Senior Federal Proposals Lead

Inadev

Reston (VA)

Hybrid

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

2 days ago
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Job summary

Inadev is seeking a Senior Proposal Manager to lead complex Federal Government proposals from qualification through submission and oral presentations. You will collaborate with Capture, Solution Architecture, Pricing, and Executive teams to craft compliant, winning narratives across executive summaries, staffing plans, and past performance.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience managing large, competitive Federal proposals, with strong editing, compliance, and leadership skills to steer

Qualifications

  • Must possess a Bachelor's degree in Business, Communications, English, Journalism, Marketing, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the end-to-end proposal development lifecycle from pre-proposal planning through final submission.
  • Develop compliance matrices, proposal outlines, annotated templates, and content plans.
  • Partner with Capture Managers to identify win themes, discriminators, proof points, and strategic messaging.
  • Drive the development of executive summaries, management approaches, technical volumes, staffing plans, transition plans, and past performance narratives.
  • Lead and coordinate proposal teams including writers, editors, solution architects, SMEs, pricing analysts, subcontractors, and consultants.

Skills

Proposal management
Federal proposals
Leadership
Editing/writing
Storyboarding
Compliance
Cross-functional collaboration
Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree (Business/Communications/English/Journalism/Marketing/Information Technology/Engineering)

Tools

Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint
SharePoint
Adobe Acrobat Pro
Adobe Creative Cloud
AI-based proposal tools

Job description

Inadev is seeking a Senior Proposal Manager to lead complex Federal Government proposals from qualification through submission and oral presentations. You will collaborate with Capture, Solution Architecture, Pricing, and Executive teams to craft compliant, winning narratives across executive summaries, staffing plans, and past performance.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience managing large, competitive Federal proposals, with strong editing, compliance, and leadership skills to steer

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