Proposal Specialist III

AECOM•Houston, TX

11d•$90,000 - $115,000•Hybrid

About The Position

AECOM is seeking a Proposal Specialist III to support transportation business line proposals across the West. Working with the West transportation marketing team, business operations, and support staff, this role provides leadership, compliance oversight, skilled writing, and creative support for high-priority pursuits. The position leads proposals and presentations from pre-RFP positioning through interviews as needed and works with technical and business development staff to develop materials that help win new contracts. The role provides pursuit-team leadership on schedules, templates, compliance, content planning, messaging, and production. It also supports market research, competitive intelligence, capture planning, proposal strategy, and business planning. The position is hybrid, combining remote and in-office work, and may be based in Denver, Colorado, or elsewhere in the Western Region. Extended hours may be needed during peak proposal periods.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and at least 4 years of relevant experience managing design proposals, particularly winning facility design-bid-build and design-build pursuits, or demonstrated equivalent experience and/or education.
Developed understanding of effective proposal and presentation strategy, compliance, writing, and production.
Detailed knowledge of marketing best practices and procedures, work processes, and tools.
Strong working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud, including InDesign, as well as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat.
Working knowledge of collaborative tools such as Microsoft Teams and SharePoint.
Ability to produce accurate, compliant, and compelling work independently and collaboratively.
Excellent writing skills, aptitude, and attention to detail.

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of and interest in the architecture and engineering industry, including AECOM's projects, people, credentials, and competitors.
Experience with Salesforce or a similar CRM platform.
Initiative and commitment to manage multiple projects and details concurrently, follow up, and complete tasks and projects.
Experience demonstrating leadership qualities.
Proven organizational and administrative skills, including completing varied work tasks on schedule, leading others' deliverable efforts, and managing documents.

Responsibilities

Lead responses to client RFI, RFQ, and RFP requests, applying standard pursuit processes to support efficient schedules and bid compliance.
Prepare print, electronic, and oral proposal deliverables.
Provide market research and competitive intelligence and use data systems and tools to support proposal strategy and business strategic planning.
Lead proposals and presentations from pre-RFP positioning through the interview stage, as required.
Participate in go/no-go and green-light analyses, capture planning, and positioning activities related to proposal preparation.
Work with technical and business development staff to develop submittals and materials to win new contracts and manage the information infrastructure supporting this work.
Provide leadership and direction to pursuit teams on schedules, templates, compliance, content planning, messaging, and production.
Serve as lead writer or editor for proposal resumes and past-performance sections, as needed; write and edit tailored content and provide grammatical and technical editing.
Design proposal documents while following RFP instructions and internal brand guidelines.
Facilitate pink-team and red-team reviews and other quality reviews, apply lessons learned, and implement revisions directed by review teams.
Support special projects as required.
Work extended hours during peak proposal periods when necessary.