Overview **Build Your Future at M.C. Dean** We're seeking people driven to excellence and inspired to have a meaningful impact powering, automating, integrating, and securing the world’s most critical infrastructure and facilities. This translates into fulfilling opportunities for employees driven to excel in a meaningful career. As an employee at M.C. Dean, you will join forces with more than 5,800 professionals who engineer and deploy automated, secure and resilient power and technology systems; and deliver the management platforms essential for long-term system sustainability. Together, we transform the way complex, large-scale systems are designed, delivered, and sustained–enhancing client outcomes, improving lives, and changing the world for the better. Our Proposal Center of Excellence (PCOE) is seeking a highly motivated **Senior Proposal Manager (Tysons, VA)** to join this high performing team. The position offers the career-minded individual the opportunity to be a team leader, supporting high profile proposals across multiple operating divisions and disciplines throughout the company. M.C. Dean provides large-scale systems and systems integration solutions for federal, defense and national security clients; state and local governments; and Fortune 100 technology, healthcare and industrial corporations. Responsibilities **Clearance/Citizen Type:** able to obtain a security clearance “The ability to obtain and maintain a US government issued security clearance is required” **Work Type:** Full-Time, Hybrid **What You’ll do:** + Prepare and manage proposals from initial request to final proposal response + Review and analyze solicitation materials and ensure proposal compliance and responsiveness to client requirements and issues + Develop proposal artifacts including proposal plan, compliance matrices, outlines, storyboards, schedules, data calls, page allocation, themes, discriminators, etc. + Work with the capture manager to lead all critical milestones in the proposal process including kickoff, color reviews and working group meetings + Write and edit proposal content, and collaborate with the design team to develop graphics, tables and charts + Monitor and measure proposal progress and completion status + Coordinate and participate in final proposal production activities + Perform Peer Reviews and contribute to the process of continual improvement within the department + Mentor junior level proposal staff + Maintain the proposal knowledge management database Qualifications **Key Requirements:** + Bachelor's degree in related field + Seven (7) or more year's hands-on proposal management experience with federal government proposals + In-depth knowledge of how to analyze a solicitation and structure a proposal to be compliant, responsive, and competitive + Understanding of the Government contracting and procurement process and Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) + Understanding of Shipley Business Development Lifecycle process + Demonstrated actions that motivate and energize a team to produce a winning proposal + Demonstrated actions proving your ability to work effectively with a diverse range of people who possess a variety of skills, experience, and personalities + Must be able to obtain a Secret clearance. **Required Skills** + Mastery of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) + Excellent time management, organization skills and attention to detail + Excellent written and verbal communication skills **Desired Skills** + Competency in MS SharePoint, GovWin, Salesforce, and Adobe CS is a plus + APMP Foundations Certification **Abilities** + Exposure to computer screens for an extended period. + Sitting for extended periods of time. + Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction. + Have finger dexterity to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard. + Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. + Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. + Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. + Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. + Identify and understand the speech of another person. \#DG