Florida Water Business Group Proposal Manager

As a Proposal Manager, you’ll support pursuit teams in creating and implementing effective win strategies (capture planning), facilitate the development of persuasive proposal and interview materials, manage proposal schedules and confirm compliance, engage marketing services resources, lead quality reviews, facilitate debriefs, deconstruct and file proposal materials upon submittal, train and mentor employees on business development and marketing best practices, articulate HDR's capabilities and competitive advantages, and travel approximately 25% of the time (valid driver’s license required) while performing other duties as needed.

• Support pursuit teams in creating and implementing effective win strategies (capture planning)
• Facilitate pursuit teams to develop persuasive proposal and interview materials
• Develop and manage proposal schedules and confirm compliance
• Engage the appropriate marketing services resources in pursuit teams
• Lead quality reviews of proposal and interview materials
• Facilitate debriefs to identify improvement opportunities and to measure overall competitiveness
• Deconstruct and file proposal and presentation material upon submittal
• Train and mentor employees on business development and marketing best practices
• Articulate HDR's capabilities and competitive advantages
• Ability to travel approximately 25% of the time (valid driver's license required)
• Perform other duties as needed

• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• Deep knowledge of the A/E/C industry's standard approach to procurement of professional services
• Demonstrated ability to motivate and inspire others
• Ability and desire to travel and engage with others in-person
• Demonstrated experience in writing compelling content based on information from technical staff

• A minimum of 5 years relevant industry experience
• Demonstrated 'self-starter' with a history of completing projects with limited oversight
• Experience in sales and developing effective win strategies
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel and Power Point
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Cloud applications, including In Design

Location:

United States
- Florida
- Tampa (primary). Other locations:
West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Doral, Orlando.

Schedule:

Full-time. Employee Status:
Regular. Business Class:
Marketing and Admin.

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest, and conviction records.