Proposal Manager

Company: AnaVation LLC
Location: Chantilly, VA

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The Proposal Manager is primarily responsible for managing and writing proposals in support of AnaVation’s growth goals, Will report directly to the Principal responsible for Strategic Pursuits/Operations. Will work closely with senior leadership, capture/business owners, other proposal managers, engineers, proposal coordinator, and operations staff.

Responsibilities: Provide full lifecycle proposal management, writing support, editing, ensuring compliance, resolving issues, coordinating among key stakeholders, and analyzing solicitations. This includes, but not limited to:

  • Leads and participates in collaborative sessions to refine win strategy, competitive assessments, and customer pain points or hot buttons.
  • Work with proposal coordinator to ensures development and distribution of appropriate proposal-related documentation, including compliance matrices, style guides, outlines, schedules, writing guidance, and kick-off presentations.
  • Coordinates with the contracts and pricing staff on cost and contractual volumes to ensure appropriate schedules and inputs.
  • Authors appropriate proposal sections and help design graphic concepts.
  • Works with the engineering staff to assist in the design of the technical solutions for the proposals;
  • Reviews proposal content for compliance and cohesiveness.
  • Envisions the entire proposal, ties in the win themes, reviews with the other groups, runs through daily meetings, understands and manages the entire proposal.
  • Provide Capture Analysis/Management Support (secondary)

Qualifications

Required:

  • Bachelor’s Degree.
  • 5+ years’ experience in Federal Proposal Development.
  • Must work well under pressure and able to meet deadlines.
  • Strong business acumen, with willingness and ability to learn additional skills.
  • Excellent organizational skills.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to prioritize and manage a number of projects simultaneously; able to be hands-on as well as strategic.
  • Positive attitude and works well with others.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to interface with all levels of management; ability to project a confident leadership image to peers, subordinates and executive management.
  • Exceptional skills in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
  • Proposal Repository Management experience
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Security Clearance

Desired:

  • Experience with leading and supporting complex proposals in the DoD, Federal Civilian and Intelligence sectors.
  • Experience with video oral proposal presentations.
  • Experience using a CRM Tool such as Salesforce