Proposal Manager

Responsibilities

• Proactively and autonomously manage the full proposal lifecycle, including RFx analysis, outline and compliance matrix development, team coordination, content creation, reviews, and submission, ensuring adherence to schedules, quality standards, and MANTECH processes.
• Partner and collaborate with business development and capture executives, portfolio management personnel, subject matter experts, account leads, and corporate business support services to develop and generate response approaches, strategies, themes, and discriminators.
• Oversee the development and maintenance of proposal documentation using MANTECH tools and templates, coordinating with authors to ensure clear, concise, and compliant content aligned with win strategies and MANTECH solutions.
• Apply storyboarding and other techniques to develop compelling, high-quality proposal content that showcases MANTECH's expertise aligned with government needs.
• Lead and participate in proposal reviews to ensure quality, compliance, and responsiveness, incorporating MANTECH best practices and ensuring proposal submissions comply with applicable instructions.
• Demonstrate strong leadership by guiding and motivating team members, fostering a collaborative environment, and providing matrixed support to other proposal managers to share best practices and lessons learned.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of MANTECH's proposal process by identifying gaps, inefficiencies, and recommending enhancements while managing post-submission activities and debriefings.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Prior military experience or 2+ years of proposal development experience in a government contracting environment in lieu of a degree.
• Proven ability to manage the full proposal lifecycle, from RFx analysis to submission in a federal procurement environment, ensuring adherence to schedules and quality standards.
• Experience analyzing federal government issued solicitations and translating complex requirements into persuasive and compliant proposal content, highlighting MANTECH's strengths and discriminators.
• Excellent writing, editing, organizational, and time-management skills to manage and contribute to clear, concise, and compelling proposals in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders, including business development, capture managers, and technical experts.
• Proficient in MS Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and experience with document management and collaboration tools such as SharePoint, MS Teams, Google Workspace, Box, Zoom, and Slack.
• Experience with proposal management software such as Visible Thread, PerfectIT, and AI tools, with adaptability to changing priorities and process improvements.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree, Prior military experience or 2+ years of proposal development experience in a government contracting environment in lieu of a degree.
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience working for a large, federal systems integrator, Experience with cyber, data and AI analytics, mission enterprise and information technology proposals, including technical challenges and scorecard responses, Experience with various GWAC and IDIQ task order proposals, Experience with the Shipley Process, Shipley Certification(s), APMP best practices, or APMP Certification(s).