.
Perform page-turned quality control.
Coach proposal coordinators in WGI’s proposal production process.