Senior Proposals Lead | Federal & Environmental Growth

Stantec; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 107,000 - 161,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Wellness program

Tuition reimbursement

Paid holidays

Vacation and paid leave

Employee stock purchase program

Job summary

Stantec seeks an experienced Proposal Writer to support business development in Federal RFQ/RFPs across architecture, engineering, and environmental services. You will craft qualifications, manage capture activities, and coordinate with diverse technical staff and subcontractors.

With 15+ years in proposals, you’ll lead messaging, maintain quality standards, and drive effective storytelling for complex opportunities in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in English/Communications/Journalism/Marketing preferred.
• Minimum of 15 years of relevant professional experience writing proposals in response to DOD/federal government RFQ/RFPs in the architecture/engineering and environmental consulting services industry.
• Experience in strategic proposal management and production (up-front planning, win strategy development, proposal design, and review teams) in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience managing teams of people with demonstrated ability to coach, mentor, and provide constructive criticism in a team setting as well as one-on-one.
• Strong writing, editing, proofreading, and layout skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Director of Business Development with cross-leveling of resources, organization, and prioritization of foreseeable/projected and day-to-day capture, pursuit, and proposal workload.
• Assist Client and Practice Leads, contracts management, and marketing specialists, with organization of data, development of presentations, graphics, and compelling text for statements of qualifications, RFIs, and account planning and reporting.
• Lead and collaborate with capture leads, pursuit managers, and marketing specialists.
• Be a key player in capture and pursuit development, overseeing consistency of messaging and delivery across Client Working Groups and Accounts.
• Collect and build on lessons learned to improve the team's responsiveness and win rates over time.
• Assist with Deltek Capture Management opportunities data entry and management and associated reporting.
• Support and, as necessary, lead proposal development to include: - Define proposal structure and organization per RFP/RFQ instructions to develop responsive writing outlines, input requirements, and templates
• Be a full participant in the writing of project descriptions, personnel qualifications, description of management planning and quality control measures and other components of a typical RFQ/RFP
• Coordinate development of and communicate schedules for proposal completion
• Fully understand RFP/RFQ instructions as to all supplemental forms/requirements that must be completed
• Support development of subcontractor teaming agreements and relationships
• Craft and organize data calls to subcontractors
• Track and communicate RFQ/RFP amendments with proposal writing team
• Edit and rewrite proposal sections to achieve a concise, coherent message

Skills

Proposal writing

Strategic proposal management

Team leadership

Writing & editing

Project coordination

Interpersonal communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in English/Communications/Journalism/Marketing

Tools

Deltek Capture Management

Microsoft Office

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Photoshop

Job description

Stantec seeks an experienced Proposal Writer to support business development in Federal RFQ/RFPs across architecture, engineering, and environmental services. You will craft qualifications, manage capture activities, and coordinate with diverse technical staff and subcontractors.

With 15+ years in proposals, you’ll lead messaging, maintain quality standards, and drive effective storytelling for complex opportunities in a fast-paced environment.