Proposal Specialist IV

• Offered compensation will be based on location and individual qualifications. The expected range is: $ - $
• Legal Entity: AECOM Technical Services Inc
• Business Line:
  Geography OH
• Work Location Model:
  Hybrid
• Primary
  
  Location:
  
  US - Arlington, VA - 3101 Wilson Blv
• Compensation: USD 105,000 - USD 130,000 - yearly

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and ambitious Senior Bid/Proposals and Marketing professional to join our team.
AECOM is looking for a Proposal Specialist IV to join AECOM’s Federal Marketing team. Our clients include both Federal Defense and Civilian agencies, and you will have the opportunity to work with highly specialized teams across Environment sectors primarily in the USA. A successful Federal Marketing/Proposal Specialist has leadership qualities and demonstrates a collaborative mindset, superior communication skills, problem solving ability, organizational skills, and transparency.

He/she is a strategic thinker and pushes the status quo for continuous improvement:

Leading winning proposals of AECOM service offerings to DoD and Civilian Agencies

This will be a hybrid position including a combination of both remote and in-office work schedules, that can be based in, but not limited to:
Murray, UT

Job Responsibilities will include, but not be limited to

• Responsible for leading large, complex, priority must-win pursuits from capture through to interview stage, as required, which may include multiple disciplines/geographies.
• May facilitate workshops/sessions to support the capture manager in development of the win strategy.
• Analyzes debriefs and applies lessons learned to add value to strategy and reviews.
• Creates detailed annotated outlines and write first‑draft content, compliance lists, and capture and proposal schedules, with the ability to pivot if requirements change.
• Leads writing of proposal sections such as cover letters, executive summaries, past performance sections, management approaches, and resumes/staffing sections. Provides annotated outlines and writing guidance to authors of technical sections.
• Participates actively in Go/No‑Go, capture strategies and greenlight analyses and drives compliance with delegation of authority guidelines, capture planning and positioning activities, providing leadership and direction, where required.
• Facilitates color reviews for assigned pursuits, and applies lessons learned to add value to proposal and win plan.
• Serves as a reviewer on color reviews for priority pursuits led by others, as needed, applying in‑depth institutional knowledge.
• Responsible for quality and compliance of all deliverables.
• Supports debriefs and gathering of client feedback on proposals to ensure and demonstrate continuous improvements.
• Responsible for proposal and project filing on the secure server and CRM. Knows where to go for all recent submittals and project descriptions. Is familiar with the top IDIQs and top IDIQ managers and project managers.
• May participate in strategic planning that includes evaluating marketing intelligence, identifying customer concerns and key issues, and developing win strategies to thread into strategic pursuits.
• May contribute to development and implementation of internal training program on topics related to core processes, tools, practices or other special topics.
• May lead special projects involving teams of BL staff, as directed by Governments Marketing Lead

• Bachelor’s degree + 6 years of experience collaborating within a marketing team to lead and/or support proposal activity, or a demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
• Strong knowledge of proposal best practices and procedures, work processes, and tools as related to Federal proposal management of RFQ/P responses.
• Strong working knowledge of InDesign as well as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat.
• Developed understanding of effective proposal and presentation writing and production.
• Demonstrates excellent writing and editing skills, consistently applying strong attention to detail and a drive for continuous quality improvement.
• Ability to produce accurate, compliant, and compelling work independently and…