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Job Description:

Make A Difference – Join our Growing Enterprise Proposal Team

We believe we’re stronger and smarter when we work together. We believe in doing right by the missions we serve. And we believe this is the place for you to make a difference. Because you matter and everyone matters here at Parsons!

Position Overview

As a Senior Proposal Manager, you’ll champion the development and delivery of our most strategic proposals, qualifications, and other business development materials for projects within our federal business. NOTE: This position is OPEN to all 50 States, in addition to the targeted markets listed. You’ll be joining the Enterprise Proposal Operations team and work collaboratively with leadership, management, subject matter experts, Core Creative designers, and capture teams to win new business. This position will require you to adapt to changing priorities in a dynamic environment and work on multiple assignments in tandem, with overlapping schedules.

Simply put, we’re looking for a champion to drive our pursuit lifecycle, from kick-off to final submittal. We can’t wait to meet you.

How You Will Make a Difference

Manage and lead teams in the development of complex proposals and task orders to craft compliant, responsive, and compelling deliverables that solve our customers’ problems and differentiate us from the competition. Set the overall strategy for content development and maintain a high degree of decision-making authority. Hold team members accountable for their work and encourage them to stay focused and motivated throughout the process; provide timely feedback, celebrate milestones and achievements, and recognize the contributions of each team member. Provide strategic guidance and mentorship to team members. Proactively manage stakeholder relationships and communicate proposal strategies and progress to senior leadership; contribute valuable insights and recommendations to improve overall efficiency and effectiveness of the proposal management function. Refine and optimize proposal processes and best practices to drive pursuit excellence.  Perform detailed analysis of solicitation documents to assess requirements and build compliance matrices, schedules, and annotated outlines. Manage, interact, and collaborate with:  1.) Capture teams to guide proposal development efforts through the Business Acquisition Process (BAP). 2.) Subject matter experts (SMEs) to convey our winning narrative throughout the submittal. 3.) Graphics, editors, and desktop publishing teams to develop tailored templates, infographic concepts, and standards for proposal look and feel, writing style, and layout. Facilitate proposal kick-off meetings, milestone meetings, color reviews (pink, red, gold, white glove), and recovery periods to ensure quality deliverables; facilitate strategy-driven workshops (e.g., story mapping, strategy sessions, writer’s workshops) to produce compelling messaging and creative narratives. Maintain comprehensive knowledge of past successful proposal activity and use Parsons’ repositories to identify past content potentially relevant to current proposal efforts.Write non-technical portions of the response (i.e., cover letters, executive summaries, team qualifications, and various management plans) and communicate win themes and discriminators.Review all proposal drafts and final documents to ensure responsiveness, thoroughness, accuracy, and quality. Is familiar with the FAR and contract terms and provisions and can adapt them for new work as appropriate.Establish production schedules and resource plans to ensure all required proposal documents are produced properly and delivered on time.Lead team initiatives to introduce and promote efficiencies and improve win rates across the business segment. Perform other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.

What You Bring to the Table

We’re looking for someone with strong, proven skills in the following areas:

Time and people managementWriting, editing, and document organizationInterpersonal communication and strong EQCustomer service with a “get to yes” approach and mentalityOrganization, conceptual thinking, and attention to detailEffective decision-makingManaging, organizing, and prioritizing multiple submittalsStrong facilitation, leadership, and communication skills to lead capture teams through the pursuit lifecycleAbility to inspire outstanding work from team members with a range of experience and technical abilities in the development of proposal and task order responses

What You Will be Doing with Us

Lead development of compliant, comprehensive, and compelling submittals that are easy to scoreManage, schedule, write, edit, and produce multi-volume Federal task order responsesLead the proposal team’s execution of Parsons’ proposal process, development of proposal content, and adherence to requirements to create winning submissionsLead proposal teams with an encouraging, diplomatic, and collaborative demeanorProvide day-to-day leadership and direction of proposal resources with ability to communicate clearly with different groups and types of peopleFacilitate strategy sessions, kickoff meetings, tag-ups, color reviews, and other milestone meetingsWork collaboratively with capture managers and leadership to identify problems and risks and quickly mitigate themMaintain, adjust, and drive proposal schedules

What We Need from You (REQUIRED)

US citizenshipBachelor’s degree10+ years of managing and writing/editing compelling and compliant multi-volume proposals and speed of light task order cycles that have resulted in Federal contract awards with values of more than $50 millionTS/SCI clearance and experience working in a SCIF environmentExperienced developing proposals for DTRA, DHS, CBP, and/or DOE is highly desired  Capable of facilitating strategy and story mapping sessionsStrong organizational skillsAbility and willingness to travel 20-30% of the year

These Qualifications Would Be Nice to Have

Experience as a technical writerEngineering and solutioning background

What You Will Get from Us

Flexible work scheduleA fun, supportive, and collaborative teamEmployee Basic Life and AD&D InsuranceEmployee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)401(K) retirement programShort- and long-term disabilityPaid parental leaveVacation, and holiday payTuition reimbursement

Minimum Clearance Required to Start:

Top Secret

This position is part of our Corporate team.

We’re driving the future of the national security and critical infrastructure markets. Our employees work in a close-knit team environment to find new, innovative ways to deliver smart solutions that are used and valued by customers around the world. By combining unique technologies with deep domain expertise across cybersecurity, missile defense, space, connected infrastructure, transportation, smart cities, and more, we're providing tomorrow's solutions today.

Salary Range: 

$117,000.00 - $210,600.00

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!

This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to be posted for an average of 30 days until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.

We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!