Proposal Manager

Location: United States. Work location may change based on client requirements.

Salary: $90,000–$110,000 per year, plus potential overtime pay, benefits, and bonuses.

Company

Kearney & Company provides financial services, including auditing, consulting, and technology services, with an exclusive focus on government clients.

What you will do

• Manage proposal teams from bid approval through award for complex government solicitations.
• Develop proposal documentation, including compliance matrices, outlines, assignments, responsibility matrices, presentations, and final proposal packages.
• Lead strategy sessions with capture teams, subject matter experts, business development, and senior leadership.
• Coordinate kickoff meetings, status meetings, color reviews, debriefs, and recovery strategy sessions.
• Manage proposal content and workspaces in Salesforce, SpringCM, SharePoint, and Microsoft Teams.
• Oversee quality assurance, compliance, graphics, editing, production, packaging, and delivery of final proposals.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• At least five years of experience managing proposal development or proposal processes, preferably for U.S. Federal Government solicitations.
• Excellent communication, organizational, multitasking, and problem-solving skills with strong attention to detail.
• Advanced Microsoft Word skills and working knowledge of Teams, Excel, and PowerPoint; SharePoint and Salesforce experience is preferred.
• Ability to work independently in a high-stress, deadline-driven environment, including evenings, weekends, or overtime when required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Government security clearance.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible, collaborative, and open-minded work environment.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, accidental death and dismemberment, and disability insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan, 529 education savings plan, flexible spending account, and health savings account.
• Paid holidays, vacation, and sick time.
• Additional accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, legal, and pet insurance, plus employee assistance, fitness, and wellness benefits.