Proposals Lead

Reporting to the Senior Proposal & Project Manager, you will lead and coordinate proposal activities across the full submission lifecycle, from opportunity qualification through to customer delivery and project handover. You'll collaborate with technical, commercial, finance and operational stakeholders to develop compliant, compelling and commercially sound proposals that support strategic business outcomes.

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated proposals, project/bid coordination, project engineer, procurement or governance professional looking to further their career within a complex and highly regarded defence organisation.

There are 2 full-time opportunities based at our Henderson site in WA.

• Coordinate and deliver multiple proposal activities at once from planning to submission and award.
• Develop high-quality proposal documentation, presentations and supporting artefacts.
• Consolidate technical, commercial and cost inputs from multiple stakeholders.
• Draft text, prepare and maintain project plans, schedules, reports and governance documentation
• Monitor risks, issues, actions and dependencies, ensuring effective escalation where required.
• Support governance, compliance and audit readiness across proposal and project activities.
• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to achieve successful business outcomes.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, lessons learned and process enhancements.
• The opportunity to act as Proposal Lead on smaller jobs running the governance.
• Contribute to fostering a positive bidding culture.

You are a highly organised professional who thrives in a collaborative environment and can manage multiple priorities while maintaining exceptional attention to detail. You are the polisher, the buffer. You enjoy bringing people together, coordinating complex information, and driving outcomes within structured governance frameworks.

You'll also bring:

• Experience supporting complex bids and tenders within Defence, Government or similarly regulated industries is highly regarded
• Experience supporting proposal development, project coordination, governance or business operations activities.
• A sound understanding of commercial, contractual considerations within a project or proposal environment.
• Strong planning, scheduling and organisational skills and previous experience meeting strict deadlines.
• Excellent verbal, writing, editing and document production skills with the ability to transform technical information into clear, concise messaging.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management capability.
• An understanding of commercial and governance considerations within a project or proposal environment.
• Typically 3-7 years' experience in proposal development, project management, commercial, business operations, engineering support, defence industry or a related discipline
• Hold previous experience in governance and compliance activities.
• Well-developed analytical and critical thinking skills, a logical thinker with the ability to identify gaps, risks and inconsistencies.
• High attention to detail and commitment to quality.

This role requires a current National Police Clearance and an Australian Defence Security Clearance to an NV1 level. Your eligibility for this role is dependent on you obtaining and maintaining such clearance.

To check your eligibility please visit the Australian Government Security Vetting Agency website.

• Unique and challenging work with a deeper purpose.
• Flexibility over how, when and where you work for the best work/life balance.
• Up to 10 days additional leave every year so you can rest and recharge.
• Generous parental leave so you can give your family the focus…