Proposal Manager

Position Title: Proposal Manager

Location: Tampa, FL

Responsibilities Include (but not limited to):

• Manage the successful development of compliant, competitive, cogent, and compelling proposals through effective collaboration across teams that include internal staff, corporate partners, consultants, and supporting vendors.
• Apply experience and best practices in proposal team management to ensure the timely delivery of proposal submissions that are fully compliant with solicitation instructions.
• Develop and deliver training materials for Business Development and other staff to continuously improve our corporate proposal operations.
• Lead and analyze RFI, RFQ, RFPs and other bid documents for requirements.
• Develop the proposal schedule, outline, compliance matrix, and Proposal Development Plan.
• Work with the Business Development team and Capture Manager to determine author assignments and integrate win strategy, themes, and discriminators into proposal.
• Provide insight, leadership, and work guidance to authors on all proposal content.
• Take ownership of the quality of the proposal for color reviews and final delivery by performing rigorous quality assurance checks on draft and final documents.
• Prepare and lead efficient Proposal Kickoff meetings and daily status calls, ensuring activities adhere to the Proposal Development Plan.
• Conduct activities required to successfully perform color reviews and debrief to authors.
• Manage the development of oral presentations, discussions, and proposal revisions.
• Ensure the high-quality content and appearance of final proposal deliverables.
• Conduct and document proposal lessons learned and implement actions to improve process efficiency.
• Coordinate and support the production, reproduction, binding, and packaging in finalizing the proposal submission and response processes