Proposal Manager
Voyig
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Leads complex proposals with general guidance. Collaborates with technical staff and writes/reviews/edits original content for clarity, compliance and key messages. Works with graphic design staff to plan and produce materials ensuring all proposal materials are effectively communicating the strategic vision identified for a given pursuit.
- Works with individual pursuit teams to develop pursuit strategies, including providing business intelligence on clients and competitors.
- Organizes and facilitates pursuit strategy meetings.
- Leads and supports interview coaching and presentation development for shortlist interviews.
- Leads debriefing activities post procurement.
- Assists in the ongoing development and refinement of QA procedures, and serves as quality control review of materials developed by Department.
- Oversees quality of deliverables and compliance with company procedures.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Bachelor’s Degree in English, Communications, or related field is required. Minimum five years of proposal preparation/management experience in the construction, engineering, or architecture industry for Proposal Manager Role.
- Ability to understand and convey complex technical concepts in a manner that is readable and professional.
- Excellent leadership and communication skills, including the ability to work positively and professionally with various levels of staff throughout the organization.
- Proficiency in business writing, technical editing, proofreading, document formatting skills.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
- Demonstrated commitment to achieving perfection in work product.
- Strong ability to perform multiple tasks in an organized manner and concurrently and at the direction of various people.
- Willingness to travel within the United States and Canada, occasionally including weekends and evenings.
- Flexibility to work the necessary hours (including weekends and evenings) to maintain the proposal schedule.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Power Point) and Adobe Acrobat.
- Competency/experience with Adobe InDesign.