Remote Federal Proposal Lead: Compliance & Narrative

APTNEXUS; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 115,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

APTNEXUS seeks a Federal Proposal Manager to own the end-to-end proposal lifecycle for federal IT and cybersecurity pursuits. You will ensure compliance, schedule adherence, and high-quality narrative across a small, fast-moving team, translating complex cybersecurity offerings into evaluator-friendly prose.

You will drive timelines, coordinate SMEs, pricing, and executives, and maintain a single-voice edit across volumes while managing submission through SAM.gov and agency portals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in English, Communications, Business, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or related field; 4 years of relevant federal proposal experience may substitute for the degree.
• Minimum of 5 years managing federal proposals with on-time, compliant submissions.
• Familiarity with Shipley proposal methodology and color team reviews.
• In-depth knowledge of FAR, agency supplements, and federal contract vehicles (IDIQs, GWACs, BPAs, GSA MAS, 8(a) set-aside).
• IT/cybersecurity background to review technical content; familiarity with NIST standards is highly desirable.
• Ability to influence without authority and deliver concise executive feedback to authors.
• Excellent written/verbal communication; independent work in remote environments with discretion.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end proposal lifecycle from solicitation through submission and debrief.
• Create compliance matrices mapping requirements to authors, sections, and pages.
• Develop schedules with milestones and risk buffers; re-baseline as needed.
• Prepare annotated outlines, storyboards, and assign writing tasks; coordinate reviews.
• Coordinate inputs from SMEs, pricing, contracts, and executives to meet deadlines.
• Ensure win themes and discriminators are integrated across volumes with a single voice.
• Oversee document architecture, templates, and submission through SAM.gov/eBuy portals.
• Coordinate teaming and respond to clarifications and audits; maintain reusable assets.

Skills

Proposal management

Writing/editing

Schedule management

Team collaboration

Win themes

Single-voice editing

Executive briefing

Source verification

Education

Bachelor's degree in English/Communications/Business/IT/Cybersecurity

Shipley Proposal Management certification

APMP/ PMP / CompTIA Security+ (desirable)

Tools

Microsoft Word (advanced)

SharePoint

Privia

Responsive

Job description

APTNEXUS seeks a Federal Proposal Manager to own the end-to-end proposal lifecycle for federal IT and cybersecurity pursuits. You will ensure compliance, schedule adherence, and high-quality narrative across a small, fast-moving team, translating complex cybersecurity offerings into evaluator-friendly prose.

You will drive timelines, coordinate SMEs, pricing, and executives, and maintain a single-voice edit across volumes while managing submission through SAM.gov and agency portals.