Senior Proposal Lead — Transportation (Hybrid)

AECOM; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM is seeking a Proposal Specialist III to lead major proposals and presentations from pre-RFP positioning through interviews, collaborating with the West transportation marketing team, business operations, and support staff. You will provide leadership, compliance oversight, skilled writing, and creative support for high-priority pursuits across the West.

This hybrid role can be based in Denver, CO and the Western Region, requiring expert proposal management, market research, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of relevant experience managing design proposals, in particular winning work for facility design-bid-build and design-build pursuits or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
• A developed understanding of effective proposal and presentation strategy development and compliance and writing and production.
• A detailed knowledge of marketing best practices and procedures, work processes, and tools.
• A strong working knowledge of the Creative Cloud Suite including InDesign as well as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat.
• A working knowledge of collaborative tools such as Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, etc.
• Ability to produce accurate, compliant, and compelling work independently and with others.
• Excellent writing skills, with an aptitude and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Interfaces with the business line growth team and operations to support the process of winning work.
• Leads responses to client RFI/RFQ/RFPs and applies standard pursuit processes to ensure efficiency in schedule and bid compliance.
• Responsible for print, electronic and oral proposal deliverables.
• Provides market research and competitive intelligence and leverages data systems and tools to support proposal strategy and business strategic planning efforts.
• Provides leadership and direction to pursuit teams for proposals, including schedule, templates, compliance, content planning, messaging and production.

Skills

Proposal writing

Marketing strategy

Adobe InDesign

Microsoft 365

Editing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

AECOM is seeking a Proposal Specialist III to lead major proposals and presentations from pre-RFP positioning through interviews, collaborating with the West transportation marketing team, business operations, and support staff. You will provide leadership, compliance oversight, skilled writing, and creative support for high-priority pursuits across the West.

This hybrid role can be based in Denver, CO and the Western Region, requiring expert proposal management, market research, and