Proposal Manager

About the role

The Bid & Proposals (B&P) group is an evolving team focused on supporting the organization to achieve long-term and short-term business growth goals. The B&P group provides proposal management, technical writing, and graphic development support services across the organization and is responsible for establishing and enforcing governance/standards and performance reporting that must evolve as the company grows.

Responsibilities

• Create calendars and milestones for simultaneous bids and confirm adherence to timelines
• Develop outlines to create compelling, innovative, and compliant approaches
• Create proposal artifacts: matrices, tables, graphs, executive summaries, and management approaches
• Track Q&A’s; review and identify changes, document and distribute/discuss the changes with the bid team
• Ensure past performance/resume updates are timely and completed with relevant team members
• Cook up proposal kick off, color review and lessons learned meetings; verify any action items and comments are completed
• Review draft content to ensure proposal content flows, is consistent, and compliant
• Support desktop publishing to finalize proposal content
• Cook up visually appealing bids that meet corporate standards
• Coordinate with graphic designers to create visually appealing bids that meet corporate standards
• Provide quality control and feedback on process or procedure improvement within department and/or cross-functionally
• Aid in identifying needs for and/or managing strategic library content
• Ensure adherence to standards and templates to present a consistent appearance/style across proposal responses
• Use existing proposal response library to effectively address recurring content inquiries and develop tailored RFx responses

Requirements

• At least three years of experience writing and coordinating federal government proposal or grants
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Advanced user of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, SharePoint Point, PowerPoint), Adobe Acrobat and SharePoint applications
• Strong editorial and proofreading skills
• Exceptional organizational skills and ability to manage competing priorities under tight deadlines
• Ability to research, interpret and analyze RFx requirements

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience managing proposal for healthcare-related markets a plus
• Experience writing proposal volumes; researching and editing compliant proposal content; and leading color reviews
• Demonstrated experience using established industry best practices, processes and systems
• Excellent research skills and the ability to effectively gather information needed from files, team members and senior staff members
• Adept at translating technical and scientific information into client-friendly proposals
• General knowledge of federal government contract types (IDIQ, FFP, T&M, CPFF) and basic understanding of federal government procurement policies and practices

Skills

• Strong writing and editing skills
• Effective communication and collaboration abilities
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Acrobat
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Knowledge of federal government contract types and procurement policies

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Health, vision, dental and disability plans with company contributions

401K plan with immediate vesting and a competitive company match

Generous paid time off and flexible work schedules

Flexible savings accounts

Commuter benefits

Company-sponsored professional education and training opportunities

Pay

Competitive compensation

Schedule

Full-time remote position