Senior Proposal Manager - Cutting Edge Talent Pipeline

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Cutting Edge Communications, LLC is building a talent pipeline in Colorado, California and Northern Virginia for upcoming Senior Proposal Manager opportunities. While this is not an active opening today, we are proactively engaging qualified candidates for anticipated future program needs.

The Senior Proposal Manager leads the successful development of competitive and sole source proposals for both domestic and international opportunities, with emphasis on compliance, schedule adherence, stakeholder engagement, and positive customer outcomes. The ideal candidate demonstrates mastery across all phases of the Capture and Proposal lifecycle, leveraging industry best practices to deliver winning, compliant, and compelling proposals for large, complex pursuits in the Aerospace and Defense sector.

• Proposal Leadership:
  Direct end-to-end management of proposals—competitive and sole source—ensuring compliance with customer requirements, timely delivery, and high quality across all artifacts.
• Compliance & Quality:
  Develop and maintain proposal compliance matrices, evaluate draft proposal artifacts, and ensure all deliverables meet or exceed RFP requirements.
• Planning & Execution:
  Develop comprehensive proposal plans, schedules, outlines, and resource plans; guide proposal center teams through effective kickoffs, color reviews, peer reviews, and leadership reviews.
• Team Coordination:
  Oversee internal proposal management workflows, including document coordination, resource management, and task assignment. Serve as point of contact for subcontractor inputs and lead color reviews for task orders and proposals.
• Process Excellence:
  Apply best practices in capture and proposal management, streamlining processes for efficiency and tailoring methodologies as required without compromising quality.
• Volume Preparation:
  Direct, or contribute to, the development, editing, and formatting of all proposal volumes—technical, management, and cost—including writing and organizing concise, compelling narratives and visual content.
• Pricing & Estimating:
  Support and review Pricing Volume development, including work breakdown structures (WBS), Basis of Estimate (BOE), estimating, and pricing in accordance with government contracting protocols.
• Stakeholder Engagement:
  Collaborate with executives and subject matter experts to develop differentiated value propositions, win strategies, and effective capture plans. Coach and mentor team members and proposal authors in best practices.
• Content Development:
  Interview subject matter experts, conceptualize and write proposal content, and take ownership for the quality and effectiveness of all final submissions.
• Technology Utilization:
  Employ industry-standard proposal management software, AI-enabled tools, and MS Office Suite to optimize proposal production and collaboration.

• Minimum 10 years’ proposal/capture management experience with large ($100M+) aerospace or defense contracting organizations.
• APMP certification required.
• Demonstrated background working with the US Department of Defense, the US Military, or the Aerospace/Defense industry.
• Technical conversancy and passion for the space industry preferred; experience with Space Programs is a significant plus.
• Proficiency with non-traditional contracting (OTAs, multi-step proposals, orals), Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), and proposal best practices (e.g., Shipley).
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills; demonstrated executive presence and the ability to present confidently.
• Advanced MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) skills required. Proficiency in Project and visual/graphics…