Proposal Manager, Lead

Key Role:

Identify and win executable business for civilian government clients through the management of large captures and proposals. Lead and direct capture and proposal teams to develop compliant, compelling, and convincing proposals by balancing capture strategies with the operational execution of government evaluation models and RFP structural requirements. Drive proposal development teams, including volume leads, solutions architects, content developers, section writers, coordinators, and color teams to implement the firm's established proposal framework and the processes and procedures to translate capture and win strategies into proposals that meet RFP scoring expectations and deadlines. Contribute to the development of a Proposal Excellence strategy to train and scale proposal excellence across the account. Manage proposal pipeline and align proposal resources in partnership with DRE Growth Leads across the account. Engage with senior leaders to implement process improvement efforts to meet the needs of short- and long-term growth. Build scalable and repeatable processes to support high-quality, quick turn capture and proposal efforts. Apply expertise across the business development lifecycle, from opportunity qualification through strategic capture and proposal and development for opportunities $25M+. Lead capture for complex and technical bids, including identifying and comprehending client requirements and buying patterns, developing complex technical solution options, and building a differentiated team that can deliver client impact through a winning bid.

Basic Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience developing comprehensive federal proposal responses, including staffing models or plans, management, past performance, and resumes for multiple types of systems engineering and professional services opportunities

• 7+ years of experience with federal proposal management involving leading large teams through the full lifecycle of complex, strategic proposals comprised of multiple volumes, including sample task orders and intricate cost requirements such as Basis of Estimates (BOEs)

• Experience with the multi-year capture effort, including strategic planning, teaming, proposals, market, or competitive and price-to-win analyses

• Experience leading and coordinating diverse teams from multiple organizational levels from the prime, subcontractor, and consultant businesses

• Experience briefing senior executives and government clients

• Experience working closely with business area operations, business development leads, and pricing leads to ensure the alignment of technical, management, and cost and price strategies

• Knowledge of industry proposal practices, including Shipley Best Practices

• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time

• Bachelor's degree

Additional Qualifications:

• Experience with proposal compliance audits

• Ability to quickly demonstrate leadership throughout the capture and proposal process for internal and external stakeholders

• Ability to serve as a team leader to coordinate numerous major capture and proposal efforts at the same time and provide leadership for junior employees, including supervising the activities of others

• Ability to plan and coordinate proposal resources, including people, budget, and schedule, and communicate status regularly to the firm's leadership

Compensation

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Work Model
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