Senior Defense Proposals Lead (Hybrid)

UDC - Ultra Defense Corp; Tampa (FL); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional Development and Advance-

Job summary

Ultra Defense Corp (UDC) in Tampa, FL is seeking an experienced Proposal Manager to lead bids for U.S. Government, commercial, and international opportunities.

You will own end-to-end RFQ/RFP coordination, from interpreting requirements to submission, partnering with leadership and cross-functional teams for timely, compliant, high-quality proposals. Responsibilities include developing schedules, themes, outlines, and editoring, while ensuring consistency across volumes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• 3+ years of experience managing large defense proposals.
• Demonstrated experience developing technical and cost proposal volumes.
• Proven ability to manage complex proposals through successful, on-time submission.
• Strong proposal management and RFQ/RFP response-development capabilities.
• Experience interpreting statements of work and complex solicitation requirements.
• Strong technical writing and editing skills.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Ability to coordinate multiple contributors and priorities while operating under aggressive deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Lead the formulation, organization, and execution of proposals ranging from pricing exercises to large, complex U.S. Government solicitations.
• Develop and manage proposal schedules, compliance matrices, action-item trackers, and other tools necessary to achieve complete and on-time submissions.
• Lead proposal strategy sessions, kick-off meetings, gate reviews, and milestone discussions.
• Develop proposal outlines, themes, storyboards, and written-volume strategies that strengthen clarity, competitiveness, and overall submission quality.
• Direct and monitor writing assignments and serve as the lead editor responsible for integrating technical content and ensuring consistency across proposal volumes.
• Lead cross-functional proposal teams involving Engineering, Contracts, Finance, Supply Chain, Quality, Business Development, and other subject matter experts.
• Partner with executive leadership and Business Development on capture strategy, customer requirements, competitive positioning, price-to-win considerations, and probability-of-win improvement.
• Maintain accountability for RFQ/RFP requirements, proposal quality, deadlines, and successful submission outcomes.

Skills

Proposal management

RFQ/RFP response development

Technical writing

Editing

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Shipley methodology

Job description

Ultra Defense Corp (UDC) in Tampa, FL is seeking an experienced Proposal Manager to lead bids for U.S. Government, commercial, and international opportunities.

You will own end-to-end RFQ/RFP coordination, from interpreting requirements to submission, partnering with leadership and cross-functional teams for timely, compliant, high-quality proposals. Responsibilities include developing schedules, themes, outlines, and editoring, while ensuring consistency across volumes.