Remote Proposal Strategist - Gov & Public Sector

CohnReznick; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Generous PTO

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 to respond to RFPs, RFQs, RFIs, and SSNs, ensuring on-time, compelling, and compliant submissions.

You will research, write, and produce client-facing materials, coordinate with practice leaders and subject matter experts, and guide the proposal process from kickoff to final delivery in a high-visibility role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Communications, Marketing, Political Science, Creative Writing, or related field.
• APMP certification or experience preferred.
• 1-3+ years experience writing winning 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 attention to detail.
• Excellent writing, grammar, and spelling ability.
• Excellent presentation and written/oral communication skills.
• 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 and ensure the message is articulated throughout the proposal
• Solicit management reviews and approvals during proposal development
• Monitor proposal content to ensure compliance to RFP requirements, evaluation criteria, technical requirements and internal proposal process
• Lead and/or support the development and submission of winning bid responses by working with the client service team, internal experts and teaming partners
• 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
• Writing: Write persuasively, including executive summaries and other critical components of deliverables such as Past Performance volumes, Key Personnel resumes, single-voice editing, and capturing actions from meetings with proposal team members, capture teams, and understanding of the business's value proposition
• 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

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 to respond to RFPs, RFQs, RFIs, and SSNs, ensuring on-time, compelling, and compliant submissions.

You will research, write, and produce client-facing materials, coordinate with practice leaders and subject matter experts, and guide the proposal process from kickoff to final delivery in a high-visibility role.