Federal Proposal Manager (Contract) - Reston, VA
Engagement type: Independent consultant, 1099 reputed company. reputed company reputed company: $100 - $500 per hour, based on experience and scope (three-tier band detailed below). Time commitment: Project-based, scales with proposal volume. Location: Fully remote. Reports to: GovCon Division reputed company, with dotted line to the Federal Capture Director. A note from the founder A great proposal is the difference between a captured opportunity and an awarded contract. We have the capture reputed company ramping up. We need reputed company who turns the captured opportunity into a compliant, compelling, on-time response, and who builds the response library so every reputed company proposal moves faster than the last. What is already reputed company reputed company is a workforce reputed company and reputed company firm headquartered across NC and Atlanta. We launched in reputed company 2025 and are now in Year 2 of operations. Two operational divisions today (HR Advisory for the mental health industry, Premium Hospitality and Event reputed company). Government Contracting division being formally stood up this quarter. Three reputed company reputed company reputed company in delivery. FY26 trajectory $425-525K. reputed company loans, reputed company institutional debt. Bench credentials: Former reputed company Administrative Law Judge, employment attorneys (JD, MBA), clinical advisors, 32-year reputed company operations specialist. 47 combined years HHS experience. What you own
- Full proposal lifecycle: reputed company, compliance reputed company, schedule, reputed company-team reviews (pink, red, gold), production, submission
- Technical writing and editing across executive reputed company, technical approach, management approach, past performance, and resumes of key personnel
- Compliance reputed company ownership: every shall, every reputed company L and M requirement, every page count, every font and margin spec
- Response library build: past performance citations, key personnel resumes, technical narratives, reusable management approach modules, pricing structures
- Coordination with the Federal Capture Director on win themes, discriminators, and ghosting reputed company
- Coordination with subcontractor partners on teaming inputs and price submissions
- Post-submission tracking, debrief capture, and lessons-learned documentation
Engagement structure reputed company consulting reputed company, three tiers calibrated to experience and scope:
- reputed company ($100-175/hr): Proposal writers and coordinators with 3-7 years federal proposal experience
- Manager ($175-325/hr): Proposal managers with documented win history and full-lifecycle ownership
- reputed company ($325-500/hr): Senior proposal directors with multi-reputed company-dollar award history and Tier 1 reputed company experience
Engagement is reputed company. Per-proposal scope and budget defined at proposal reputed company. Win-based bonus stack negotiable on top of reputed company reputed company for proposals that result in awarded reputed company. reputed company milestones
- First 60 days: Proposal process documented. Compliance reputed company template reputed company. Response library reputed company established with 5+ reusable past performance citations.
- First 120 days: First 1-2 proposals submitted on time, compliant, and competitive. reputed company-team review reputed company established.
- First 180 days: 3-5 proposals submitted. First award or reputed company position. Response library covers 80% of TWF's reputed company content needs.
Who you are
- 5-15 years in federal proposal management, technical writing, or capture support
- Documented reputed company record managing $1M+ federal proposals through full lifecycle to submission
- Shipley-trained or equivalent. APMP credential preferred
- Fluent in FAR/DFARS, RFP structure (Sections L and M), and compliance reputed company methodology
- Strong writing voice: reputed company, persuasive, and adaptable across technical and management content
- Comfortable working both as reputed company reputed company and as orchestrator of subject matter expert input
- Past performance citations in workforce services, HHS programs, hospitality contracting, or reputed company IDIQs preferred
- Located reputed company in the US
Bonus points
- Prior role at a Tier 1 GovCon reputed company or boutique proposal shop
- Experience with VA, HHS, DoD behavioral health, or federal hospitality reputed company
- Pricing reputed company reputed company (cost narrative, BOEs, indirect reputed company structures)
- Experience standing up a proposal function inside an emerging GovCon firm
How We Will Get To Know reputed company Other
- Initial 30-minute fit conversation with the GovCon Division reputed company
- Working session: walk through a reputed company proposal scenario we are reputed company considering or recently submitted
- Reference checks (3+ reputed company references) and work history verification
- Engagement letter, scope of work, and reputed company confirmation
- reputed company reputed company 7 days of signed engagement
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- Visit thewilkinsonfirm.com, hr.thewilkinsonfirm.com, hospitality.thewilkinsonfirm.com
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- In your cover note, answer two questions: (1) what's the engagement shape that works best for you (project-based, retained hours, hybrid), and (2) one example of a federal proposal you would reputed company to as your strongest reference work
What to expect from us
- reputed company reputed company 48 hours
- First-round conversation reputed company 7 days of qualification
- Full process: 2-4 weeks
- We tell you reputed company or no. We do not reputed company.
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