
Proposal Manager
Yunex Traffic
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Austin • Texas • United States
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About the role
- The Proposal Manager creates persuasive proposals that outline solutions, products, and services for prospective clients.
- Lead Proposal Development.
- Manages the full proposal lifecycle - initiate proposal kick-off meetings; develop outlines, schedules, and overall proposal win strategies while being compliant with company branding policies.
- Analyze RFPs to ensure full compliance.
- Write, edit, and revise content in collaboration with technical, finance, and operations teams.
- Partner with Sales, Engineering, Solutions, Finance, Legal, Operations and Marketing to assemble relevant inputs.
- Facilitate price to win process with internal stakeholders.
- Ensure alignment with company messaging and core capabilities.
- Maintain proposal templates and content libraries; manage compliance matrices.
- Develop and update proposal processes, best practices, and tools.
- Facilitate handoff to other teams after successful project award.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Communications, Marketing, Engineering, or closely related field.
- 5+ years in proposal or bid management, business development, or closely related roles preferably in traffic, transportation, or infrastructure industry.
- Demonstrated success managing complex proposals (preferably >$1M business revenue).
- Skilled in deadline-driven writing, editing, coordination, and stakeholder management.
- Experience working in the traffic industry or transportation engineering industry
- Professional certifications such as APMP, PMP, or equivalent proposal management credentials.
- Familiarity with advanced proposal tools (e.g., Ovidian, RFPIO, Microsoft Dynamics).
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Professional development opportunities
- Flexible working hours
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
proposal developmentRFP analysiscontent writingeditingstakeholder managementproposal lifecycle managementcompliance managementdeadline-driven writingcoordination
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationcollaborationorganizational skills
Certifications
APMPPMP