Government Proposal Lead — Winning Bids & Compliance

CohnReznick; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous paid time off

Flexible work environment

Parental benefits

Learning & development

Job summary

CohnReznick is seeking a Proposal Specialist to lead the preparation and submission of Government and Public Sector proposals. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, ensure compliant, compelling bids, and manage the full proposal development lifecycle.

The role requires strong writing skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work under deadlines, with a remote-friendly setup and periodic office presence as needed.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Communications, Marketing, Political Science, Creative Writing, or related field required
• APMP certification or experience preferred
• 1-3+ years experience writing Government and Public Sector proposals and experience/training with the Shipley Proposal process is highly preferred
• Proven ability to work across organizations with effective communication, leadership, and project management skills
• Proven writing, grammar, and spelling ability
• Ability to work in a deadline-conscious, results-driven environment

Responsibilities

• Act as the central point of contact on assigned proposals, and lead and guide the work of the Bids and Proposals team
• Analyze RFQs, RFPs , RFIs and SSNs to burst the solicitation, create compliance matrices, proposal outlines, templates and development plans
• Direct proposal kickoff, status and debrief meetings, as well as prepare detailed proposal agendas, data calls, schedules, meetings, outlines, and compliance matrices for all phases of the proposal process
• Plan winning themes, value propositions, strengths, risk reducers, and differentiated solutions to initial proposal outline
• Work closely with practice leadership to complete the formulation of “win strategies and themes”
• Solicit management reviews and approvals during proposal development
• Monitor proposal content to ensure compliance to RFP requirements
• Lead and/or support the development and submission of winning bid responses
• Work with Content Management Specialist to augment, enhance and improve library / knowledge management solution of reusable graphics, components, templates, and processes to reduce response time and improve quality on future bids
• Write persuasively, including executive summaries and other critical components of deliverables such as Past Performance volumes, Key Personnel resumes
• Provide writing guidance to authors, volume leads, and capture coordinators to ensure proposals are clear and concise
• Strong aptitude for improving process, organization, flow, readability, completeness, and clarity of engineering quality proposals

Skills

Proposal writing

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Communications, Marketing, Political Science, Creative Writing, or related field

APMP certification or equivalent experience

Job description

CohnReznick is seeking a Proposal Specialist to lead the preparation and submission of Government and Public Sector proposals. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, ensure compliant, compelling bids, and manage the full proposal development lifecycle.

The role requires strong writing skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work under deadlines, with a remote-friendly setup and periodic office presence as needed.