Bid Manager (Public Sector)

Location: United States

Salary: $68,100–$104,700 USD annually

Company

Zayo provides mission-critical bandwidth and communications infrastructure, including dark fiber, private data networks, wavelengths, Ethernet, and dedicated Internet access across North America and Europe.

What you will do

• Lead assigned RFI, RFQ, RFP, and other RFx opportunities from qualification through final submission.
• Manage proposal strategy, schedules, compliance matrices, outlines, templates, action trackers, production, packaging, and electronic submission.
• Coordinate Sales, Capture, Product, Engineering, Legal, Pricing, Security, Operations, Marketing, Contracts, executives, reviewers, and subject matter experts.
• Analyze solicitation requirements, evaluation criteria, and compliance obligations.
• Draft, edit, and review proposal content, ensuring accurate messaging, win themes, technical solutions, customer value propositions, and executive communications.
• Identify risks, facilitate proposal reviews, maintain records and metrics, and improve reusable content and proposal processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 3–5+ years of proposal, bid, capture, or project management experience.
• Experience managing complex RFx responses, including public sector procurements.
• Excellent writing, editing, communication, organization, and project management skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills and experience with proposal management tools.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent pursuits under aggressive deadlines, including occasional work outside normal business hours during critical proposal periods.

Nice to have

• Additional experience supporting public sector procurements.

Culture & Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Retirement 401(k) savings plan.
• Paid time off, including paid parental leave.
• Potential eligibility for an annual incentive plan.