Federal Proposals Lead: Strategy & Compliance

MRIGlobal; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

MRIGlobal in Kansas City, MO is seeking an experienced Proposal Manager to lead federal proposal efforts from solicitation through submission. You will coordinate with technical, programmatic, operational, and mission support teams to develop compliant, compelling proposals that support MRIGlobal's growth and mission.

The role requires managing timelines, compliance matrices, content development, and review coordination, while applying formal proposal processes and best practices to drive

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Communications, English, Technical Writing, Marketing, Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Five or more years of proposal management or proposal development experience supporting U.S. Government contracting.
• Demonstrated success managing federal proposal efforts from initiation through submission.
• Strong knowledge of federal acquisition processes, government solicitations, and proposal development methodologies.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams through the proposal lifecycle in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments.
• Exceptional project management, writing, editing, communication, facilitation, and organizational skills.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and collaboration tools.

Responsibilities

• Manage assigned proposal efforts supporting Requests for Proposals (RFPs), RFQs, and other government opportunities.
• Manage the proposal lifecycle from solicitation analysis through submission for assigned opportunities.
• Develop and maintain proposal schedules, compliance matrices, annotated outlines, writing plans, and review plans.
• Coordinate and facilitate proposal kickoffs, solutioning sessions, planning meetings, status meetings, proposal reviews, and recovery activities.
• Ensure proposal responses comply with solicitation requirements, address evaluation criteria, and effectively communicate MRIGlobal's capabilities, experience, and value proposition.
• Coordinate Pink, Red, Gold, White Glove, and other proposal reviews as appropriate and track incorporation of reviewer feedback.
• Track proposal risks, dependencies, action items, and critical deadlines.
• Support development of proposal strategies, win themes, discriminators, and customer-focused messaging.
• Promote proposal quality, consistency, and adherence to organizational standards and proposal management best practices.
• Apply and support continuous improvement of proposal processes, governance practices, tools, templates, and organizational standards designed to improve proposal effectiveness and consistency.
• Maintain the proposal content library by organizing, updating, and managing reusable proposal materials, templates, and past performance content to support efficient, compliant, and high-quality proposal development.

Skills

Project management

Writing & editing

Communication

Facilitation

Organizational skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

APMP certification/Shipley training

Tools

Microsoft Office

Collaboration tools

Job description

MRIGlobal in Kansas City, MO is seeking an experienced Proposal Manager to lead federal proposal efforts from solicitation through submission. You will coordinate with technical, programmatic, operational, and mission support teams to develop compliant, compelling proposals that support MRIGlobal's growth and mission.

The role requires managing timelines, compliance matrices, content development, and review coordination, while applying formal proposal processes and best practices to drive