Senior Proposal Manager (Federal Proposals)

Location: Hybrid, three days per week in the office at Spry HQ in McLean, VA, United States

Salary: $125,000–$145,000 per year

Company

hirify.global supports federal business development, capture, and proposal pursuits.

What you will do

• Find and qualify federal opportunities through SAM.gov, GovWin, agency forecasts, and partner leads; assess fit, competition, incumbency, timing, and bid/no-bid recommendations.
• Support capture strategy by researching customers and competitors, developing win themes and teaming options, and preparing call plans for customer meetings and industry days.
• Write technical and management sections, RFI, RFQ, and task order responses, executive summaries, cover letters, and measurable past performance narratives.
• Manage proposals from kickoff through submission by setting schedules, coordinating contributors, maintaining compliance matrices and annotated outlines, and leading color team reviews.
• Maintain CRM pipeline data, prepare pipeline reports, reconcile pricing volumes with technical and management volumes, and support pipeline reviews.
• Maintain proposal content, resumes, boilerplate, and past performance materials in SharePoint; document debriefs and provide pursuit-related leadership support.

Requirements

• 7+ years of federal proposal experience, including leading several proposals from kickoff through submission.
• Strong writing skills are mandatory; candidates must provide samples of written volumes, and finalists must complete a writing exercise.
• Experience coordinating proposals through compliance matrices, schedules, writing assignments, and color team reviews.
• Experience shaping capture strategy, win themes, and bid/no-bid recommendations.
• Experience finding and qualifying federal opportunities through SAM.gov, GovWin, or similar tools, plus supporting pipeline management in a CRM.
• Working knowledge of FAR basics, Sections L and M, and common federal contract vehicles.
• Clear and frequent communication, adaptability when priorities change, and the ability to adjust working style to different collaborators.
• U.S. citizenship and eligibility to obtain a security clearance are required. An active clearance is not required.

Nice to have

• APMP Practitioner or Shipley certification.
• Experience at a small business covering capture, proposal, and pipeline responsibilities.
• Exposure to DoD, Federal Civilian, or National Security customers.
• Experience reviewing pricing volumes for compliance and consistency with technical volumes.

Culture & Benefits

• Regular full-time employment in a hybrid arrangement with three office days per week.
• Works directly with the Director of BD while independently running proposals and multiple pursuits.
• Spry sponsors security clearances for eligible candidates.
• Selected industry days and events comprise approximately 5% of the role.

Hiring process

• Submit samples of proposal volumes personally written.
• Finalists complete a writing exercise.