Proposal Manager

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $140k - $180k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🔴 Lead

📄 Proposal Manager

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Lynker

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2007

💼 Consulting

🔬 Science

Consulting • Science • Engineering

Lynker is a premier science, engineering, and technology company that specializes in providing innovative solutions in weather and climate science, marine/ocean science and engineering, and space weather and space climate. The company partners with governments, communities, and industries to deliver impactful services that address global environmental security and economic prosperity. By leveraging a team of skilled scientists, engineers, and educators, Lynker tackles some of the nation’s most important missions and challenges, while also focusing on training, communications, and outreach for effective environmental policy and compliance.

📋 Description

• Lead complex Federal proposals from solicitation analysis through final submission, including strategic pursuits valued at $100M–$300M+ and concurrent task-order or rapid-response proposals • Develop and manage proposal schedules, compliance matrices, outlines, assignment matrices, review schedules, production plans, and submission requirements • Translate solicitation requirements and evaluation criteria into proposal strategies, section structures, writing assignments, and reviewer guidance • Lead kickoff meetings, daily standups, solution sessions, color-team reviews, recovery meetings, and final production activities • Maintain compliance with solicitation instructions, evaluation criteria, amendments, Q&As, page limits, formatting requirements, and submission procedures • Coordinate with capture managers to turn capture strategy, customer insight, competitive positioning, win themes, discriminators, and solution concepts into proposal content • Write, rewrite, edit, and integrate proposal content • Identify weaknesses, gaps, inconsistencies, unsupported claims, and compliance risks • Manage proposal partners, subcontractor inputs, resumes, past performance, technical contributions, and data calls • Coordinate graphics, desktop publishing, quality control, document production, and electronic submission • Maintain proposal records, lessons learned, reusable content, and final artifacts • Lead large proposals involving technical disciplines, business units, subcontractors, consultants, and executives • Facilitate technical, management, staffing, transition, past-performance, and corporate-experience narratives • Manage task-order, BPA, IDIQ, rapid-turn, RFI, sources-sought, capability-statement, and oral-presentation submissions • Improve capture-to-proposal handoffs, readiness criteria, gate reviews, color-team processes, compliance reviews, and post-submission activities • Develop proposal templates, checklists, SOPs, review guidance, reusable content, and proposal-management tools • Maintain proposal metrics and recommend process improvements • Partner with the CGO, Capture Managers, Business Unit Leaders, pricing, contracts, recruiting, technical SMEs, and executive leadership • Establish roles, deadlines, and accountability across proposal teams • Mentor proposal coordinators, writers, technical contributors, and less-experienced proposal personnel • Support surge proposal activity as needed

🎯 Requirements

• 8–12+ years of progressively responsible Federal proposal management, proposal development, capture/proposal integration, or related experience • Experience serving as lead Proposal Manager on major Federal procurements, preferably including proposals valued at $100M–$300M+ • Ability to manage multiple concurrent proposals, including task-order and rapid-turn competitions • Strong knowledge of Federal procurement processes and proposal practices, including FAR-based acquisitions, IDIQs, GWACs, BPAs, task orders, and best-value competitions • Proficiency developing compliance matrices, proposal outlines, schedules, writing assignments, review plans, and production schedules • Understanding of Federal evaluation methodologies • Ability to lead Pink Team, Red Team, Gold Team, compliance, and final-production reviews • Exceptional writing, rewriting, editing, and document-integration skills • Ability to convert complex technical information into clear, persuasive, evaluator-focused proposal language • Experience coordinating subcontractors, consultants, SMEs, executives, and geographically distributed proposal teams • Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and make sound decisions under compressed deadlines • Strong interpersonal, facilitation, organizational, and executive communication skills • Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint, Teams, and collaborative document-development environments • Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience • Experience supporting NOAA, NASA, DoD, DHS, DOE, DOI, FAA, or other Federal science, engineering, environmental, or mission-technology customers • Experience with science, engineering, environmental services, AI/ML, cloud/HPC, cybersecurity, software development, data systems, or mission-critical IT proposals • Experience managing proposals for a growing small or mid-tier Federal contractor • Experience supporting unrestricted and small-business acquisitions • Experience with technical solution development, oral presentations, scenario-based evaluations, or technical challenges • Experience supporting proposal pricing, staffing, workshare, and teaming strategy development • Experience developing or improving formal BD, capture, and proposal processes • Shipley proposal training, APMP certification, or equivalent formal proposal-management training • Experience with TechnoMile CRM, GovWin IQ, SharePoint, and Federal opportunity-tracking systems • Must be eligible to work in the United States, as indicated by the USA Only designation and E-Verify employer status

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare for the employee at no monthly cost • Medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage • Personal Time Off (PTO) policy • Paid holidays • 401(k) retirement plan with company matching • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) • Flexible spending accounts • Employee assistance program (EAP) • Short- and long-term disability insurance • Life and accident insurance • Tuition assistance, training, and workforce improvement reimbursement per year • Spot bonuses for exceptional performance • Annual Employee Recognition Awards with bonuses • Employee Referral Program • Free centralized, self-directed Learning Management System • Personalized career growth plans for every employee • Flexible remote work arrangement