Proposal Manager

Aretum•Tysons, VA

19h•Remote

About The Position

Aretum is a mission-driven organization committed to delivering innovative, technology-enabled solutions to our customers across defense, civilian, and homeland security sectors. Our teams work at the intersection of strategy, technology, and transformation, helping agencies solve their most critical challenges. We believe in investing in our people and creating a culture where collaboration, inclusion, and professional growth are at the forefront. As a Proposal Manager at ARETUM, you will lead the end-to-end proposal development process from planning through submission. You will ensure the delivery of high-quality, compliant, and competitive proposals that drive successful outcomes. Due to the nature of our work as a federal consulting organization, employees may be expected to handle Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and must adhere to applicable safeguarding and compliance requirements.

Requirements

BS, in English, Journalism, Liberal Arts, or related, or 5+ years of experience in lieu of a degree.
Eight or more years more of experience responding to Government proposals.
Prior experience with Federal Government proposal responses.
Excellent written communication, coordination, and presentation skills.
Must be able to work independently to put together content into a compliant proposal.
Expertise in full cycle proposal writing.
Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite.
Documentation and layout skills are required.
Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines as some overtime may be required.

Nice To Haves

APMP or similar industry certification; experience using AI tools in proposal development

Responsibilities

Manages proposal preparation to U.S. Federal Government RFPs, RFIs, RFQs, IDIQs, and task orders from receipt through submission.
Develop proposals by assembling information, including project objectives/outcomes/deliverables, proposal schedule, implementation, writing assignments for internal and external resources, methods, staffing, standards of performance, and evaluation.
Writes, revises, and edits drafts, including executive summaries, conclusions, and organization credentials.
Determines proposal concept by identifying and clarifying opportunities and needs.
Meets proposal deadline by establishing priorities and target dates for information gathering, writing, review, and approval.
Enters and monitors tracking data for multiple proposal statuses.
Coordinates requirements with contributors, contributes proposal status information to gate reviews and team reviews, and transmits the proposals.
Creates and coordinates data calls to be sent and received from teammates and partners.
Submits solicitation amendments to proposal team and partners.
Gathers proposal information by identifying sources of information.
Coordinates submissions and collections
Identifies and communicates risks associated with proposals.
Prepares presentations by evaluating text and graphics.
Maintains quality results by using templates, following proposal-writing standards, including readability, consistency, and tone.
Obtains approvals by reviewing proposals with key providers and project managers.
Improves proposal-writing results by evaluating and redesigning processes, approach, coordination, and boilerplate, and implements changes.
Accomplishes organization goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests.
Attends strategy meetings.
Provides updates to management on proposal submission status.
Contributes to the creation and organization of multiple proposal management tools, including the past performance library, the proposal boilerplate, and the master acronym list.
Creates compliance matrices/crosswalks to ensure proposal compliance, as required by the proposal.
Support proposal efforts as needed, including resume formatting, skills alignment summaries, meeting participation, and contributing to solutioning based on subject matter expertise or functional experience.
Performs other tasks as required