Proposal Management Manager Jobs
Listed on 2026-08-16
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Management
Operations Management, Project & Program Management, Corporate Strategy -
Business
Operations Management, Corporate Strategy
Job Title
Lead a Proposal Development Team charged with managing new business competitive proposals under Aeronautics Strategy & Business Development.
Job Description
Oversee additional Aeronautics sites, directing staff, delivering training, establishing career-development plans, and mentoring team members on increasingly complex proposals while maintaining secure proposal facilities. Forecast workload, develop budget estimates, and balance internal and external resources to meet campaign demands, coordinating proposal-management support across locations as needed. Manage proposal managers to drive the creation, implementation, and ownership of the comprehensive Proposal Plan for each capture effort, aligning it tightly with the Win Strategy, Capture Plan, and overall Program Strategy, and identify and secure the required in-house and consultant resources.
Drive continuous improvement of Aero's Proposal Process by applying digital transformation, and advanced innovative concepts, capture lessons learned, and integrate change management solutions and recommendations for 1lMX activities. Drive the capture teams to AI best practices and integration during the proposal development cycle. Oversee content development to embed persuasive themes, discriminators, and customer-focused benefits, and support authors in drafting text, graphics, and storylines.
Establish and chair color-team reviews (Pink/Red) with Campaign Leads and Program Managers, participate in executive "must-win" evaluations, and ensure all proposal documentation complies with solicitation requirements (RFP, RFI, CRAD, PRDA, etc.). Manage post-submission activities-including Evaluation Notices, Best-and-Final Offers, oral presentations, and lessons-learned de-briefs-provide regular status updates to Proposal Operations Leadership, define and track performance metrics, produce dashboards and reports for senior leadership, manage overhead budgets, and engage external support resources during surge periods.
Exemplify Full-Spectrum Leadership and apply a consultative, self-supervised management style throughout.
Experience as a Proposal Manager, working large competitive proposal/capture efforts implementing standard proposal processes for competitive proposal development for U.S. and foreign government pursuits Experience managing teams under time pressures and competing priorities Prior experience interfacing with executive level management Strategic Thinking:
Anticipates market trends and aligns proposal tactics with long-term business goals. Innovation & Continuous Improvement:
Champions process automation, tool integration, and best-practice adoption.
Collaboration:
Works effectively with BD, Capture Management, Engineering, Finance, and Legal stakeholders. Customer-Centricity:
Focuses on delivering value-based proposals that address customer pain points and priorities. Decision-Making:
Balances risk and opportunity, making timely judgments under tight deadlines. Digital Transformation:
Knowledge of digital transformation and AI tool integration related to captures. This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration. Part-time Remote Telework:
The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process. Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
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