Senior Proposal Manager – ROCKVILLE, MD

Senior Proposal Manager

Department: Senior Proposal Manager
Location: ROCKVILLE, MD

NIKA is hiring for a Senior Proposal Manager to join our Business Development team out!  As a member of our dynamic Growth team, your work will be integral to the success of NIKA’s growth strategy and key pursuits. This growing team is focused on winning and we’re looking for like-minded professionals to grow with us!

Primary Duties and Job Responsibilities

The Senior Proposal Manager will report to the Executive Vice President of Marketing and Proposals and be responsible for writing and managing the development, coordination, and completion of Request for Proposal (RFP) responses that are compliant and compelling.
Manage proposal development process from RFP release through production/submission.
Review and interpret Government solicitation requirements.
Coordinate resources for proposal development, writing, and production.
Develop a proposal schedule, RFP-compliant outline, compliance matrix, kickoff briefs, and proposal response material.
Assist proactively in development of strategic win themes and discriminators.
Collaborate with Capture Managers, executives, subject matter experts, and partners to provide proposal leadership, support, and overall direction.
Manage multiple proposal tasks with sometimes rapid turnaround deadlines.
Coordinate and Manage responses to Task Orders.
Harvest appropriate proposal content from previously submitted proposals.
Lead kickoff meetings, color team reviews and debriefs, and daily status meetings for price and non-price volumes.
Oversee the development of high quality, high impact artwork and graphics for proposals.
Ensure win themes and strategies are expressed in proposal.
Maintain quality and document version control throughout the proposal process.
Assist with ongoing improvements for proposal processes, tools, templates, archives, boilerplate material.
Work closely with NIKA executives, technical professionals, business partners, and others to coordinate business proposal processes including – proposal schedules, proposal writing assignments, graphics support, content reviews/ editing, content compliance reviews, and related services.
Manage the NIKA corporate proposal library/online repository and provide configuration management, along with tailored content to proposal writers based on previously written material (i.e., Graphics, Presentations, Executive Summaries, Technical and Management Approaches, Past Performance, Resumes, etc.)
Must be able to work well within a team and be comfortable in a very fluid, fast-paced, and performance-based environment, building and responding to both short and long-term projects, deliverables and plans.
Flexible and open to changing schedules and priorities and managing multiple tasks simultaneously within compressed time frames.

Essential Skills

Must have 10+ years of federal government Proposal Management experience.
Industry experience is required
Strong verbal/written communication skills. Exceptional facilitation and presentation skills.
Ability to effectively and professionally interact with partners and subcontractors.

Strong organizational and time-management capabilities, as well as verbal communications skills.
Strong writing and editing skills, especially for technical documents – including commensurate expertise with advanced features of MS Word for document design, layout, and formatting; MS PowerPoint, Excel, and others (e.g., Adobe).
Experience in supporting the development of Federal Requests for Proposals including compliant, customer-focused proposal sections.
Familiarity with federal government contracting, solicitations, and RFP process is required.
Familiarity with Government procurement sites such as GovWin, FBO, etc.
A customer service mindset and approach are critical.
Ability to organize, prioritize, and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
Ability to work well both in a team and independently.
Experience with graphics, desktop publishing or related field is desired.

 

Education, Training, and Certifications

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in English, Business, Communications, or related field.

NIKA provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law.  Further, NIKA takes affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and employees are treated during employment without regard to any of these characteristics.  Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.