Marketing & Proposal Coordinator
Job Summary
Location: Tampa FL (hybrid with regular in-office time expected given cross-team coordination)
Employment Type: Full-time
About Sourcetoad
Sourcetoad is a software engineering agency headquartered in Tampa FL building custom software for clients across healthtech cruise and maritime and enterprise SaaS. Were SOC 2 Type 2 and HIPAA-compliant and a subsidiary of Thompson Holdings Inc. (THI) alongside Thompson Engineering Thompson Consulting Services and Watermark Architecture.
The Role
This is a hybrid role built on one core skill: pulling great information out of busy smart people and turning it into polished external-facing content with AI as a genuine force multiplier not a novelty.
The proposal half:
- Monitor RFP activity across enterprise state local and federal channels ( BidNet GovWin and more)
- Build and run a qualification process so we focus only on winnable opportunities
- Own responses from intake through submission including writing editing version control and coordinating internal reviewers and subject matter experts
- Handle pre-sales meetings clarification calls and Q&A during live pursuits
- Run debriefs on losses and feed lessons back into how we qualify and respond
- Build a reusable content library (boilerplate case studies certifications pricing language) that compounds over time
- Partner with our sibling companies established proposal teams to learn their playbook and open the door to joint pursuits
The marketing half:
- Support our Head of Marketing Communications on blog writing editing and case study production
- Manage Sourcetoads social media output including scheduling light copywriting and engagement
- Direct AI tools effectively to multiply output while keeping everything sounding like Sourcetoad not like AI
What Were Looking For
- 36 years of proposal RFP or capture experience ideally combined with marketing or content production
- Excellent writing and editing skills across formats: this is a role where the work product is words on a page
- Genuine fluency with AI tools (Claude ChatGPT) as part of your everyday drafting and research process
- Comfort extracting information from busy senior technical and executive contributors
- Strong project management instincts: you can juggle a deadline a checklist and a half-dozen contributors at once
- Government contracting experience (state or federal) is a significant plus
Your First 90 Days
In your first 30 days youll get up to speed on what we sell review our past RFP wins and losses and start building relationships with the internal experts youll rely on. By 60 days youll have a plan for how we source and qualify RFPs going forward and youll be building out our content library. By 90 days youll have led your first Sourcetoad RFP response from start to finish and have a marketing content cadence running.
Why Work at Sourcetoad
Sourcetoad is a software engineering agency headquartered in Tampa FL building custom software for clients across healthtech cruise and maritime and enterprise SaaS. Were SOC 2 Type 2 and HIPAA-compliant which means the work we deliver holds up to real scrutiny from serious enterprise customers not just a portfolio piece.
This role sits at the center of something were building from the ground up and thats a real opportunity. You wont be inheriting a rigid process with years of bureaucracy baked in. Youll be the person who builds our proposal function and helps define our marketing voice with the freedom to shape both from day one and the visibility that comes with reporting directly to our Head of Marketing Communications.
Youll also have a built-in support system most people in this kind of role dont get. Were part of Thompson Holdings Inc. (THI) a family of companies that includes Thompson Engineering Thompson Consulting Services and Watermark Architecture all of whom already have established mature proposal functions. You wont be figuring this out alone. Youll learn from teams whove done it well for years and youll build the kind of cross-company relationships that make your work more effective and your career more connected.
THI is also employee-owned so when the company grows that growth belongs to the people doing the work not just outside shareholders. We back that up with a 401k with ESOP match and excellent benefits overall on top of the day-to-day autonomy and support this role comes with.
Were also genuinely serious about AI as a tool not a talking point. If you want to spend your days directing AI intelligently rather than grinding through boilerplate line by line this is a place where that instinct is rewarded rather than viewed with suspicion.
And the work itself matters. Every proposal you help win and every piece of content you help create supports real growth for a company with real momentum backed by a stable parent organization and a leadership team thats investing in this function because they believe in it. If you want ownership mentorship from proven proposal teams and a front-row seat to building something new wed love to talk.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Thompson Engineering is a proven leader in the planning, design, and construction of major transportation, economic development, and waterfront projects across the Southeast.