Strategic Federal Proposal Lead

GuidePoint Security, LLC; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

GuidePoint Security, LLC is seeking a Senior Proposal Manager to own cradle-to-grave proposal lifecycle for Federal opportunities including DoD, Intelligence Community, and Civilian agencies. You will drive compliant, competitive, and on-time submissions while coordinating Sales, Pre-Sales Engineering, Legal, Contracts, and vendor partners.

The role requires managing multiple concurrent proposals, developing win strategies, and leading kickoff meetings and lessons-learned sessions.

Responsibilities

• Own the cradle-to-grave proposal lifecycle from opportunity qualification through submission, including compliance matrices, outlines, contributor coordination, reviews, and production.
• Manage multiple concurrent Federal proposals with competing deadlines, ensuring quality and compliance with solicitation requirements (FAR/DFARS).
• Develop and enforce proposal schedules, assign action items, and hold contributors accountable to deadlines.
• Conduct proposal kickoff meetings, color team reviews (Pink, Red, Gold), and lessons-learned sessions after award decisions.
• Build and maintain a library of reusable proposal content including past performance narratives, corporate capability statements, and boilerplate language.
• Analyze solicitation documents to identify requirements and evaluation criteria and develop win strategies in coordination with capture and sales teams.
• Support the go/no-go decision process by providing proposal-readiness assessments, risk identification, and resource availability inputs.

Job description

GuidePoint Security, LLC is seeking a Senior Proposal Manager to own cradle-to-grave proposal lifecycle for Federal opportunities including DoD, Intelligence Community, and Civilian agencies. You will drive compliant, competitive, and on-time submissions while coordinating Sales, Pre-Sales Engineering, Legal, Contracts, and vendor partners.

The role requires managing multiple concurrent proposals, developing win strategies, and leading kickoff meetings and lessons-learned sessions.