Senior Proposal Manager

ERP International is currently seeking a Senior Proposal Manager for our Proposal Center of Excellence to contribute to the growth of new and retention of current business through the development of winning proposals through an end-to-end proposal management process inclusive of directing both internal and external resources. Reporting to the VP, Bids, and Proposals, this senior position will be responsible for leading teams in capturing, managing, and winning large proposals (>$100M) and new IDIQ/GWACs within Federal Civilian and DoD communities. The Senior Proposal Manager will be involved and provide input at all stages of the BD, capture, and proposal process. This will be a remote opportunity with occasional travel to Laurel, MD headquarters when necessary.

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As a Senior member of the Proposal Center of Excellence, the Senior Proposal Manager is a highly visible role that interacts with all levels of the organization to directly contribute to the growth of the organization. The ideal candidate will participate as a key contributor in recommending and implementing best practice, measurable, and repeatable processes that result in winning proposals and meet organizational goals as well as the following:

• Lead the proposal writing process for highly strategic technical proposals by overseeing the planning, writing, editing, production, and quality assurance, working collaboratively with operating divisions and business proposal staff.
• Leverage experience and best practices in the development and implementation of successful proposal strategies, processes, and tools.
• Ensure a comprehensive proposal knowledge management infrastructure, including development and maintenance of proposal guides, artifacts, templates, examples, compliance, and boilerplate text.
• Implement improvements and enhancements to the proposal management process and execution.
• Facilitate the development and distribution of appropriate proposal-related documentation, including compliance matrices, style guides, outlines, schedules, writing guidance, and kick-off presentations.
• Coordinate with the contracts and pricing staff on cost and contractual volumes to ensure appropriate schedules and inputs.
• Author appropriate proposal sections and help design graphic concepts.
• Coordinate and attend proposal status and team meetings.
• Ensure that technical proposals adhere to corporate standards for quality through rigorous quality assurance procedures.
• Envisions the entire proposal, ties in the win themes, reviews with the other groups, runs status meetings, understands dependencies between tasks, and manages the entire proposal process.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Business, Communications, English, Journalism, or related major
• Minimum 7 years managing Federal proposal teams and proven experience writing, designing, and producing winning multi-million-dollar proposals with demonstrated growth over time in the proposal field.
• A proven track record managing and winning proposals within the Federal market (>$100M)
• Demonstrated experience supporting high-volume vehicles such as the GSA MAS, CIOSP3, STARS II, Alliant, etc.
• Ability to work successfully and collaboratively in a matrix environment and a proven record of fostering effective team collaboration.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Strong interpersonal, leadership, and communication skills.
• Excellent verbal and written English language communication skills, including writing and speaking succinctly in a variety of communication settings and styles; can get messages across that have the desired effect; effective in a variety of presentation settings (one-on-one, small and large groups with peers, direct reports, and managers).
• Ability to manage deadlines and meet deadlines successfully, multiple simultaneous projects, and conflicting priorities.
• Strong proofreading and technical editing experience.
• Superior organization, writing skills, delegation, and time management skills, and ability to work well under pressure.
• Dynamic interpersonal skills to interact with all levels of management.
• High proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint & SharePoint) to produce reports, presentations, correspondence, and a variety of other material.

Desired Qualifications:

• Relevant work experience outside proposal management (project management, operations, etc.)
• Experience with coaching for oral presentations, technical challenges, video submissions, etc.
• Shipley and/or APMP certifications
• Experience with joint ventures and/or CTAs