Your impact
Our Proposal Manager – Water will be responsible for the following general activities:
- Independently lead the coordination and preparation of proposals of all sizes, working directly with account, operations, and technical teams; may support large, strategic pursuits, working under the guidance of Senior Sales staff.
- Lead and support the development of qualifications, letters of interest, and proposals for Water projects.
- Lead and/or support planning and development of small to mid-sized presentations and interviews.
- Conduct research, writing, editing, and coordinating proposal components independently or as part of a team.
- Manage and organize proposal teams, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality, compliant submissions, including monitoring progress, managing proposal process and schedule, and meeting client requirements; communicate issues/variances.
- Facilitate proposal kickoff meetings, reviews, and lessons-learned sessions.
- Tailor resumes, project descriptions, and non-technical sections through interviewing subject matter experts.
- Coordinate/provide direction to graphic designers, publishing technicians, editors, reprographics specialists, and other support staff.
- Independently coordinate with and collect information from teaming partners and subconsultants.
- Thoroughly understand and apply knowledge of Jacobs' identity standards, structure, organization, business approach, and sales process.
- Serve as a subject matter expert, advocate, and actively follow sales procedures, policies, protocols, and best practices, including standard file management and archiving procedures, as well as branding guidelines.
- Employ and populate/update (as appropriate) business development-related tools and databases.
- Oversee document management, applying version control and file-sharing processes, and drive continuous improvement in proposal processes and deliverables.
