Director of Proposals
Analytica
- Bethesda, MD
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead the proposal process from bid approval through submission. This includes "owning" the document, communicating proposal needs and expectations to team, ensuring compliance with RFP requirements and company standards.
- Develop and oversee proposal strategies and creation of proposal content to ensure clarity, consistency, and alignment with client mission to maximize evaluation criteria.
- Collaborate across the company, including business development, capture management, and technical experts, to develop compelling and competitive proposals
- Oversee building and managing external facing marketing content (RFI's, whitepapers, case studies, blogs, website, blog and conference materials) to communicate one consistent voice, messaging and brand.
- Oversee Proposal Center development and maintenance of repository of training materials, reusable content, project profiles, experience matrices/overviews, capability statements, etc. Collaborate with operations to capture and develop performance proofs and client testimonials.
- Lead proposal and writing workshops, black hat sessions, collaboration sessions, proposal reviews, and orals presentation preparation.
- Bachelor’s degree in relevant field. Training in Shipley strongly preferred
- At least 10+ years demonstrated experience managing and winning federal proposals in a proposal or capture management role.
- Demonstrated success in managing people and effectively influence others with and without authority; setting and communicating goals and expectations, measuring accomplishments, holding staff members accountable, delegating responsibility, keeping staff members informed, coaching, mentoring, reinforcing positive behavior and managing conflict
- Strong knowledge of government procurement processes and regulations.
- Strong leadership and team management abilities to direct writing/editing/rewriting efforts, as needed
- Proven ability to leverage new technology to streamline processes and content (Microsoft Sharepoint, Teams, Planner Boards, CoPilot, LLMs)
- Comfortable with a dynamic, fast paced environment under tight deadlines where you are working in a small team.
- Expertise with MS Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), Teams / SharePoint and Adobe Acrobat PDF programs
- U.S. Citizen with ability to obtain the Public Trust clearance.