Project Proposal Manager

Jaynes Companies; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Jaynes Corporation in Albuquerque, NM is seeking a highly organized proposals professional to lead and manage complex bid efforts. You will coordinate with marketing, business development, estimating, and operations to craft content that aligns with project strategy and capabilities.

Responsibilities include developing win themes, managing timelines, ensuring RFP compliance, and overseeing editing and design quality. The role may involve travel and occasional long hours to meet deadlines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or Marketing preferred and 5+ years of experience coordinating and writing major proposals.
• Ability to lead capture planning and ensure proposals meet all client requirements.
• Strong written and verbal communication; multitasking in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency in Adobe InDesign and Microsoft Office including Teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day management of the entire proposal effort.
• Drive the proposal process to meet timelines, owner specs, and team requirements.
• Coordinate content across marketing, business development, estimating, PM, preconstruction, and operations for strong proposals.
• Develop strategy and win themes tailored to each opportunity, aligned with project needs and company strengths.
• Schedule, facilitate, and track proposal meetings, deliverables, deadlines, and quality reviews.
• Ensure compliance with RFP instructions and owner specifications.
• Oversee layout, writing, editing, and formatting to maintain quality and branding.
• Lead post-submission debriefs and continuous improvement of proposal processes.

Skills

Proposal management

Content writing

Adobe InDesign

Microsoft Office

Team leadership

Written and verbal communication

Project coordination

Print production

Typography

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business or Marketing

Tools

Adobe InDesign

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Teams

Job description

This role requires a highly organized, detail-oriented professional with exceptional communication, project management, and strategic thinking skills to successfully manage multiple concurrent proposal efforts.

Essential Functions

• Lead the day-to-day management of the entire proposal effort
• Drive the proposal process to meet timelines, Owner specifications, and team requirements
• Work with teams across the company (including marketing, business development, estimating, project management, preconstruction, and operations) to coordinate and develop proposal content that highlights our strengths and aligns with project strategy, team qualifications, and construction capabilities
• Develop proposal strategy and win themes tailored to each opportunity, ensuring alignment with Owner goals, project requirements, and company strengths
• Schedule, facilitate, and track proposal meetings, deliverables, deadlines, and quality control reviews
• Ensure compliance with RFP instructions, evaluation criteria, and Owner specifications
• Oversee layout, writing, editing, and formatting of proposal content to maintain quality, consistency, and branding standards
• Lead post-submission debriefs and continuous improvement efforts by capturing lessons learned and refining proposal processes
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (Business or Marketing major preferred)
• 5+ years of relevant, professional experience managing/coordinating and writing major proposal efforts
• Must be confident leading others through capture planning and proposal development processes and asserting that proposals meet all prospective client requirements
• Ability to give clear, concise directions to others and organize large volumes of information
• Demonstrated ability to multitask, work in a fast-paced environment, and meet deadlines with short notice
• Demonstrate proficiency and knowledge in Adobe InDesign and Microsoft Office including Microsoft Teams
• Thrives in an environment working with cross-functional teams and remote team members
• Five years experience using InDesign
• Three years of experience in a technical/creative writing role
• Two years of experience in print production
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to operate under tight deadlines and manage urgent requests
• Analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to assemble proposals to specification
• Understanding of typography and print production is a plus
• Consistency and reliability
• Organization
• Initiative
• Curiosity mindset
• Resourceful and able to solve problems independently

Supervisory Responsibility

This position may have supervisory responsibilities.

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

This is largely a sedentary role; however, this position may occasionally require the ability to lift and move up to 25 pounds of paper, files, and/or equipment. This position requires the ability to sit and/or stand for extended periods of time to enter data into multiple systems and conduct face-to-face meetings or interviews.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time non-union position. The scheduled hours are 40 to 50 hours per week Monday through Friday but may be extended as required to execute the tasks assigned.

Travel

This position may require occasional travel.

Required Education and Experience

Bachelor’s degree (Business or Marketing major preferred) and a minimum of 5 years of relevant, professional experience managing/coordinating and writing major proposal efforts.

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

• Must pass a pre-employment screen, including but not limited to a drug and alcohol screen, background check, motor vehicle records check, reference check and physical (if applicable).
• Current and valid driver’s license in the state of permanent residence (must be insurable by Jaynes automobile insurance carrier in order to drive a Jaynes vehicle).
• Must be eligible per Fleet Safety Management policy to operate a company vehicle or a personal vehicle for company purposes.

Work Authorization

Jaynes Corporation requires that all employees be legally authorized to work in the United States. Any person employed by Jaynes must complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification Form (I-9) and will be entered into the federal E-Verify system.

AAP/EEO Statement

All employment decisions at Jaynes are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, national, social, or ethnic origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Jaynes will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

Jaynes Corporation is an employee-owned company and offers an exceptional benefits package. In addition to a competitive base salary, regular full-time employees are eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance; a health savings account (HSA); dependent care flexible spending account (FSA); company-paid and supplemental life insurance; long term & short term disability insurance; cancer, accident & hospital indemnity coverage; retirement planning including 401k and Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP); bonus plan; paid holidays; and up to 5 weeks of paid leave.

Additional wellness benefits include an onsite healthcare clinic for employees and their dependents, a comprehensive employee wellness program that includes financial incentives, free weekly yoga classes, an employee assistance program (EAP), and a fitness membership reimbursement program.

Regular part-time employees and interns are eligible for limited benefits.

PLEASE NOTE:

Job descriptions are designed and intended only to summarize the essential duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and requirements for the purpose of clarifying the general nature and scope of a position’s role as part of the overall organization.

Job descriptions do not list all tasks an employee might be expected to perform, and they do not limit the right of the supervisor to assign additional tasks, or otherwise modify duties to be performed, even if seemingly unrelated to the basic job.

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