Senior Proposal Specialist; Federal Market

Position: Senior Proposal Specialist (Federal Market)
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* ** Requisition :*
* 44931

** Business Unit:*
* FSU

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* Job Description:

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* CDM Smith is expanding the marketing team within our Federal Services Unit and is seeking a proven Senior Marketing Specialist with strong proposal experience supporting environmental remediation, civil works, and water resilience contracts.

In this role, you will support business development efforts for multimillion‑dollar U.S. government opportunities, both nationwide and overseas, collaborating with technical, management, and marketing professionals across the firm.

Responsibilities include:

- Conduct research on federal contract opportunities, competitors, and potential teaming partners, as well as review and analyze Fed Biz Opps  synopses, requests for proposals, and related solicitation documents.

- Direct the federal pursuit strategy by handling pre-positioning, capture planning, evaluating opportunities, and supporting Go/No-Go decisions.

- Use AI-powered tools and analytics platforms to analyze trends, automate opportunity tracking, streamline research, identify patterns, and gain actionable insights into competitor positioning and teaming strategies to enhance decision-making throughout the pursuit process.

- Oversee comprehensive proposal development for federal projects of diverse scale and complexity, managing the process from initial capture to submission and presentation.

- Develop proposal strategies, key themes, and compelling win messages that align with solicitation requirements and highlight company differentiators.

- Organize and facilitate all proposal-related activities and reviews, including kickoff sessions, strategic meetings, color evaluations, and final production.

- Maintain compliance and high quality in proposals through thorough solicitation analysis, creation of compliance matrices, detailed reviews, and oversight of final submissions.

- Collaborate across technical teams, proposal staff, and subconsultants to craft unified and consistent submissions.

- Assign proposal resources efficiently, anticipate workload demands, and guide proposal coordinators and contributors through mentorship.

- Engage in client debriefs and lessons-learned exercises to drive ongoing improvements in pursuit and proposal efforts.

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* Job Title:

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* Senior Proposal Specialist (Federal Market)

** Group:*
* OPS

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* Employment Type:

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* Regular

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* Minimum Qualifications:

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* - Bachelor's degree.

- 6 years of related experience.

- Domestic and/or international travel may be required. The frequency of travel is contingent on specific duties, responsibilities, and the essential functions of the position, which may vary depending on workload and project demands.

- Equivalent additional directly related experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.

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* Preferred Qualifications:

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* - Demonstrated experience developing proposals for U.S. federal government clients.

- Experience developing proposals for environmental remediation, civil works, and/or water resilience contracts strongly preferred.

- Location near a major CDM Smith office preferred.

** EEO Statement:*
* We attract the best people in the industry, supporting their efforts to learn and grow. We strive to create a challenging and progressive work environment. We provide career opportunities that span a variety of disciplines and geographic locations, with projects that our employees plan, design, build and operate as diverse as the needs of our clients. CDM Smith is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, pregnancy related conditions, childbirth and related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression), national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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