Senior Proposal Manager - Federal Bids & Strategy

KODA Technologies; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Professional development

Job summary

KODA Technologies is seeking a Senior Proposal Manager to lead end-to-end federal proposal development, from RFP release to final submission. You will coordinate with Business Unit Leads, Contracts, Finance, and technical staff to produce compliant, compelling responses on time.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, deadline-driven, with excellent writing and editing skills, and deep knowledge of government procurement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Communications, English, Marketing, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Seven or more years of experience in federal government proposal development or management
• Strong understanding of the federal government proposal development and procurement process.
• Excellent writing, editing, proofreading, and verbal communication skills.
• Strong project management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Ability to coordinate effectively with executives, technical experts, business development personnel, and external partners. Strong communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to proposal compliance and quality.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint.
• Ability to work extended or flexible hours when required to meet proposal deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end proposal development process for federal government solicitations, including RFPs, RFQs, RFIs, task orders, and other responses.
• Review and analyze solicitation requirements, amendments, instructions, evaluation criteria, and contract requirements.
• Develop proposal schedules, outlines, compliance matrices, writing assignments, and other proposal management tools.
• Plan and lead proposal kickoff meetings, status meetings, and proposal review sessions.
• Coordinate proposal inputs from technical staff Contracts, Finance, Human Resources, subcontractors, and other contributors.
• Manage proposal schedules and deadlines to ensure timely completion of all required activities and deliverables.
• Write, edit, and integrate proposal content to ensure consistency, clarity, responsiveness, and alignment with solicitation requirements.
• Ensure proposals comply with solicitation instructions, page limitations, formatting requirements, and submission requirements.
• Manage proposal reviews, including Pink Team, Red Team, Gold Team, or other company-established review processes.
• Incorporate reviewer comments and coordinate final proposal revisions.
• Manage final proposal production, quality control, and submission.
• Provide training and mentorship to proposal team members and aspiring proposal team members

Skills

Proposal development

Federal contracting

Editing & writing

Project management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

SharePoint

Teams

Job description

KODA Technologies is seeking a Senior Proposal Manager to lead end-to-end federal proposal development, from RFP release to final submission. You will coordinate with Business Unit Leads, Contracts, Finance, and technical staff to produce compliant, compelling responses on time.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, deadline-driven, with excellent writing and editing skills, and deep knowledge of government procurement.