Proposal Manager; Remote

Interested in joining a growing company where you will work with talented colleagues, enhance a supportive and energetic culture, and be part of the climate solution? At Energy Solutions, we focus on the big impacts. And we believe that market-based programs can be a powerful force to deliver large-scale energy, carbon, and water-use savings. Since 1995, we've harnessed that power to offer proven, performance-based solutions for our utility, government, and institutional customers.

Do you love bringing order to complexity, collaborating with smart people, and helping winning ideas come to life? We're looking for a Proposal Manager I to join our Growth Management & Strategy team and play a key role in developing compelling, high-quality proposals that help drive business growth.

In this role, you'll help guide proposals from opportunity identification through final submission. You'll partner with subject matter experts, business developers, writers, and project teams to gather information, coordinate schedules, develop content, and ensure every proposal is organized, compliant, and delivered on time.

We're looking for someone who is naturally organized, enjoys managing multiple priorities, communicates clearly, and thrives in a fast-paced environment. If you're a problem solver who likes connecting the dots, keeping projects on track, and turning complex information into polished deliverables, you'll fit right in. If you're ready to build your proposal career with a team that values collaboration, initiative, and continuous improvement, we'd love to hear from you.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Assists with proposal development activities from pre-RFP planning through submission by researching solicitation requirements, preparing schedules and tracking tools, and documenting deadlines, action items, and compliance requirements.
• Reviews solicitation documents to identify proposal requirements, required forms, evaluation criteria, and submission instructions and escalates unclear or conflicting requirements as needed.
• Updates proposal systems, trackers, collaboration tools, and opportunity records to support proposal execution and documentation.
• Drafts and prepares assigned proposal sections, supporting documentation, resumes, project descriptions, and other proposal materials using approved templates and source content.
• Assists with gathering information from subject matter experts, project teams, and partners for inclusion in proposal submissions.
• Prepares proposal materials for compliance, quality, and editorial review and updates content based on approved feedback.
• Executes assigned final-production activities, including formatting, assembling files, maintaining version control, and supporting electronic submissions.
• Follows established proposal development processes and escalates compliance concerns, missing information, schedule risks, or submission issues when identified.
• Assists proposal writers, business development staff, technical subject matter experts, and partners by coordinating information requests, documenting meeting outcomes, and reporting status updates.
• Assists with maintaining proposal resources, shared content libraries, and internal process documentation.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A bachelor's degree OR a high school diploma with 4 years of relevant experience.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in proposal support, project coordination, business development support, consulting, or a related field.
• Experience supporting proposals, solicitations, reports, presentations, or other deadline-driven deliverables.
• Experience gathering information from multiple contributors and organizing it into clear written materials or proposal documentation.
• Experience tracking…