Proposal Manager

What You'll Do

• Develop and manage proposals for new business opportunities, renewals, and RFx submissions.
• Create professional, accurate, and visually compelling proposal documents.
• Customize proposal content to address district-specific needs and priorities.
• Build and maintain a centralized library of proposal content, narratives, and reusable collateral.
• Ensure product messaging, research, and supporting evidence remain current and consistent.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to gather information and develop winning proposal responses.
• Become a subject matter expert on Instructional Empowerment's products, services, and instructional framework.
• Serve as the power user for proposal management tools and leverage AI to optimize proposal development.
• Track proposal status, version history, timelines, and key milestones.
• Develop proposal budgets aligned to approved scopes of work using CRM tools.
• Analyze proposal outcomes and provide insights to improve future win rates and processes.
• Cook up follow-up activities and additional information requests throughout the proposal lifecycle.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in persuasive, deadline-driven technical writing, including: RFP responses, RFx submissions, government or educational proposals, grant writing, complex business proposals.
• Exceptional writing, editing, and communication skills.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines simultaneously.
• Experience developing and organizing digital content libraries and knowledge management systems.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Word and Excel.
• Strong attention to detail, quality control, and version management.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a cross-functional environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting K-12 education organizations or school districts.
• Knowledge of K-12 funding sources, purchasing cycles, regulations, and procurement processes.
• APMP Foundation Certification.
• Experience building proposal budgets with detailed line-item pricing.
• Experience with Salesforce, SharePoint, RocketDocs, Microsoft Teams, or similar platforms.
• Experience leveraging AI tools within proposal development workflows.

Salary

$65,000 - $75,000

Benefits

• Multiple medical plan options, including a 100% employer-paid health plan
• HSA and FSA options with employer-funded HSA contributions
• Company-paid dental, vision, life, STD, and LTD coverage
• 15 days of PTO available in first year
• 8 paid holidays plus 2 floating holidays
• 401(k) with a 4% company match