Senior Proposal Manager — Federal Bids & Compliance

AeroVironment, Inc.; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 81,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401K with company matching

9/80 work schedule

Job summary

AeroVironment, Inc. is seeking a Senior Proposal Manager to lead end-to-end proposal development from planning through delivery.

You will assemble resources, manage high-visibility programs, mentor junior staff, and ensure compliance with solicitation requirements across multiple large-scale bids. The role requires a Master’s degree, 10 years of federal proposal experience, and strong writing, communication, and process-management skills.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in relevant discipline is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Minimum of 10 years' experience working in Federal Government proposal development using the Shipley or similar proposal process.
• Working experience and thorough understanding of FAR/DFAR compliance with regard to US Government solicitations.
• Experienced in the aerospace or defense industry and has a clear understanding of the Business Development life-cycle.
• Demonstrated proposal writing excellence with comprehensive knowledge of solicitation analysis, developing compliance matrices, and generating proposal outlines.
• Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Demonstrates high caliber of communication skills, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for assembling required resources, skills, and matrixed support functions to develop proposal content and conformance to solicitation requirements.
• Successfully manages multiple large-scale proposals at one time.
• Mentors and tasks lower-level proposal managers with minor tasks.
• Provides tech writing and editing support to proposal efforts as needed.
• Manages proposals with high visibility among executive leadership team.
• Creates and implements proposal processes and procedures in accordance with best practices.
• Leads and participates in color team reviews, in accordance with best practices.
• Creates and successfully executes a thorough proposal schedule, meeting all proposal milestones set.
• Creates compliance matrix and proposal outline to track and ensure compliance with solicitation.
• Manages overall content design, development and review as well as overseeing proposal production and delivery activities.
• Manages proposal configuration control.
• Works with segment leadership and multiple functional groups to ensure clean execution and compliance of proposals and reviews.

Skills

Proposal management

Federal government proposals

Color team reviews

Communication skills

Independent judgment

Education

Master's Degree

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

AeroVironment, Inc. is seeking a Senior Proposal Manager to lead end-to-end proposal development from planning through delivery.

You will assemble resources, manage high-visibility programs, mentor junior staff, and ensure compliance with solicitation requirements across multiple large-scale bids. The role requires a Master’s degree, 10 years of federal proposal experience, and strong writing, communication, and process-management skills.