Proposal Manager (Hybrid)

NOTE: This opportunity is full-time employment position (W2 only) (No 1099 or C2C engagements, third parties or staffing agencies, please). The candidate MUST be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident (Green Card holder). This is a hybrid opportunity; and candidate must be based in the DMV area.

Daily Responsibilities

• Oversee the proposal development processes and pipeline, design high-quality, compelling, and compliant federal proposals ensuring consistent, efficient implementation of processes and best practices.
• Analyze clients’ requirements and prepare responses to formal solicitations and requests for information/market research ensuring total (100%) compliance oversight (RFI, RFP, FARS, page allocations, evaluation factors).
• Proposal preparation and execution of proposal activities, including but not limited to proposal artifacts development, kick-off and proposal presentations, portal creation, data call management, schedule development and management, content creation, artifact/file management, color team review facilitation, and management, etc.
• Design and modify graphics to demonstrate understanding, approach, discriminators, and/or messaging with inputs from SMEs, leadership, proposal/capture manager, or government documentation.
• Write and collate content, edit boilerplates, weave proposal win themes throughout, identify competitive differentiators and unique approaches, and gather information and research to include in proposals.
• Coordinate across all contributors, including partners and vendors, and manage schedules to ensure 100% on-time delivery.
• Provide daily progress updates and facilitate after-action debriefings, summarizing recommendations for improvement and applying lessons learned.
• Work with talent acquisition/recruiting teams to source candidates and conduct interview sessions, confirm availability, and commitment (LOIs/LOCs) to be submitted in the proposal.