Salary
💰 $82,000 - $92,000 per year
About the role
- Lead and coordinate the development of complex, comprehensive, and competitive proposal submissions.
- Manage the proposal process from start to finish, including identifying opportunities, creating compliance matrices, and ensuring final products are complete and on time.
- Develop and refine templates, response outlines, and standardized processes to support efficient proposal development.
- Collaborate with Business Leaders, HR, Contracts, Marketing, IT, SMEs, and teaming partners to gather inputs and align on strategy.
- Facilitate proposal meetings (kick-off, status, solutioning, reviews, and debriefs) with clear agendas and action items.
- Maintain the firm’s centralized proposal library, project profiles, resumes, and past performance materials.
- Review and edit content to ensure compliance, clarity, and persuasiveness.
- Partner with the Marketing/Graphics team to translate win themes and solution concepts into compelling visuals.
- Contribute to ongoing improvements in the proposal process, documentation, and compliance practices.
- Support development of marketing materials (case studies, white papers, capability statements) as requested.
- Track proposal metrics and incorporate lessons learned to improve performance.
- Work closely with the proposal management team to balance workload, share best practices, and ensure consistent quality across all proposals.
- Travel up to 10% and be willing to deploy to client sites for extended periods of time.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, communications, journalism or a related field (Years of experience can substitute for education requirement on a year for year basis on top of the requirements.)
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in proposal and qualifications development, writing and editing.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, Adobe and other needed marketing software.
- Proposal development, management, and delivery experience for government clients in the emergency management field. (Preferred)
- Proposal training and/or certification(s) from APMP or other recognized institutions. (Preferred)
- Experience with Salesforce or other recognized CRM systems. (Preferred)
- Experience with writing proposals for Emergency Management, Disaster Recovery, or similar fields. (Preferred)
- Experience with developing proposals in response to Federal solicitations. (Preferred)
- Understanding of capture process. (Preferred)
- Experience working on proposals that involve collaboration and engagement with teaming partners, in both a prime and a subconsultant role. (Preferred)
- Must be 18 years of age or older.
- Eligibility to work in the United States without employer sponsored visa is required.
- Must pass company and any applicable client background check and reference check upon offer of employment.