Lead Proposal Manager

Federal Healthcare Proposal ManagementLead the full proposal lifecycle for federal healthcare opportunities, including RFIs, sources sought responses, RFQs, RFPs, task orders, and recompetes.Manage proposal responses across HHS, NIH, CMS, and related subdivisions, including operating divisions, institutes, centers, program offices, and contracting offices.Develop proposal plans, schedules, outlines, compliance matrices, storyboards, writing assignments, review calendars, and production timelines.Ensure proposal compliance with solicitation instructions, evaluation criteria, page limits, formatting requirements, submission portals, and customer deadlines.Proposal Writing, Editing & ReviewsWrite and edit proposal content, including executive summaries, management approaches, technical sections, staffing plans, past performance narratives, resumes, and transition plans.Translate technical and operational input from subject matter experts into clear, persuasive, compliant, and customer-focused proposal narratives.Lead proposal reviews, including Pink, Red, Gold, and final compliance reviews, and coordinate incorporation of reviewer feedback.Maintain proposal quality by ensuring consistency of voice, tone, win themes, discriminators, formatting, grammar, and message alignment across all volumes.Team Coordination & Proposal OperationsCoordinate cross-functional contributors, including capture managers, business development leads, technical subject matter experts, operations, pricing, contracts, recruiting, and subcontractor partners.Organize proposal resources, content libraries, templates, resumes, past performance references, data calls, graphics requests, and version-controlled files.Facilitate proposal meetings, including kickoffs, daily stand-ups, solution sessions, color team debriefs, production check-ins, and final submission readiness reviews.Support continuous improvement by refining proposal processes, tools, templates, reusable content, lessons learned, and proposal management best practices.Qualifications & RequirementsMinimum of 10 years of experience managing, writing, editing, and supporting federal health proposals.Demonstrated proposal experience supporting HHS, NIH, CMS, and related subdivisions, operating divisions, institutes, centers, or program offices.Proven ability to manage complex federal proposal efforts from planning through final submission, including compliance, schedule, reviews, content development, and production.Excellent writing, editing, proofreading, and storytelling skills with the ability to develop persuasive and compliant proposal content.Excellent organizational and time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, contributors, documents, and concurrent proposal activities.Familiarity with FAR-based acquisitions, GWACs, IDIQs, BPAs, task orders, set-aside strategies, and common federal procurement portals.Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, SharePoint or similar collaboration platforms, proposal templates, content libraries, and document version-control processes.Work Environment & TravelThis is a hybrid role that requires the employee to work in the company office two days per week.Periodic travel may be required for customer meetings, industry events, proposal strategy sessions, color team reviews, partner meetings, and final proposal production activities.Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced proposal environment with multiple active pursuits, shifting deadlines, detailed compliance requirements, and cross-functional proposal teams.