
Proposal Manager
- Huntsville, AL
- $100,000-160,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead end-to-end proposal development for commercial opportunities with some support for Federal opportunities.
- Manage proposal schedules, compliance matrices, and review cycles (Pink/Red/Gold)
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to shape content and strategy.
- Ensure proposals are compliant, persuasive, and delivered on time.
- Support the improvement of proposal processes, tools, and templates.
- Partner with capture teams/Company Presidents to align proposals with win themes and discriminators, and approach solutioning
- Coordinate inputs from capture managers, contracts, pricing, technical SMEs, HR, recruiting, and executive leadership.
- Compile/Write/Integrate diverse technical and business inputs into a cohesive proposal narrative.
- Review solicitations to identify compliance requirements, risks, and key evaluation factors
- Facilitate effective communication and accountability across stakeholders
- Minimum 8-12 years of progressive experience in proposal management, with a focus on federal and/or commercial bids.
- Demonstrated success leading proposals exceeding $100M in value (or equivalent complexity).
- Knowledge of commercial contracting practices.
- Expertise with proposal development methodologies (Shipley, APMP, or equivalent).
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat, Illustrator, Photoshop, and MS Project; experience with proposal automation tools preferred.
- Excellent organizational, writing, and interpersonal communication skills.
- APMP Foundation, Practitioner, or Professional Certification.
- Experience with Salesforce, SharePoint, or other proposal/capture management platforms.
- Ability to thrive in a high-pressure, deadline-driven environment.