Senior Proposal Manager

SEAKR; Centennial (CO); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Year-end bonus

Paid leave

Job summary

SEAKR Engineering, LLC is seeking a Sr. Proposal Manager to lead cross-functional teams in responding to new business requests within the space electronics sector.

You will manage proposals from RFQ/RFI to RFP, coordinating pricing, schedules, and technical content to deliver winning responses. The role requires an extensive engineering background, leadership in cost and schedule development, and strong communication and negotiation skills.

Qualifications

• Understanding of proposal best practices, processes and tools.
• Ability to convey messages and discriminators with a common voice.
• Demonstrated ability to lead pricing and scheduling efforts.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Experience writing, evaluating, and managing proposals.
• Ability to develop and adhere to a schedule.
• Strong problem solving and negotiation skills.
• Proven leadership in cross-functional teams.
• US Citizenship.

Responsibilities

• Assemble and lead proposal development teams.
• Manage responses to RFQ, RFI, ROM, and RFP requests.
• Create and drive proposal schedules and deliverables.
• Lead writing of proposal content including pricing and technical volumes.
• Develop and review Basis of Estimates (BOEs).
• Coordinate answers to Fact-Finding questions.
• Lead story-boarding and proposal strategy development.
• Support win themes and discriminators.
• Coordinate major meetings like Bid/No-bid, Kick-off, and Pricing Reviews.
• Maintain business metrics for campaigns and analyze debriefs for continuous improvement.

Skills

Team leadership

Proposal management

Cost & schedule management

Negotiation

Written and verbal communication

Problem solving

Interpersonal skills

Space/aerospace knowledge

Clear messaging / discriminators

TS/SCI clearance (plus) or ability to

Education

Bachelor's in Business Administration, Engineering, Communications or related field

Tools

MS Office Suite

MS Project

Proposal writing tools

Job description

• US Citizenship.

Join SEAKR Engineering, a leading-edge provider of advanced electronics for space applications. Pushing the boundaries of technology on a mission to change the world for the better from space.

Job Description

SEAKR® Engineering, LLC (SEAKR) is seeking a Sr. Proposal Manager to lead cross-functional teams to respond to new business requests. This is an exciting growth position at growing company in one of the world’s most fascinating industries. In this key position, you will lead, contribute to, and manage cross-functional teams of highly capable space electronics experts to develop quality, winning proposals. If you are highly motivated, love challenging yourself, demand excellence, and love helping teams elevate to new heights, then this position is for you!

The ideal candidate has an extensive Engineering background with the demonstrated ability to lead proposal pricing and scheduling efforts in an extremely fast paced environment.

This role's primary responsibilities will be:

• Assemble and lead highly effective proposal development teams


• Manage the process for generating responses to requests from potential customers including but not limited to: requests for quotes (RFQ), requests for information (RFI), requests for Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) estimates, and requests for proposal (RFP) responses


• Create and drive proposal schedules as required, and will work closely with the proposal team to maintain scheduled deliverables up to final proposal submittal


• Lead and contribute to the writing of proposal content including the management, pricing, and technical volumes


• Lead the development and review of Basis of Estimates (BOEs) for proposal pricing


• Coordinate the answers of Fact-Finding questions received from proposal recipients


• Working with Business Development and other stakeholders, lead effective story-boarding and development of proposal strategies


• Support the development of strategic win themes and discriminators


• Coordinate and lead major project meeting events such as Bid/No-bid Meetings, Kick-off Meetings, Strategy Meetings, Pricing Reviews, and Executive Reviews


• Maintain business metrics in support of SEAKR’s business campaigns


• Support and analyze debriefs, gathering client feedback, and help implement continuous improvements ideas.

Qualifications

• A thorough understanding of proposal best practices, processes and tools, including how to convey messages and discriminators, use of a common voice and past performance, and ensuring responses to evaluation criteria are clearly met.


• Demonstrated team leadership ability


• Demonstrated Engineering knowledge and the ability to interact with multiple Engineering disciplines


• Demonstrated ability leading cost and schedule creation for an Engineering effort


• Strong written and verbal skills


• Strong negotiation skills


• Proficiency in MS Office Suite including MS Project, and proposal writing tools


• Experience writing, evaluating, and/or managing proposals


• Developing and adhering to a schedule


• Driven to achieve results, solve problems, and remove obstacles


• Ability to balance interpersonal skills and project management skills


• Excellent interpersonal skills (good listening, coaching, presenting, motivating, problem solving)


• An active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph a plus or have the ability to obtain


• Minimum Requirements


• Bachelors in Business Administration, Engineering, Communications or related field


• At least 10 years of combined Engineering and proposal management experience in the space / aerospace industry is desired


• US Citizenship.

Additional Information

Compensation: Base salary range is $130,000-170,000 , depending on qualifications.

• SEAKR has very rich medical, dental and vision insurance plans, along with a generous 401(k) retirement plan.


• In addition to base salary, employees are eligible for a year-end bonus.


• SEAKR offers a variety of paid leave, such as vacation, sick, bereavement, and FMLA.

This role will be based primarily onsite with limited hybrid flexibility.

SEAKR is an Equal Opportunity Employer - All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

US Citizenship Required

Applications will be accepted until 8/20/26.