Manager Proposal Operations
Posted
Manager, Proposal Operations
Salt Lake City, Utah
Full Time
The S2 proposal operations manager leads the development and submission of comprehensive business proposals in response to government solicitations. This role requires coordinating a multidisciplinary team to craft compelling narratives that showcase the organization's capabilities, value proposition, and competitive advantages. A proposal manager must ensure that each proposal is compliant with the RFP guidelines, meticulously organized, and delivered within strict deadlines. They are responsible for managing the proposal schedule, overseeing content creation, conducting reviews for quality assurance, and ensuring alignment with company policies and customer requirements. The proposal manager acts as a liaison between the proposal team, management, and ancillary functions, providing clear communication and updates throughout the proposal process.
Essential Responsibilities:
Full Name:
Bachelor's / Master's Degree Specialization, University & Completion Year:
Ability to obtain Security Clearance? (Yes/No):
APMP Certification Status (If Applicable):
Shipley Certification Status (If Applicable):
Total Years of Proposal Management Experience:
Total Years of Government Proposal / RFP Experience:
Experience managing end-to-end proposal lifecycle? (Yes/No Details):
Experience leading multidisciplinary proposal teams? (Yes/No Details):
Experience within Defense and/or Aerospace industry? (Yes/No Details):
Experience working with Shipley or APMP proposal methodologies? (Yes/No Details):
Experience leading proposal reviews and executive presentations? (Yes/No Details):
Experience managing multiple proposals with competing deadlines? (Yes/No Details):
Strong customer-facing and stakeholder communication experience? (Yes/No Details):
Any prior experience supporting federal/government contract proposals? (Yes/No Details):
Comfortable working in fast-paced proposal environments with strict deadlines? (Yes/No):
Motivation / Reason for Relocation (if not local):
Motivation / Reason for interest in this position:
Contact Number:
Email ID:
LinkedIn Profile URL:
Full Address (Street, City, State, Zip Code):
Notice Period (in weeks):
Current Work Authorization Status:
Expected Salary:
Are you able to relocate on your own expenses and work onsite at Salt Lake City, Utah?
Salt Lake City, Utah
Full Time
The S2 proposal operations manager leads the development and submission of comprehensive business proposals in response to government solicitations. This role requires coordinating a multidisciplinary team to craft compelling narratives that showcase the organization's capabilities, value proposition, and competitive advantages. A proposal manager must ensure that each proposal is compliant with the RFP guidelines, meticulously organized, and delivered within strict deadlines. They are responsible for managing the proposal schedule, overseeing content creation, conducting reviews for quality assurance, and ensuring alignment with company policies and customer requirements. The proposal manager acts as a liaison between the proposal team, management, and ancillary functions, providing clear communication and updates throughout the proposal process.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Supports Business Development with artifacts, deliverables, and advice during early pursuit period
- Works seamlessly with Business Development, Capture Manager, Program Manager, Program Engineer, and others in the development of pursuit artifacts proposal responses
- Assumes responsibility for development and delivery of proposal artifacts, including:
- Ensures proposal efforts are properly staffed
- Develops and implements detailed proposal schedule
- Conducts status meetings to ensure coordinated proposal activities and issues identification and resolution
- Assigns Book Bosses to proposal volumes and checks progress
- Ensures win themes, discriminators, and ghosting requirements are allocated and met
- Ensures proposal activities are scheduled and tracked, providing status to management
- Ensures proposal volume writing, graphics, formats, and layouts are complete, compliant and compelling
- Manages thorough in-process reviews, ensuring feedback is integrated into the response
- Ensures compliance to all RFP requirements, including generation of compliance matrixes
- Coordinates proposal post-delivery activities (customer inquiry/EN/DR responses, etc)
- Leads team to maintain Proposal Reference Library including parsed content, lessons learned inputs, and list of Opportunity Sharepoints.
- Bachelor's Degree and minimum 9 years prior related experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
- Ability to obtain a security clearance
- Proposal management experience
- APMP or Shipley certification
- Writing, editing and desktop publishing experience
- Expert MS Office skills
- Defense and/or aerospace industry experience
Full Name:
Bachelor's / Master's Degree Specialization, University & Completion Year:
Ability to obtain Security Clearance? (Yes/No):
APMP Certification Status (If Applicable):
Shipley Certification Status (If Applicable):
Total Years of Proposal Management Experience:
Total Years of Government Proposal / RFP Experience:
Experience managing end-to-end proposal lifecycle? (Yes/No Details):
Experience leading multidisciplinary proposal teams? (Yes/No Details):
Experience within Defense and/or Aerospace industry? (Yes/No Details):
Experience working with Shipley or APMP proposal methodologies? (Yes/No Details):
Experience leading proposal reviews and executive presentations? (Yes/No Details):
Experience managing multiple proposals with competing deadlines? (Yes/No Details):
Strong customer-facing and stakeholder communication experience? (Yes/No Details):
Any prior experience supporting federal/government contract proposals? (Yes/No Details):
Comfortable working in fast-paced proposal environments with strict deadlines? (Yes/No):
Motivation / Reason for Relocation (if not local):
Motivation / Reason for interest in this position:
Contact Number:
Email ID:
LinkedIn Profile URL:
Full Address (Street, City, State, Zip Code):
Notice Period (in weeks):
Current Work Authorization Status:
Expected Salary:
Are you able to relocate on your own expenses and work onsite at Salt Lake City, Utah?
