MANAGER, PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS

Concurrent Technologies Corporation

Johnstown, PA or National Capital Region (preferred)

Minimum Clearance Required: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Employee Background Check Required

Responsible for the leadership and management of the Company's proposal development processes, tools, artifacts, managing proposal, competitive research, and competitive analysis. Partner with Division Leaders for proposal success.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing proposal development efforts to include planning, organizing, and leading proposal teams to submission of a compliant and compelling proposal response.

• Coordinate and manage proposal development support, including analyzing proposal development best practices, market competitiveness (market analysis, competitive intelligence, and competitive analysis), price-to-win support.

• Develop and lead the proposal development processes and systems. Take a lead role in implementing these processes and plans to spur proposal innovation and excellence across the organization, directly improving our probability of win, and ensuring proposals are compliant with government requirements and deadlines.

• Perform research associated with the marketplace and sharing of market intelligence gleaned from business intelligence tools.

• Oversee all proposals through mentoring, leadership, and management of assigned employees and directing proposal development activities. In addition, performs as a hands-on proposal manager for select opportunities.

• Manages the staff and external consulting relationships to ensure staffing matches the proposal development workload

• Work with divisional leadership to determine the appropriate pre-proposal activities (win strategies, solutioning, graphics, drafting) and incorporating this in the overall proposal plan

• Coordinates with divisional leadership and the Capture Manager to drive proposal thought leadership, storyboarding, win strategy, and solutioning.

• Manages B&P budget and schedule.

• Develops and implements an educational/training strategy to continually improve the company's ability to win proposals.

• Develops, manages, and continually improves tools to support proposals including reusable content libraries, past performance, templates, and other similar capabilities.

• Interfaces with division leaders on a regular basis to develop and maintain an overall company Proposal Plan to include current proposals, imminent proposals, and proposals expected within a 1-year timeframe. The Proposal Plan is used to coordinate with Division Heads on resource planning, assignment of roles, and determining how far ahead of RFP to work on solutioning, developing win strategies, storyboarding, drafting, etc.

Basic Qualifications:

• MA/MS in Business, the Social Sciences, the Liberal Arts, or related academic field plus at least 8 years directly related experience or

• BA/BS in Business, the Social Sciences, the Liberal Arts, or related academic field plus at least 10 years directly related experience.    

Preferred Qualifications and Skills:

• Demonstrated experience in government contracts and leading proposal development initiatives.

• At least 5 years hands-on experience with all aspects of proposal development/management.

• At least 3 years supervising other proposal development roles (technical writing, editing, graphics, color reviews, subject matter experts, etc.).

• At least 3 years project management experience.

Why CTC?

• Our teams at CTC are passionate and thrive on collaboration in a team environment.

• When we encounter a difficult problem, we have a variety of talented and diverse employees that work together to solve the toughest challenges.

• Competitive salary and benefits package.

• Although our work at CTC is extremely important, we also recognize the need for our employees to maintain a proper mix of work and personal life.

• Visit www.ctc.com (http://www.ctc.com/) to learn more!

Join us! CTC offers exceptional career growth, cutting edge technology, educational opportunities, and recognition for quality work.

https://concurrent-technologies-corporation.breezy.hr/

Staffing Requisition: SR# 2024-0085

“We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.”