ITCON Services Careers

Description

ITCON has a requirement for a proposal manager in the Washington DC area, who is looking for a new challenge in a growing small business. We find those who succeed in this role are highly motivated, flexible individuals, who are organized, quick to learn, and thrive in a fast-paced team environment.

Job Functions and Responsibilities:

• Manage strategic IT proposals for federal government clients
• Lead the proposal development process across the proposal lifecycle
• Champion proposal processes and best practices and instill positive team culture on proposal efforts involving multiple teaming partners and geographically dispersed team members
• Work independently to develop compliant proposal outlines, compliance matrices, proposal schedules, and provide leadership and direction to cross-functional teams
• Facilitate proposal strategy sessions with a combination of business development, technical subject matter experts, and teaming partner staff to document usable proposal artifacts and assess the degree to which the approach is compelling or convincing
• Manage activities of proposal section leads and writers to produce high quality proposals
• Collaborate and work closely with capture managers and project managers to ensure the effective integration of win strategies, themes, and differentiators into proposal responses
• Lead and coordinate proposal color team reviews and color team debriefs
• Lead proposal process improvement efforts proactively
• Responsible for providing input and accessibility to proposal resources including past performance, resumes, archives, and other baseline information
• Coordinate government debriefs and internal lessons learned meetings to assist with Continuous Process Improvements in the proposal process
• Support in other business development-related activities

Essential Qualifications:

• Minimum BA or BS degree in relevant field
• Minimum 2 years of proposal management experience across IDIQs, BPAs, Task Orders/Delivery Orders/Call Orders, and RFIs/Sources Sought Responses
• Minimum 2 years of experience writing proposals for the Federal Government (required), in the IT Services field (preferred)
• Shipley, APMP Foundation, or equivalent training of best practices in proposal development
• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to establish and enforce high quality standards
• Excellent communication skills and adept at employee relations, including conflict resolution
• Proficiency in writing in technical subjects and critical editing skills
• Strong organizational skills and demonstrated rigorous application of process with discipline
• Self-directed, detail-oriented with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment, balancing and prioritizing competing requirements
• Experience supervising, mentoring, and training less-experienced proposal resources
• Microsoft Office Advanced Skills (required), Microsoft Teams (preferred)
• Experience with GovWin, BGov, or other relevant business intelligence tools (preferred)
• A genuine intellectual curiosity and fondness for solving complex problems