Overview

　　If you are a dynamic and collaborative proposal manager who has a passion for crafting winning proposals that meet our clients’ needs, then we'd like to speak with you about a wonderful opportunity with TISTA!

　　TISTA Science and Technology Corporation (TISTA) supports our Federal customers with complex information technology and professional solutions including systems and application development, cybersecurity, data science, and comprehensive enterprise-wide infrastructure and operational support. We are looking a persuasive proposal manager to drive impactful solutions for our valued clients.

　　This is a rare opportunity to join a collaborative team that values YOU, work-life balance, excellent benefits, and unparalleled learning and development. Join us and immerse yourself in a rewarding career like no other.

　　Responsibilities

　　With support from capture, pricing, contracts, recruiting, and subject matter experts, create and deliver compelling proposals that comply with all solicitation requirements, clearly convey the strengths of our solution, and are of winning quality

　　Quickly and correctly interpret solicitation requirements and communicate them to the technical team

　　Create and control the proposal schedule

　　Track status on all relevant activities, and lead the personnel assigned to support each proposal effort. Balance workloads, expectations, and deadlines. Own the proposal and ensure everyone understands their assignments

　　Lead and facilitate development of win strategies, themes, discriminators, and value propositions, and ensure integration throughout the relevant sections of proposals

　　Facilitate solution sessions, writing sessions, and editing sessions with assigned subject matter experts, writers, editors, and graphic designers to generate accurate content in response to a solicitation

　　Independently author sections of proposals as required, including cover letters, executive summaries, introductions, management plans, staffing plans, tailored resumes, past performance descriptions, and other sections with which you have knowledge or experience

　　Ensure proposals at each phase of development are at the appropriate level of quality, and are easy and intuitive for reviewers/evaluators to score correctly

　　Instruct reviewers, facilitate reviews, and lead post-review debriefs, resulting in effective feedback and improved proposal content

　　Identify and further improve strengths of a proposal, beyond mere compliance, at each stage of proposal development, and identify and mitigate potential weaknesses

　　Support multiple concurrent opportunities at different stages of the business development lifecycle, from pre-solicitation planning (capture support) through solution, proposal content development, quality and compliance verification, production, and on-time delivery

　　Support related business development initiatives including opportunity identification, pre-solicitation research and analysis (capture support), post-submission “lessons learned”, boilerplate and past performance information organization, template creation and maintenance, style guide maintenance, and other tasks in support of overall proposal and business dev elopment processes

　　Qualifications

　　Bachelor’s Degree preferred. Relevant technical courses of study, certifications, professional writing courses, and other training related to any aspect of proposal development or proposal management will be considered in addition to or in lieu of an academic degree

　　VA T4NG Proposal Experience is beneficial

　　Minimum 8 years of direct experience and responsibility successfully developing high-quality proposals in response to Federal solicitations for IT services and solutions

　　Other relevant experience in team leadership, management, research, analysis, documentation, marketing, capture, software development, and/or related IT services implementation a plus

　　Professional training or certification in proposal management (APMP, Shipley, etc.) a plus

　　Comprehensive knowledge of Federal procurement processes, standard solicitation instructions, and proposal development methods

　　Superior oral and written communications skill sufficient to lead assigned proposal development team to produce accurate, compliant, and high-quality proposals

　　Proficient in writing grammatically correct and cogent non-technical proposal content, and technical proposal content based on input (oral or written) from subject matter experts

　　Knowledge of standard IT terminology sufficient for comprehending and editing technical content without changing or obfuscating the meaning

　　Superior proficiency with Microsoft Word, and highly competent with Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Adobe Acrobat. Experience with Microsoft Project, Visio, and/or Adobe Illustrator a plus

　　Adaptive to change throughout the proposal process and ability to maintain professionalism under stress

　　Education:

　　Bachelor's degree, however with English/Literature is preferred

　　Location:

　　Remote and may commute to Rockville, MD as required

　　Pay Range:

　　The pay for this position ranges from $74,140 to $113,000

　　The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location

　　Also, certain positions are eligible for additional forms of compensation, such as bonuses

　　TISTA associates are eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefits plan! More information can be found here: https://tistatech.com/working-at-tista/

　　TISTA Science and Technology Corporation,a CMMI Maturity Level 3 company, focuses on delivering information technology and professional services to Federal and State agencies. TISTA is recognized in 2019 by Inc. 5000 as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the US. TISTA is also a recipient of 2019 Top Veteran-Owned Companies by the Washington Business Journal. TISTA also received a 2018 Moxie Award in the GovCon category.

　　Here at TISTA Science and Technology, we value Veterans and encourage all to apply!

　　#thinktista #tistacares #tistavaluesvets

　　Employment Transparency:

　　TISTA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and embraces diversity in our employee population. It is the policy of TISTA to provide equal opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. TISTA will refrain from discharging, or otherwise discriminating against, employees or applicants who inquire about, discuss, or disclose their compensation or the compensation of other employees or applicants.

　　The EEO is the Law poster is available here, and the poster supplement is availablehere. (https://www.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/poster_screen_reader_optimized.pdf)

　　The Pay Transparency Policy is availablehere. (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf)

　　Tista is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail [email protected] call (301) 968-3420 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

　　TISTA is a federal contractor and is subject to the federal contractor COVID requirements under the new FAR/DFARS clauses and must comply with the incorporated Guidance.

　　If the candidate is hired to perform work on or in connection with one of TISTA’s federal contracts, TISTA is contractually obligated to ask the candidate to verify and show proof of vaccination status and the candidate will be required to comply with mask and social distancing requirements imposed by the FAR/DFARS as well as any additional requirements imposed by TISTA’s customers for any required onsite work.

　　Job ID2023-5072

　　Job LocationsUS-MD-Hybrid _Rockville