Job Description
Job Title: Proposal Manager/Proposal Writer
Location of Employment: Annandale, VA
Department: Business Development
Contact Email: krystle@centralcareinc.com
Detail Function:
- Operational and Management control over the entire technical proposal development life cycle including IDIQs, Single awards, TO proposal efforts.
- Coordinate any proposal issues with Upper Management.
- Ensures conformance of the proposal with the solicitation requirements
- Drive Proposal Strategy meetings to discuss themes, discriminators, solution, etc
- Work with management to select technical proposal team members and delegate authority/responsibility
- Read and interpret solicitation to identify critical items required for a compliant response
- Develop and be held accountable for the overall proposal schedule, production schedule, outlines, compliance matrices, proposal development plan, and writing assignments
- Conduct final editing, page turns, production, and packaging of final proposal deliverables
- Create/Maintain proposal file organization and distribute internal and external proposal documents to team (e.g., RFP, schedule, etc)
- Maintain configuration control of all living and dead proposal files, forms, graphics, drafts, reviewers, comments, and approvals
- Coordinate the collection and accumulation of cost, scheduling, and performance elements from functional departments as requested from Business Volume Lead
- Coordinate activities required to successfully assemble multi-functional, cross-divisional teams to perform Storyboard and color team proposal reviews
- Ensure the technical and business proposals align with Review proposals to ensure sections comply with RFP requirements, contain win strategies, win themes, and comply with format and style criteria; provide feedback on proposal products
- Obtain Upper Management sign-off of the technical volumes.
- Ensures compliant formats and Layout of the proposal volumes
- Produce, assemble, and ship multiple copies of responses and report on delivery of responses
- Responsible for production and on-time delivery
- Coordinate activities involved in the development of oral presentations, discussions, and Final Proposal Revisions (FPRs)
- Lead Technical Proposal Kickoff Meeting and Daily Status calls
- Provide timely and accurate status reports
Detail Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree required, Advanced Degree Preferred
- APMP Accreditation or Attendance at a Shipley proposal management/writing course is desired
- 8 or more years proposal management experience specific to the federal contracting arena consistently managing federal government issued RFPs
- Solid Understanding of the federal government procurement process and policies
- Leadership potential and ability to be a team player and lead in the production of proposals with a variety of members involved.
- Management skills required to direct large, multi-contractor proposal team efforts
- Ability to collaborate and work as a team leader, with dynamic interpersonal skills to interact with all levels of management.
- Organizational skills and ability to prioritize multiple tasks in order to meet schedules
- Presentation skills and the ability to communicate, influence, and gain commitment of proposal team
- Creative thinking, problem solving skills, and detail-oriented
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office products, show initiative and be flexible working in a challenging environment with high stress and tight deadlines
- Ability to successfully execute many complex tasks simultaneously, maintain professional attitude, and work as a team member, as well as independently
- Strong commitment to CentralCare's corporate quality standards
- Familiar with Industry-leading proposal development concepts, practices, and procedures.
- Understanding of Federal government requests for proposals and sound proposal practices to ensure responsiveness and compliance
- Dedicated to completing objective and missions under pressure
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