Senior Proposal Leader — Capture & Growth (MEA)

jensenhughes; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Jensen Hughes in Dubai seeks a seasoned Proposal Leader to drive capture and proposal activities across the Middle East and India region. You will lead submissions for must-win pursuits, coordinate cross-functional teams, and ensure quality, branding, and on-time delivery.

With 10+ years in proposal management and mentoring experience, you will shape executive summaries, templates, and collateral while guiding colleagues through internal approvals and client communications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification with 10+ years of experience in proposal, bid, or pursuit management within complex project environments.
• Proven experience leading and mentoring proposal teams, with strong quality control, proofreading, and document review capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Leads proposal activities for must-win pursuits from capture planning through post tender clarification and presentations.
• Manages, develops and assembles proposal submissions including RFI's, RFQ's, RFP's, SOQ's and PQQ's.
• Manages large capture from opportunity stage to contract award.
• Authors proposal sections including cover letters, executive summaries and section introductions.
• Develops, produces and assembles marketing support materials (qualification packages, CVs, project descriptions, presentations, capability statements, template proposals, etc.).
• Creates proposal templates and trains operations and technical staff on the proper use of those templates.
• Leads internal approval process with executive leadership including scheduling, leading kick off, go no go and review meetings.

Skills

Proposal leadership

Mentoring teams

Quality control

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Jensen Hughes in Dubai seeks a seasoned Proposal Leader to drive capture and proposal activities across the Middle East and India region. You will lead submissions for must-win pursuits, coordinate cross-functional teams, and ensure quality, branding, and on-time delivery.

With 10+ years in proposal management and mentoring experience, you will shape executive summaries, templates, and collateral while guiding colleagues through internal approvals and client communications.