Proposal Manager

Harmonia (www.harmonia.com) is a rapidly growing, award-winning HUBZone-certified woman-owned company delivering cutting edge innovative technology solutions to federal agencies and commercial clients. We have been on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies in the US for the past 5 years running and were selected to be on the Fed 100 this year. Every bit of our success is the result of a team of incredibly talented, dedicated and focused professionals who are the heart and soul of Harmonia!

Essential Job Functions:

• Managing the proposal development process for new business opportunities in response to US government RFPs.
• Analyzing the RFP, prepares proposal outlines, and ensuring compliance with RFP requirements.
• Establishing, distributing, and managing proposal schedules and drives progress towards established deadlines.
• Monitoring status of proposal development-related documents for completeness, compliance with RFP requirements, and inclusion of win themes and discriminators.
• Work closely with Business Development to ensure winning messages are incorporated within each proposal, and consistency across all volumes.
• Communicating necessary document edits and updates with Subject Matter Experts, Technical Writers, and Managers.
• Coordinating and preparing final production of proposals to include obtaining final approvals and tracking final submission.
• Additional proposal development roles may include leading and participating in proposal reviews, leading sections and/or volumes, technical writing and editing, and maintaining proposal libraries.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in English, Journalism, Marketing, Communications, Business, Engineering/Science, or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of substantive and demonstrable federal proposal, solicitation and/or project management experience, preferably with Total Contract Value ranging from $75million and up.
• Demonstrated understanding of proposal development process and management techniques.
• Complete understanding of RFP structure and the ability to review and assess RFP requirements.
• Experience with large program and multi-award (IDIQ, BPA) type proposals.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, and MS SharePoint, document configuration management tools, and Adobe Acrobat.
• Strong leadership, organizational, planning, communication, and time management skills; the ability to multi-task and work against strict deadlines is critical.
• Strict attention to detail – must be detail oriented.
• Ability to review and edit proposal content for clarity, grammar, and proper use of technical or customer terminology.
• Availability and willingness to work long hours on short notice during high volume proposal development periods.
• Ability to travel occasionally.