Proposal Manager (Remote Defense Contracting

Job Overview: We are hiring an experienced Proposal Manager to lead the end-to-end development and delivery of high-quality compliant proposals for U.S. Defense and federal this role you will be the driving force behind our bid management strategy ensuring that every submission is compelling compliant and perfectly aligned with our corporate goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Proposal Lifecycle Management: Lead the entire process from kickoff meetings and opportunity identification to final production and submission.

• Collaboration & Coordination: Act as a central lead coordinating across sales marketing finance legal and technical subject matter experts (SMEs) to gather inputs.

• Content Excellence: Review edit and write proposal sections to ensure clarity impact and a consistent brand voice.

• Compliance & Quality Control: Ensure 100% compliance with complex RFP/RFQ requirements (including document templates formatting and page count constraints).

• Strategic Reviews: Organize and facilitate critical review sessions (Pink Red and Gold Teams) to critique and sharpen proposal narratives.

• Process Optimization: Manage and maintain the proposal library/Content Management System leveraging AI tools to drive efficiency in future bids.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience: 5 years of professional experience in proposal development technical writing or bid management within the DoD or federal contracting space.

• Education: Bachelors degree in Business Marketing Communications or a related technical field.

• Technical Proficiency: Advanced skills in Microsoft Office (specifically Word) and experience with CRM/proposal automation software (e.g. Salesforce).

• Clearance/Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship is required. An active security clearance is highly preferred.

• Soft Skills: Exceptional project management ability to influence senior stakeholders and the ability to thrive under high-pressure deadlines.