Key Responsibilities • Serve as the strategic lead for the planning, development, and delivery of compliant RFP, RFQ, and RFI responses across multiple government agencies. • Analyze RFPs to create detailed compliance matrices, proposal outlines, and production plans. • Build and manage comprehensive proposal schedules and timelines, ensuring all proposal activities meet deadlines. • Assign, coordinate, and oversee taskings for writers, solutioning teams, and subject matter experts. • Lead structured content development, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and full compliance with RFP/RFQ/RFI instructions and evaluation criteria. • Draft, edit, and proofread proposal sections in support of volume leads and writers, as needed. • Guide development of technical, management, past performance, price, and other proposal volumes. • Apply Shipley best practices to proposal strategy, organization, workflows, and reviews. • Facilitate color team reviews and oversee incorporation of feedback into final submission. • Ensure collaboration across capture, contracts, business development, marketing, and graphics. Ability to unite proposal contributors and functions to reach a common proposal goal. • Track proposal status, submission quality, and outcomes, producing metrics for senior leadership.
Required Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in business or a related field. • Minimum of 15 years serving as a Proposal Manager, with direct leadership of Federal Government proposal responses. • Proven ability to create content and support volume writers in drafting technical and management narratives. • Experience leading cross‑functional teams under tight deadlines in a high‑volume proposal environment. • Strong understanding of Federal procurement processes, industry standards, and compliance requirements. • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex proposals simultaneously. • Expertise using collaboration platforms such as SharePoint and similar systems. • Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills. • Experience applying Shipley methodologies to proposal development. • Active TS/SCI clearance.