{"id":3653113,"url":"https://alion.io/job/spry-methods-senior-proposal-manager","title":"Senior Proposal Manager","company":{"id":6239,"name":"Spry Methods","domain":"sprymethods.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/spry-methods-inc","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Lever","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":76,"open_postings":4,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.75,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":84,"computed_at":"2026-11-03T05:54:40Z"}},"role":"Sales","role_family":"Sales","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["McLean, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":125000,"max":145000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":145000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":7,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"SharePoint","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-02T20:09:06Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-02","last_verified_at":"2026-11-04T00:32:02Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":1,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":1},"description":"Reports to: Director of BD | Location: Hybrid/3 Days in Office at Spry HQ\nThe Senior Proposal Manager runs Spry’s proposals day to day, writes core sections, and helps shape the pursuits behind them. This person can take a bid from kickoff through submission without day-to-day direction, and also supports capture, deal assessment, and pipeline work.\nThis role works directly with the Director of BD, who leads capture decisions, sets proposal strategy, and owns pricing. The Senior Proposal Manager owns the proposals themselves and stays involved at every stage, often on more than one pursuit at a time. When the Director is at events or with customers, this role runs the proposal day to day, from contributor check-ins through color reviews and submission. We want someone who communicates often, adapts easily when priorities shift, and fits their approach to the person they are working with instead of forcing one process on everyone.\nWhat Your Day-to-Day Looks Like (Position Responsibilities)\nOpportunity Sourcing, Qualification & Capture Strategy (20%)\nFind opportunities in SAM.gov, GovWin, agency forecasts, and partner leads, and write short briefs on the ones worth a look.\n\nAssess fit, competition, incumbency, and timing, and bring a bid/no-bid recommendation to the Director.\n\nResearch customers and competitors to shape capture plans, win themes, and teaming options.\n\nDraft call plans and help prepare for customer meetings and industry days.\n\nHelp the Director set capture strategy on priority pursuits and adjust it as new information comes in.\n\nProposal Writing & Volume Development (25%)\nWrite technical and management sections on priority pursuits, and own short RFI, RFQ, and task order responses.\n\nInterview subject matter experts and turn rough notes into clear, compliant narrative.\n\nCarry win themes and discriminators through every section so the response reads as one argument.\n\nWrite past performance narratives that tie Spry’s work to measurable outcomes.\n\nDraft executive summaries and cover letters that make the case on the first page.\n\nProposal Management & Compliance (30%)\nRun kickoffs, set schedules and writing assignments, and build compliance matrices and annotated outlines.\n\nKeep contributors on schedule, adjusting check-ins to how each person works best.\n\nPrepare drafts for color team reviews and work agreed comments into the final version.\n\nHandle formatting, final quality checks, and on-time portal submission.\n\nPipeline Management & Reporting (10%)\nKeep the CRM current with stages, due dates, and next steps for every tracked opportunity.\n\nPrepare pipeline reports and help the Director run pipeline reviews.\n\nCheck that pricing volumes match the technical and management volumes, and flag gaps to the Director, who owns pricing.\n\nContent Library & Past Performance (10%)\nKeep past performance summaries, resumes, and boilerplate current and easy to find in SharePoint.\n\nPull strong language from each bid into the library after submission.\n\nWork with the Director so capture content and past performance write-ups stay consistent.\n\nDebriefs, Events & Ad Hoc Support (5%)\nRequest and document debriefs, then use them to fix what isn’t working in the process.\n\nAttend selected industry days and events when it helps a pursuit, roughly 5% of the time.\n\nPick up ad hoc leadership requests tied to proposals and growth.\n\nWhat Success Looks Like in This Role\nProposals go out on time and compliant, without last-minute scrambles.\n\nBids keep moving when the Director is at events or with customers.\n\nDrafts reach color reviews in good shape, so reviewers spend their time on strategy instead of cleanup.\n\nThe pipeline holds enough qualified opportunities to choose from, and weak ones get dropped early.\n\nThe Director spends less time on research, drafting, and CRM upkeep, and more time with customers.\n\nDebrief feedback shows more evaluator strengths and fewer weaknesses over the first year.\n\nRequired Qualifications\n7+ years of federal proposal experience, including leading several proposals from kickoff to submission.\n\nStrong writing is mandatory. Candidates share samples of volumes they wrote, and finalists complete a writing exercise.\n\nExperience coordinating proposals, including compliance matrices, schedules, and color team reviews.\n\nExperience helping shape capture strategy, win themes, and bid/no-bid recommendations.\n\nExperience finding and qualifying federal opportunities in SAM.gov, GovWin, or similar tools, and supporting pipeline management in a CRM.\n\nWorking knowledge of FAR basics, Sections L and M, and common federal contract vehicles.\n\nA clear, frequent communicator who stays steady when plans change and adjusts their approach to the people they work with.\n\nU.S. citizenship and eligibility to obtain a security clearance. No active clearance is required; Spry sponsors clearances for eligible candidates.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nAPMP Practitioner or Shipley certification.\n\nExperience at a small business where one person covered capture, proposal, and pipeline work.\n\nExposure to DoD, Federal Civilian, or National Security customers.\n\nExperience reviewing pricing volumes for compliance and consistency with technical volumes.\n\nTargeted Growth Goals\nGoal 1: Clean, Clear, and Reportable Pipeline.Keeps the CRM current from first lead through submission, so pipeline reviews show where each pursuit stands.\n\nGoal 2: Proposal Development & Win Support Objectives.Writes and coordinates proposals, so responses are compliant, well argued, and on time.\n\nGoal 3: Growth & New Business Objectives.Helps a small team bid on more opportunities by finding and qualifying opportunities early and shaping strategy before the RFP drops.\n\nGoal 4: Metrics-Driven Proof Points for Past Performance Database / 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