Senior Federal Proposal Manager — Remote (Secret Clearance)

Nighthawk Cyber, LLC; Orlando (FL); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Life insurance

PTO & holidays

Job summary

Nighthawk Cyber, LLC, headquartered in Orlando, FL, seeks a Senior Proposal Manager to lead the full federal proposal lifecycle remotely from Florida, coordinating with executive leadership and internal stakeholders across BD, capture, technical, contracts, finance, and operations.

The ideal candidate has 8–10+ years of federal contracting proposal experience, an active Secret clearance, and strong writing/editing skills to produce compliant, high-quality responses.

Qualifications

• 8–10+ years of federal government contracting proposal experience.
• Active Secret security clearance, or the ability to obtain.
• One or more years of experience using AI proposal platform, such as GovDash.
• Demonstrated experience managing federal proposals from solicitation through submission.
• Strong understanding of federal acquisition processes, RFP requirements, Sections L and M, evaluation criteria, and proposal compliance.
• Experience developing compliance matrices, outlines, schedules, and formal review packages.
• Strong federal proposal writing, editing, organizational, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and coordinate effectively across a small, highly collaborative team.

Responsibilities

• Lead federal proposals from solicitation release through final submission.
• Develop and manage proposal schedules, compliance matrices, outlines, assignments, review plans, and production activities.
• Coordinate closely with leadership, technical SMEs, and other process stakeholders.
• Lead proposal kickoffs, status meetings, and Pink, Red, Gold, and executive reviews.
• Write, edit, and refine proposal content for compliance, clarity, responsiveness, and quality.
• Support development of win themes, discriminators, executive messaging, resumes, past performance, and management or staffing approaches.
• Support capture, opportunity qualification, bid/no-bid decisions, customer and competitor research, teaming materials, and other pursuit activities.
• Maintain and improve proposal templates, reusable content, past performance, resumes, and proposal processes.
• Leverage AI-enabled tools to improve proposal development, content reuse, compliance, and efficiency.
• Capture lessons learned and continuously improve Nighthawk’s proposal processes and supporting infrastructure.

Skills

Federal proposals

Proposal management

Procurement processes

Proposal writing

Editing

Communication

Independent work

Florida residency

GovDash

Lead and coordinate proposals

Tools

Microsoft Office

SharePoint

Adobe Acrobat

Collaboration tools

Job description

Nighthawk Cyber, LLC, headquartered in Orlando, FL, seeks a Senior Proposal Manager to lead the full federal proposal lifecycle remotely from Florida, coordinating with executive leadership and internal stakeholders across BD, capture, technical, contracts, finance, and operations.

The ideal candidate has 8–10+ years of federal contracting proposal experience, an active Secret clearance, and strong writing/editing skills to produce compliant, high-quality responses.