Remote-Eligible DoD & Government Proposals Lead

Cherry Bekaert Recruiting & Staffing Services; Orlando (FL); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Cherry Bekaert Recruiting & Staffing Services is seeking an experienced Proposal Manager to join a rapidly growing government contractor based in Orlando, FL. This hands-on role leads full lifecycle proposal development for government and commercial opportunities, with frequent collaboration across engineering, program, pricing, growth, and leadership teams.

The position offers remote flexibility on the East Coast with travel to Orlando and occasional travel up to 20%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years of relevant experience in proposal management or business development.
• Experience managing the full proposal lifecycle in government contracting and/or commercial markets.
• Knowledge of Federal acquisition and pursuit environments, including contract vehicles, task orders, teaming, subcontracting, and solicitation processes.
• Strong proposal writing, editing, organizational, and project management skills.
• Experience developing compliance matrices, proposal outlines, schedules, and structured proposal artifacts.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and SharePoint.

Responsibilities

• Lead full lifecycle proposal development across government and commercial pursuits.
• Develop proposal schedules, outlines, compliance matrices, and review cycles.
• Coordinate inputs across technical, program, pricing, growth, and leadership teams.
• Write, edit, and refine compelling proposal content around win themes and customer priorities.
• Support capture planning, opportunity qualification, competitive analysis, and solution alignment.
• Develop win themes, value propositions, and positioning strategies.
• Produce white papers, RFI responses, capability narratives, executive briefings, and other BD materials.
• Translate complex technical solutions into clear, persuasive customer-facing messaging.
• Support customer engagements, presentations, and submissions.
• Maintain proposal/capture repositories and reusable content.
• Help improve proposal processes, templates, version control, and knowledge management.

Skills

Proposal management

Capture planning

Written communication

Project management

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

SharePoint

Job description

Cherry Bekaert Recruiting & Staffing Services is seeking an experienced Proposal Manager to join a rapidly growing government contractor based in Orlando, FL. This hands-on role leads full lifecycle proposal development for government and commercial opportunities, with frequent collaboration across engineering, program, pricing, growth, and leadership teams.

The position offers remote flexibility on the East Coast with travel to Orlando and occasional travel up to 20%.