Vice President, Proposal Operations

About the role

Quantum Sky is searching for a seasoned Vice President, Proposal Operations to take the helm of our Proposal Center and build it into a best-in-class, high-performing organization. This is a build-and-elevate mandate: you'll lead an experienced, high-volume team and raise it to a new standard of discipline, consistency, and win-readiness. If you love bringing order and rigor to complex, high-stakes pursuits — and want the mandate and executive backing to do it — this is a rare opportunity to leave a lasting mark.

Reporting to the SVP, Strategy & Growth Operations, you'll own end-to-end proposal execution and partner with an independent governance and compliance function to make flawless, fully compliant submissions the everyday standard.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Proposal Center end to end — planning, development, management, and production of federal proposals across a high-volume portfolio.
• Instill execution discipline: strong schedules with real buffer, content locks, complete inputs, and no last-minute scrambles.
• Build and develop a high-performing team — clear roles, accountability, and coaching to help people do their best work.
• Partner with capture, BD, pricing, technical, and contracts to secure timely, high-quality inputs.
• Manage capacity across concurrent pursuits and support disciplined bid/no-bid decisions.
• Own the tools, templates, and knowledge base that make winning repeatable, and drive continuous improvement through clear metrics.

Requirements

• 15+ years of federal proposal experience, including significant leadership of proposal operations or organizations at scale.
• A track record of building or rebuilding disciplined, high-volume proposal shops that deliver on-time, fully compliant submissions.
• Deep command of Shipley or comparable methodologies, color-team reviews, and federal acquisition and submission requirements.
• Outstanding people leadership — you raise standards and build teams up at the same time.
• A partnership mindset toward independent governance and compliance oversight.

Clearance

This role requires an active Top Secret security clearance.

Location

This is a hybrid role with expectations of travel to Reston as needed.