Defense Proposals Lead — 9/80 Schedule & Growth

AV; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9/80 schedule

Paid holidays

Medical/Dental/Vision

Job summary

AV in Huntsville, AL is seeking a Proposal Manager to oversee end-to-end proposal development from planning through delivery, ensuring compliance with solicitation requirements.

You will coordinate multi-project efforts, supervise proposal writers and subcontractors, and manage schedules, compliance matrices, and color-team reviews. Travel up to 15% and a background in government proposals are preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant discipline is required or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Minimum of 3 years' experience in Federal Government proposal development utilizing Shipley process with varying classification levels.
• Basic knowledge of FAR/DFAR compliance with regard to US Government solicitations.
• Proficient with MS Office business applications.
• Exceptional people skills to work in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
• Knowledge of the business development life cycle in the aerospace, defense, or intelligence industry.
• Demonstrated proposal experience with comprehensive knowledge of solicitation analysis, developing compliance matrices, and generating annotated outlines.
• Ability to travel up to 15% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Assemble resources, skills and matrixed support to develop proposal content and conformance to solicitation requirements.
• Coordinate efforts across several projects simultaneously, requiring self-organization and time management.
• Manage all aspects of proposal development from assignment and receipt of RFP, through delivery and receipt by the customer.
• Analyze solicitations (RFP, RFQ, RFI, etc.) in conjunction with other customer requirements and communications and determine final document structure.
• Prepare detailed proposal plans, schedule outline and compliance matrix for assigned pursuits.
• Coordinate and lead major project meeting events, such as Kick-off meetings, Strategy meetings, Color Team reviews.
• Develop and manage a proposal schedule, compliance matrix, and configuration control of documents.
• Provide detailed guidance to proposal writers/contributors and subcontractors.
• Support and ensure proposal processes are followed, standard style guide is used, and documents are submitted in accordance with established guidelines.
• Manage the collection and editing of proposal materials to ensure compliance.
• Ensure proposals are compliant with section L&M or similar instructions/requirements.
• Works on assignments that are semi-routine in nature but able to tailor processes to ensure efficient proposal development.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

MS Office

Proposal leadership

Ability to travel

FAR/DFAR knowledge

Shipley process

People skills

BDL life cycle knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree in relevant discipline

Job description

AV in Huntsville, AL is seeking a Proposal Manager to oversee end-to-end proposal development from planning through delivery, ensuring compliance with solicitation requirements.

You will coordinate multi-project efforts, supervise proposal writers and subcontractors, and manage schedules, compliance matrices, and color-team reviews. Travel up to 15% and a background in government proposals are preferred.