Senior Proposal Strategist – Hybrid (West)

AECOM; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM is seeking a Proposal Specialist III to support transportation business-line proposals. Working with the West transportation marketing team, this role provides leadership, compliance oversight, skilled writing, and creative support for high-priority pursuits from pre-RFP positioning through interviews.

This hybrid role can be based in Denver, CO and the Western Region, with remote and in-office work schedules.

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 working knowledge of collaborative tools such as Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, etc.
• 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

Excellent writing

Multi-project management

Leadership

Attention to detail

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Creative Cloud Suite (InDesign)

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Adobe Acrobat

Microsoft Teams

SharePoint

Salesforce

Job description

AECOM is seeking a Proposal Specialist III to support transportation business-line proposals. Working with the West transportation marketing team, this role provides leadership, compliance oversight, skilled writing, and creative support for high-priority pursuits from pre-RFP positioning through interviews.

This hybrid role can be based in Denver, CO and the Western Region, with remote and in-office work schedules.