Senior Proposal Manager (Federal/DoD)

Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; remote work may be considered. The role is associated with an office setting and may require occasional travel. U.S. citizenship is required; no visa support or C2C arrangements are available.

Company

hirify.global supports federal, Department of Defense, and enterprise proposal development through its Business Development and Capture Team.

What you will do

• Lead proposal efforts from pre-RFP planning through final submission while ensuring compliance with solicitation requirements and internal processes.
• Define proposal plans, outlines, responsibilities, schedules, milestones, color team reviews, and gate reviews.
• Facilitate kickoff and progress meetings with executives, functional leaders, and proposal stakeholders.
• Develop and integrate win strategies, themes, discriminators, customer hot buttons, executive summaries, technical narratives, and management sections.
• Build and maintain RFP shred files, compliance matrices, SharePoint sites, schedules, and other proposal tools.
• Lead Gate 0–3 readiness, bid approval documentation, final production, delivery, lessons learned, and audit-ready artifact traceability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, communications, English, law, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At least four years of experience in proposal management, business development, or a related field.
• Strong proposal management, organizational, project management, written communication, and verbal communication skills.
• Strong understanding of FAR, DFARS, CFR, and federal procurement processes.
• Ability to work with senior executives and cross-functional teams under tight deadlines.
• U.S. citizenship is required, with the ability to obtain a U.S. Secret Security Clearance if necessary.

Nice to have

• Experience managing complex DoD or federal government proposals.
• APMP certification, with Practitioner as the minimum preferred level.
• NCMA certification such as CPCM or CFCM.
• Experience with capture planning and business development lifecycle processes.
• Familiarity with ERP or CLM systems such as Deltek Costpoint.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k), life insurance, educational assistance, and employee assistance programs.
• Paid time off and work-life solutions.
• Standard 9/80 schedule, providing every other Friday off when working nine-hour days Monday through Thursday.
• Office-based work with remote work potentially available and occasional travel.