Energy & Power Proposal Lead

Jacobs; Fort Worth (TX); Hybrid; USD 81,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking an experienced Proposal Manager to grow the Energy & Power Americas business. You will own end-to-end bid opportunities, work with subject matter experts, and shape value propositions to win work.

As part of the Jacobs Sales team, you will ensure high-quality submissions, organize color reviews, coordinate materials with graphic designers, and maintain Salesforce content. The role requires strong organization, meeting deadlines, and travel as needed.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience developing and coordinating proposals, presentations, and related sales or business development deliverables.
• Proposal experience in the engineering, architecture, construction industries.
• Advanced verbal, writing, editing and proofreading skills, with an eye towards sales messaging, themes, proposal aesthetics, quality, and content.
• Strong organizational qualities and attention to detail and quality.
• Willing to travel as needed to support pursuits.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud suite.
• Proficient in CRM software (Salesforce preferred).

Responsibilities

• Thoroughly understand and apply knowledge of company identity standards, structure, organization, business approach, and sales process
• Develop draft sections of sales documents that communicate Jacobs’ value proposition through analysis and synthesis of data.
• Coordinate and develop sales documents using applicable tools, guidelines, and templates.
• Support Sales Operations Managers, Strategic Pursuits Leads and other Sales Team members in large strategic pursuits.
• Manage response efforts as well as sales opportunities across various sizes and complexities.
• Develop and implement proposal directives and other opportunity response plans and monitor progress.
• Organize and lead color reviews for objective feedback on strategy and messaging
• Organize and participate in response-related meetings (internal and/or client), as appropriate.
• Proofread and edit technical and non-technical documents for accuracy and consistency.
• Provide desktop publishing and work with graphic designers to develop more complex materials.
• Conduct appropriate internal/external research and respond to internal requests for information.
• Develop new or update existing sales qualification materials for current and future pursuit efforts.
• Participate in in-house business development activities as appropriate, including middle game positioning efforts.
• Participate in development of interview preparations and presentations.
• Populates Salesforce CRM.
• Requires minimal supervision.

Skills

Proposal management

Sales messaging

Editing & proofreading

Microsoft Office

Adobe Creative Cloud

Salesforce CRM

Travel

Organizational skills

Tools

Salesforce

Adobe Creative Cloud

Microsoft Office

Job description

Jacobs is seeking an experienced Proposal Manager to grow the Energy & Power Americas business. You will own end-to-end bid opportunities, work with subject matter experts, and shape value propositions to win work.

As part of the Jacobs Sales team, you will ensure high-quality submissions, organize color reviews, coordinate materials with graphic designers, and maintain Salesforce content. The role requires strong organization, meeting deadlines, and travel as needed.