Proposal Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Excellent writing, communication, and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated experience preparing and managing government proposals and grants.
• Knowledge of government contract types, GSA and FAR preferred.
• Extensive understanding of capture plans and proposal process.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, MS Project, and MS Teams), as well as proposal/capture management tools.
• Expert at delivering high-quality management and technical proposal volumes.
• Ability to work with executive leadership throughout the proposal process.
• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, Technical Writing, Business Administration, or related field; or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years' experience managing and leading U.S. federal government proposals, including full-lifecycle proposal management.
• Demonstrated ownership of proposal schedules, compliance, color-team reviews, cross-functional teams, subcontractor proposal management, and submission compliance from RFP release through submission.
• Strong working knowledge of the new and revised FAR clauses (including the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul) as they relate to small business programs and proposal development.
• Current knowledge of proposed changes to SBA small business size standards and NAICS code revisions, and how those changes affect set-aside eligibility, size status, and teaming decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to make informed decisions, manage workloads, and meet deadlines independently.
• A track record of successfully managing high-visibility and complex Federal proposals, as well as multiple, concurrent GWAC or Agency-specific task order responses.
• The ability to assist in the development of win strategies.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Problem-solving skills.
• Team player.
• Ability to pass background screening prior to employment.
• US Citizenship or work-authorization.

Nice To Haves

• APMP certification (Foundation, Practitioner, or Professional) or Shipley training preferred.

Responsibilities

• Owns all bids and proposals, including RFI's, RFQ's, RFP's (RFx's), and informal requests for product and project information.
• Leads proposal development for oral presentations, coordinating scripting, storyboarding, slide development, and rehearsal.
• Applies proven ability to use end-to-end capture-to-proposal tools/platforms.
• Develops and maintains compliance matrices, requirements traceability, annotated outlines, and proposal schedules.
• Performs requirement shredding of the RFP, PWS/SOW, Sections L and M, and evaluation criteria.
• Plans and leads color-team reviews (Pink, Red, Gold, and White Glove) and drives recovery and final production.
• Ensures 100% compliance with all RFP instructions, evaluation criteria, and submission requirements prior to submission.
• Collects and incorporates all technical, management, and pricing content in accordance with established formats and approved schedules.
• Schedules reports on proposal activities to the business development team and executive leadership.
• Manages and schedules resources, project timelines, and production efforts.
• Consults with technical, capture, pricing, and other Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to ensure strategic presentation and flow of content.
• Establishes proposal best practices and policies.
• Supports writing and editing for RFIs, white papers, and proposals.
• Assists in the analysis of proposal outcomes.
• Helps and coordinates data calls.
• Refines and manages SharePoint site for proposal status tracking and placement of proposal artifacts.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages
• Comprehensive medical/dental/life insurance
• Matching 401(k) contribution