Senior Proposal Manager

Company: REI Systems
Location: Sterling
Posted on: April 8, 2021

Job Description:

REI Systems is experiencing phenomenal growth -- more than 30% year over year. Led by a strong Chief Growth Officer, the company has an impressive track record for winning federal contracts. We are projecting 25% growth in 2021 alone, and our strategic plan, pipeline, great client relationships, excellent past performance, and best-in-class contract vehicles position us to win even more opportunities beyond 2021.
Would you like to be part of an exceptional, winning team? As Proposal Manager, you will work closely with the Director of Proposal Operations, BD/Capture Managers, Executive Leadership, and Technical SMES to lead and oversee the development and submission of compliant, winning federal IT proposals.
REI is a four-time, award-winning Washington Post Top Workplaces company. If you are looking for a company that will appreciate your hard work, provide you career development, expand your skills and experience, and make your work fun, apply today! We offer great benefits and compensation for our Growth Team. We can't wait to meet you!
Work location: All staff is remote during COVID restrictions. Once restrictions are lifted, remote candidates must be available to travel to our Sterling, VA office as needed. Will consider remote candidates who reside within a 3 hour radius of Sterling office.
Responsibilities

• Independently manage 2-3 high-value, high-complexity proposal efforts
• Actively participate in the pre-RFP capture process, working closely with the pursuit team to ensure execution of the win strategy and sufficient preparation for successful proposals
• Facilitate the development of win themes and differentiators, ensuring they are updated, validated, communicated, and incorporated in the proposal
• Read and interpret RFP requirements to validate capture assumptions and solution design, participating in the bid/no-bid decision
• Develop the proposal schedule and ensure deadlines realistic/achievable
• Prepare the Proposal Production Plan to ensure compliance with proposal delivery requirements
• Maintain configuration control of documents and deliverables in SharePoint
• Facilitate solution, review, and communication meetings
• Perform Quality Assurance (QA) inspection of all proposal deliverables
• Perform hardcopy and electronic proposal production and submission
• Deconflict proposal schedules across the organization, ensuring all deadlines are achievable
• Design, build, and maintain the REI proposal knowledge management framework in a SharePoint environment
• Maintain and improve the REI proposal process, ensuring consistent use across the organization
  Qualifications
  • 10 years Federal Government contracting proposal development experience
  • 7 years Federal Government contracting proposal management experience
  • 5 years SharePoint management and administration
  • 10 years' experience with the MS Office Suite - highly proficient with MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint
  • Proven experience leading and winning proposals in the Federal civilian market valued over $30 million ($500 million if multiple award)
  • Strong interpersonal communication
  • Project management
  • Understanding of win themes and differentiators
  • Strong written communication
  • Organizational process improvement and process design
  • Knowledge management framework design and implementation
  • Meeting and working group facilitation
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • CP/CPP APMP or similar desired

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