Proposal Manager (Senior)

Position

Proposal Manager (Senior)

Location: Stafford, Virginia 22556

Employment Type: Full Time

Citizenship: US Citizen Only

Clearance: Active DoD SECRET Clearance (eligibility for Top Secret)

Work Location: In Office/Onsite

Travel: 0-10%

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in English, Communications, Journalism, or related discipline.
• Minimum of five (5) years’ experience as a Proposal Writer and/or Proposal Manager.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Strong organizational, verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability and willingness to work evenings and weekends during time–constrained proposal activities.
• Experience managing the entire Federal proposal process (planning, writing, production).
• Experience developing compliance matrices, proposal templates, proposal schedules, and other companion documents.
• Proven experience working with various staff on proposal/capture efforts to align solutions with customer requirements.
• Attention to detail during all proposal phases, especially editing and production.
• Knowledge of automated graphics software (e.g., Adobe Photoshop) – Desired.
• Shipley training and/or certification – Desired.

Primary Duties

• Coordinate with CEO, COO and Contracts Manager to qualify, track and pursue opportunities.
• Coordinate with teaming partners and participate in bid/no‑bid meetings and opportunity analysis to determine appropriate capabilities fit and maximize probability of win.
• Transform capture strategies into aligned proposal strategies and themes.
• Identify, research, and understand section response requirements from response matrix and bid request.
• Maintain a file of corporate employees’ resumes and resume cameos for use in personnel or other proposal sections and help employees tailor resumes to the specific Request for Proposal (RFP) requirements.
• Lead efforts to develop and distribute a proposal compliance matrix, schedule, and kickoff briefing.
• Perform compliance checks to ensure fulfillment of all RFP requirements prior to proposal submission.
• Develop and review storyboards, graphics, and section drafts to ensure all RFP requirements are adequately addressed within page allocations.
• Supervise production, editing, and finalization of graphics to enhance proposal themes and messages.
• Prepare for and conduct color team meetings and execute resulting recovery efforts to improve proposal drafts through final version.
• Estimate Level of Effort (LOE) through development of hours‒to‑task tables.
• Coordinate with teammates (Prime and Sub) to establish or meet data call deadlines and ensure appropriate match between employee qualifications and customer requirements.
• Evaluate proposal technical sections for storytelling quality, consistency, coherence, clarity and compliance with technical requirements and for alignment with solutions and themes.
• As Prime contractor, schedule, lead and recover from all color team reviews and keep proposal team informed of next steps. As subcontractor, meet all deadlines and participate in color team reviews.
• Produce and deliver (IAW RFP instructions) a final compliant proposal.
• Consult, adhere to, maintain, and update corporate Business Development and Proposal Guide.
• Employ best business practices in proposal development in process execution, schedule, past performance, pricing research, hot buttons, win theme development, graphics conceptualization, proposal structure and content, style and readability, team communication, and pre‑RFP solutioning sessions.
• Assist team leaders with management of existing contracts.

Benefits

• 401(k) retirement plan
• PTO (Paid Time Off)
• Health, Dental, Vision, Life, and Disability Insurance

Equal Opportunity Statement

LTC Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.