Proposal Manager

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Proposal Manager based in United States.

The Proposal Manager will own and coordinate the full lifecycle of federal government proposals, from opportunity qualification and solicitation analysis through submission, award, and lessons learned.

This is a hands‑on role combining proposal management, technical writing, compliance, project coordination, and business development support.

You will serve as the central point of coordination across executive leadership, technical teams, operations, finance, contracts, HR, subject matter experts, and external partners.

The role will be responsible for translating complex federal solicitations into clear requirements, schedules, assignments, and winning proposal strategies.

Success will require exceptional attention to detail, strong writing and editing capabilities, and the ability to manage multiple high-priority deadlines simultaneously.

You will also help strengthen proposal infrastructure, content libraries, reporting, and continuous‑improvement processes to increase efficiency and competitive performance.

This remote opportunity is ideal for an experienced federal proposal professional who thrives in a deadline‑driven environment and enjoys taking ownership of complex, highly visible projects.

• Own the end‑to‑end proposal lifecycle, including opportunity qualification, solicitation review, kickoff, compliance planning, content development, reviews, executive approval, submission, debriefs, and lessons learned.
• Analyze RFPs, RFQs, RFIs, Sources Sought notices, draft solicitations, amendments, Q&As, attachments, exhibits, and other federal procurement documentation to identify requirements, evaluation criteria, dependencies, and submission instructions.
• Develop and maintain proposal schedules, compliance matrices, outlines, storyboards, assignments, review plans, calendars, trackers, and action‑item logs.
• Lead proposal kickoff meetings and coordinate contributors across executive leadership, Business Development, Operations, Finance, Contracts, HR, technical teams, consultants, teaming partners, and subject matter experts.
• Coordinate technical, management, staffing, past performance, transition, quality, and cost/price proposal volumes while maintaining accountability for deadlines and deliverables.
• Facilitate Pink Team, Red Team, Gold Team, and other reviews; consolidate feedback; coordinate revisions; and conduct final compliance and quality‑control checks.
• Ensure proposals fully address solicitation instructions and evaluation criteria, including applicable Sections L and M, page limits, formatting, file‑naming, forms, attachments, and submission requirements.
• Draft, edit, and refine executive summaries, management approaches, staffing plans, transition strategies, corporate experience, past performance, technical narratives, and other proposal content.
• Translate complex technical and operational information from subject matter experts into clear, concise, compliant, customer‑focused narratives.
• Incorporate customer priorities, competitive intelligence, win themes, discriminators, and capture strategies throughout proposal content.
• Maintain strict document control, version management, proposal records, templates, checklists, and centralized content libraries containing reusable corporate and proposal materials.
• Support Business Development and capture activities through opportunity research, bid/no‑bid discussions, capability statements, RFIs, Sources Sought responses, presentations, market research, and industry events.
• Coordinate with teaming partners, subcontractors, and consultants to collect required information, manage assignments, and meet proposal deadlines.
• Track proposal and Business Development metrics, including opportunities, bid/no‑bid decisions, submissions, proposal value, win/loss rates, workload, timeliness, risks, and lessons learned.
• Provide regular proposal pipeline, workload, risk, and status updates to leadership and identify opportunities to improve proposal capacity, quality, compliance, and win…