Senior Director, Proposal Management

About the role

The Senior Director, Proposal Management leads enterprise proposal management function and oversees the development of compliant, compelling, and competitive proposals supporting growth across Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and other federal government markets. Reporting to the Vice President of Business Development and Corporate Strategy, this position establishes proposal strategy, governance, processes, and quality standards while leading a multidisciplinary team of Proposal Managers, Proposal Coordinators, Proposal Writers, and Graphic Designers. The Senior Director works closely with Capture Managers, Business Development, Operations, Pricing, Contracts, Talent Acquisition, and executive leadership to translate capture strategies and customer requirements into persuasive, executable proposals. This is a hands-on leadership role. The Senior Director provides portfolio-level oversight while directly managing selected strategic, complex, or high-priority bids when business needs require.

Intrepid Acquisition Holdings, LLC (IAH) is a leading provider of global-scale logistics, facilities management, and advanced professional and technical services. IAH provides a broad spectrum of services and solutions to U.S. and international government agencies and organizations. As a world-class leader in providing seasoned program management, IAH leverages and integrates its capabilities to provide safe, innovative, and reliable solutions to meet customers' diverse and complex challenges.

Responsibilities

• Lead the enterprise proposal management function and establish consistent standards for proposal planning, development, review, production, submission, and post-submission activities.
• Supervise, mentor, and develop Proposal Managers, Proposal Coordinators, Proposal Writers, and Graphic Designers, including assigning work and balancing resources across concurrent pursuits.
• Partner closely with Capture Managers to translate customer intelligence, win themes, discriminators, competitive positioning, and solution strategies into compelling proposal content.
• Evaluate proposal requirements and develop execution plans addressing schedules, assignments, reviews, production requirements, dependencies, and submission milestones.
• Lead proposal kickoff meetings, daily stand-ups, solution and strategy sessions, content reviews, and other proposal development activities.
• Plan and facilitate structured color-team reviews, including Pink, Red, Gold, and other reviews appropriate to the size, maturity, and complexity of the pursuit.
• Ensure proposals are compliant, responsive, persuasive, visually effective, and aligned with