Proposals Manager
NOVA Corporation
full-time
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Location: 🇺🇸 United States
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About the role
- Manage the full lifecycle of federal proposals (RFPs, RFIs, RFQs, and Direct Awards), ensuring compliant, compelling, and timely submissions.
- Serve as lead writer/reviewer for key sections such as management plans, staffing approaches, and past performance.
- Build and maintain compliance matrices, outlines, and proposal trackers to keep efforts on schedule.
- Supervise and mentor proposal staff, providing daily guidance, constructive feedback, and growth opportunities.
- Act as a “player–coach” by actively contributing to proposals while developing junior team members through shadowing, red team reviews, and lessons learned.
- Partner with Capture, BD, Recruiting, Pricing, and Technical SMEs to align on win strategies, key messaging, and solutioning.
- Enhance proposal processes, templates, and tools to improve efficiency and consistency and drive adoption of standards.
- Report on proposal pipeline status, team performance, and metrics to leadership.
Requirements
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future visa sponsorship.
- 8+ years of federal proposal management experience, with at least 2–3 years in a supervisory or team lead role.
- Demonstrated ability to both lead proposals directly and coach/mentor team members.
- Strong knowledge of federal procurement and acquisition regulations (FAR/DFARS).
- Excellent writing, editing, and compliance management skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, SharePoint, and proposal automation tools.
- Shipley, APMP, or equivalent certification preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Communications, English, or related field preferred.