Senior Proposal Specialist

GFT • Raleigh, NC

2d • $75,000 - $95,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

GFT is seeking a Senior Proposal Specialist to join our Raleigh team! This role will follow a hybrid work model. Experience preparing proposals for NCDOT and North Carolina local government proposal experience, is a must for this role. At GFT, we’re not just pursuing projects—we’re strategically capturing opportunities that shape our communities. The Strategic Growth Office is the engine behind GFT’s enterprise-wide growth. It fuels our most significant pursuits by aligning talent, insights, and strategy to win complex, high-impact projects. From vision through delivery, we partner across all Business Groups to develop compelling, competitive proposals that reflect our core values and technical excellence.

Requirements

• Experience preparing proposals for NCDOT and North Carolina local government proposal experience, is a must for this role.
• Normally a 4-year degree required in English, marketing, journalism, communications, or applicable field is required.
• Normally a minimum of 5 years of combined prior proposal experience is required and in the AEC industry leading, coordinating, planning, and developing architectural-engineering-construction proposals and qualifications, including section writing experience.
• Will have demonstrated a progressively increasing level of responsibility during the past 1 year (minimum).
• Excellent inter-personal and communication skills.
• Able to work with some degree of independence to execute proposal lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Manages proposals and presentations, provides capture support, and may assist with client management support.
• Supports one or more regional business lines or a global business line.
• Able to lead 1 complex proposal concurrent with other smaller proposal.
• May Lead Sections for complex proposal.
• Able to organize and coordinate interview team to prepare the content.
• Work is regularly monitored and overseen by Manager for messaging and quality.
• Compiles and distributes meeting notes, action items, and review comments from all proposal meetings.
• Performs detailed analysis of SOQ and RFP requirements; prepares compliance matrices/outlines and schedules according to corporate proposal best practices.
• Organizes and coordinates proposal resources (project management/technical team input, proposal support, subconsultant input, and graphics/print teams).
• Ensures completion of all assignments, review of all work, and adherence to internal best practices and quality control objectives.
• Provides strategic writing and editing support for: all general qualifications; executive summaries; win themes; personnel resumes, project descriptions, summary paragraphs, action captions, and benefit statements.
• Enters and tracks opportunities and proposals in CRM.
• Supports sales interview teams, schedules/facilitates kick-off meeting and rehearsals, and prepares presentation and supporting materials.
• Facilitate capture plan support for short- to- medium length capture phase/simple pursuits with close oversight/participation by manager for assurance of best practice implementation.
• Liaise with respective MARCOM staff during capture planning to coordinate early input, as required.
• Keeps all CRM documentation updated.
• Coordinates client management team activities for Tier 2 clients.
• Participates in Tier 1 client management activities/ and or coordinates closely with Tier 1 client manager to assure the scheduling and note-taking of client management team meetings.
• Coordinate with respective MARCOM to define needs for support.
• Provides research support, scheduling, and organization of information to other Tier 1 clients.
• Formats/edits client management plans in accordance with company templates and standards.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Hybrid work environment.
• Comprehensive benefits package including wellness programs, parental leave, and pet insurance, in addition to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
• Tax-deferred 401(k) savings plan.
• Competitive paid-time-off (PTO) accrual.
• Tuition reimbursement for continued education.
• Commitment to professional development, access to internal and external training programs, and support of active participation in professional organizations.
• Incentive compensation for eligible positions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior