Senior Proposal Manager

Remote | Active Secret Clearance

If you enjoy leading complex proposal efforts, building winning strategies, and creating the processes and infrastructure that help organizations compete and grow, we would love to talk.

The work we do has real impact, and the people behind it matter just as much.

The Senior Proposal Manager serves as D&G Solutions’ lead proposal professional and is responsible for managing proposal development efforts and proposal operations across the company’s federal business portfolio. Reporting to the Vice President of Growth, this position leads the full proposal lifecycle while developing and maintaining the processes, tools, content, and infrastructure necessary to improve D&G’s ability to win new business.

Working closely with business development, capture managers, project managers, subject matter experts, contracts, finance, and executive leadership, the Senior Proposal Manager ensures proposal submissions are compliant, compelling, and aligned with customer requirements and capture strategies. This role also maintains and improves proposal operations, including content management, proposal libraries, resume databases, past performance repositories, templates, and proposal processes supporting opportunities across the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Defense Logistics Agency, U.S. Transportation Command, and other federal customers.

• Lead proposal efforts from solicitation release through final submission.
• Develop proposal schedules, compliance matrices, outlines, assignments, review plans, and production schedules.
• Coordinate proposal activities across business development, capture, operations, finance, contracts, and executive leadership.
• Manage proposal kickoff meetings, status reviews, color team reviews, and final production activities.
• Ensure all proposal submissions are compliant, complete, and submitted on time.
• Facilitate Pink, Red, Gold, and Executive Review processes.
• Draft, edit, and refine proposal content including executive summaries, management approaches, staffing plans, transition plans, resumes, and past performance narratives.
• Support development of win themes, discriminators, graphics, and executive messaging.
• Review proposal content for clarity, consistency, compliance, and quality.
• Assist with oral presentations, demonstrations, and customer-facing proposal activities as required.
• Develop and maintain D&G’s proposal management processes, templates, and standard operating procedures.
• Maintain the corporate proposal library, content repository, and reusable proposal assets.
• Manage the company’s resume database and coordinate updates with project teams.
• Maintain and enhance the corporate past performance repository.
• Develop and maintain proposal schedules, checklists, compliance tools, and proposal job aids.
• Identify opportunities to improve proposal quality, efficiency, and responsiveness.
• Support capture managers during opportunity qualification and pursuit planning activities.
• Assist with bid/no-bid reviews, opportunity assessments, and gate reviews.
• Conduct research and competitive analysis to support strategic pursuits.
• Support development of customer profiles, competitor profiles, and market intelligence.
• Assist in developing teaming packages, capability statements, and pursuit materials.
• Evaluate and implement tools that improve proposal efficiency and quality.
• Support adoption of artificial intelligence and automation tools for proposal development.
• Identify best practices and lessons learned from completed proposals.
• Recommend process improvements that increase proposal effectiveness and win probability.
• Support maintenance of capability statements, marketing collateral, qualification packages, and corporate experience materials.
• Provide proposal and business development reporting to leadership as requested.
• Support strategic growth initiatives and special projects.

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in English, Communications, Business, Public Administration, Marketing, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of federal proposal management experience.
• Demonstrated…