RAND · 16 hours ago

Proposal / Sr. Proposal Manager

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

$76K/yr - $131K/yr

8+ years exp

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No H1B

Security Clearance Required

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Responsibilities

Lead proposals for federal, state, and local government, private foundations, nonprofit, and commercial clients.

Work closely with principal investigators and division staff in planning proposals to ensure that proposal sections are completed and comply with RFX specifications and instructions.

Oversee all proposal volumes and components, managing staff, timelines, inputs, and overall quality and compliance with minimal oversight from the Manager, Proposal Management.

Provide strategy development support for proposals on aligning the response to client standards and preferences, funding type(s), and around organization and structure of content within the proposal to enhance proposition of services.

Manage all volume inputs and team deliverables such as selecting and customizing past performances, resumes, and supplemental budget documents to meet client specifications, managing subcontractor inputs and overseeing team communications and deadlines.

Ensure adherence to established proposal development and management best practices, developing and updating tools, templates, and processes.

Own the resume and past performance repository, ensuring that it is up to date for use by proposal teams.

Manage RAND’s low to moderately complex proposals.

Work seamlessly with principal investigators, division staff, pricing analysts, contracts and grants staff and others to ensure timely collection and accumulation of appropriate cost and technical elements of proposals.

Ensure compliance with RFX requirements, with limited support from manager and interpretation of contractual language and implications to the proposal.

Customize resumes, bios, past performance references, and similar documents for inclusion in proposal volumes.

Maintain the reference database for these items and update as necessary.

Work with technical teams to dissect RFXs and understand required technical and business volume components.

Support win theme and approach development on low to moderately complex proposals.

Support internal and external training initiatives on limited-scope content for formal trainings on topics related to proposal development.

Maintain templates, tools, and other proposal resources for different client and funding types.

Work closely with pricing analysts, contracts and grants staff, research and analysis staff, division leadership, external affairs, and other teams on proposal components and deliverables.

Work within the CRM platform to track and monitor proposal inputs and outcomes for their opportunities.

Provide advice to proposal team member, when requested.

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