Strategic Space Sales & Proposals Lead

Moog; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual profit sharing

401k matching

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Relocation assistance

Flexible Spending & Health Savings

Job summary

Moog Space Division seeks a Sales and Proposal Manager to lead the end-to-end response process for RFIs and RFPs, ensuring compliant, winning proposals on time. This onsite role at Buffalo/Niagara Falls locations collaborates with the Growth and Strategy Team and requires interfacing with customers and internal SMEs.

The candidate will manage proposal lifecycle, schedules, and resources, while leveraging CRM data and KPIs to improve performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Business.
• 5+ years of experience in Sales, Proposal process management, Engineering, or Program Management including lead customer interface.
• Experience using CRM tools to track customer interactions, opportunities and bookings forecasting.
• Strong program/project management experience.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills; ability to influence without direct reporting.

Responsibilities

• Promote customer intimacy and relationships that foster growth with key customers.
• Lead the proposal lifecycle from intake to post-submission debriefs.
• Manage proposal budget, track status, and maintain archives and CRM metrics.
• Lead cross-functional proposal teams aligning BD, SMEs, cost, pricing, legal and finance.
• Ensure compliance and quality; support legal, contract and compliance reviews of proposals.
• Participate in proposal elements including competitor assessment, strategic fit, price-to-win, risks and opportunities, resources and lead times.
• Drive timeline and resource allocation; create schedules, assign tasks, track milestones, ensure on-time submission.
• Oversee reviews and approvals; organize content reviews and consolidate feedback.
• Maintain content and templates; build a proposal library with boilerplate language and references.
• Assist in optimizing processes and tools (workflows, automation, content management, version control).
• Support performance and improvement initiatives using KPIs to drive process improvements.

Skills

CRM tools

Program management

Communication

Collaboration

Space industry experience

Security clearance

Willing to travel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Business

Job description

Moog Space Division seeks a Sales and Proposal Manager to lead the end-to-end response process for RFIs and RFPs, ensuring compliant, winning proposals on time. This onsite role at Buffalo/Niagara Falls locations collaborates with the Growth and Strategy Team and requires interfacing with customers and internal SMEs.

The candidate will manage proposal lifecycle, schedules, and resources, while leveraging CRM data and KPIs to improve performance.