Proposal Manager (Remote or On-Site)

Granite Construction

Vancouver, Washington(remote)

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JOB DETAILS

SKILLS

Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe InDesign, Best Practices, Business Development, Coaching, Color Management, Construction Engineering, Consumer Market Share, Continuous Improvement, Establish Priorities, Fast Food, Journalism, Keyboards, Leadership, Marketing Communications, Mentoring, Microsoft Access Database, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Operational Strategy, Organizational Skills, People Management, Physical Demands, Process Improvement, Production Systems, Proposal Schedule, Proposal Writing, Quality Control, Quality Management, Request for Proposals (RFP), Schedule Development, Scripting (Scripting Languages), Strategic Planning, Team Player, Technical Writing, Time Management, Willing to Travel, Work From Home, Writing Skills

LOCATION

Vancouver, Washington

POSTED

6 days ago

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General Summary

This position is responsible for managing and overseeing the development and delivery of high-quality and compliant proposals and presentations for public and private sector clients to expand market share to win more work for the company.

This position is eligible for remote work; however, candidates located in the Vancouver or Tri-Cities metropolitan areas will be required to work on site.

Essential Job Accountabilities

Lead development of strategic, compliant and high-quality proposals from RFP/RFQ release through final delivery, ensuring all client requirements are met.
Plan, organize, and manage the proposal schedule, deliverables and team assignments to meet all deadlines with accuracy and professionalism.
Facilitate effective collaboration between operations, estimating, business development, design/subconsultants and other subject matter experts to develop cohesive, winning content.
Interpret solicitation documents and develop compliance matrices, outlines and response strategies tailored to each assigned pursuit.
Develop and communicate win themes, differentiators, and key messages in partnership with pursuit leadership and executive management.
Direct and oversee quality control reviews for technical accuracy, consistency and compliance prior to submission.
Lead and manage color review sessions to incorporate feedback to strengthen messaging and presentation of deliverables.
Coordinate interview preparation, including scripting, visuals, and coaching for presenters to ensure consistent alignment with proposal strategy.
Mentor and guide proposal coordinators and support staff, fostering professional growth and consistency across the proposal function.
Continuously improve proposal processes, tools, templates and best practices to enhance efficiency, quality, and competitiveness.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism or Similar Field preferred

Work Experience

Seven (7) years prior professional experience in technical writing and proposal preparation for architecture, engineering or construction (AEC) required.
Prior experience in coordinating and/or supervising proposal personnel required

Knowledge, skills, and abilities

Advanced proficiency with all MS Office products (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint)
Adanced or expert experience with Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign) required
Technical writing skills
Highly organized
Ability to maintain confidentiality
Ability to set priorities, organize work and work in high production environment while responding to changing priorities and tight timelines/deadlines
Ability to build positive relationships across teams, and maintain composure and professionalism under pressure

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit and use hands to operate a computer keyboard. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Additional Requirements/Skills

Travel required.
Must be able to work efficiently in both a team-based environment or independently, depending on the project.
Must be flexible to changing needs and assignments and able to adjust to last-minute requests to ensure responsiveness to needs of proposal.

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Our Benefits at a Glance:

Building tomorrow starts with you, and Granite knows that you can excel only if we support you in and out of the workplace. That is why we offer a broad benefits package that includes paid holidays, sick leave, medical, den

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