DoD Proposals Lead — Remote/Hybrid

Code Metal, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care plan with 100% premium

401k with matching

Paid Time Off

Flexible hybrid or remote work

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Code Metal is seeking a Proposal Coordinator to support government and commercial defense pursuits. This hands-on role coordinates capture activities, maintains opportunity information, organizes proposal development, and tracks deadlines from qualification through final submission.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail oriented, and capable of coordinating across BD, technical, contracts, finance, and executive teams to keep pursuits on schedule.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in DoD proposal coordination, business development operations, government contracting, or a related role.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to manage multiple deadlines at once.
• Strong written communication, proofreading, and editing skills.
• Applied experience with Shipley or similar proposal development methodologies.
• Proficiency with Google Suite and Microsoft Suite.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance

Responsibilities

• Coordinate proposal activities from pre-solicitation release through final submission, including schedules, assignments, reviews, and deadlines.
• Support research into government customers, acquisition pathways, contract vehicles, incumbent contractors, and upcoming requirements.
• Review solicitations and develop compliance matrices, proposal outlines, checklists, and submission requirements.
• Monitor and track government procurement sources and portals for opportunities, amendments, notices, and relevant customer activity.
• Coordinate inputs across growth, technical, contracts, pricing, finance, and external partners and translate their input into clear, compliant, and compelling written responses.
• Draft and contribute proposal content, including executive summaries, management, past performance, and other response sections.
• Coordinate capture and proposal meetings, track action items, and follow up with responsible owners.
• Perform desktop publishing including proposal formatting, editing, quality control, document assembly, and final submission.
• Maintain reusable proposal content, templates, past performance, resumes, and corporate documentation.
• Support pipeline management, recurring reviews, leadership reporting, and analysis of business development activity.

Skills

DoD proposal coordination

Project management

Attention to detail

Editing skills

Shipley methodology

Google Suite

Microsoft Office

Active TS clearance

Job description

Code Metal is seeking a Proposal Coordinator to support government and commercial defense pursuits. This hands-on role coordinates capture activities, maintains opportunity information, organizes proposal development, and tracks deadlines from qualification through final submission.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail oriented, and capable of coordinating across BD, technical, contracts, finance, and executive teams to keep pursuits on schedule.