Job Description

Description:
Lockheed Martin has been on the leading edge of space and defense innovation for over 100 years. Our amazing men and women are on a mission to make a difference in the world and we use our unrivaled skills and experiences to create, design, and build solutions to some of the nations biggest challenges. Be part of a culture that encourages employees to think big, perform with excellence, and build incredible products. We provide the resources, inspiration, and focus. If you have the passion and courage to dream big, then we want to build a better tomorrow with you.

We are seeking a Senior Staff Proposal Manager within our Campaign Strategy & Operations Proposal Operations group.

Operating in a fast-paced environment driven by partnerships, deadlines, and wins, you will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams on business development pursuits. This role affords the opportunity to work on programs that require a Top-Secret clearance with significant impacts on our countrys national strategic interests.

This is a great opportunity to apply your expert-level skills to work as a proposal lead, volume lead, and readability reviewer, as well as serve as a mentor for staff assigned to proposals, playing a crucial role in translating themes and organizing teams to achieve award success.

We engage technical specialists and executives to deliver high-quality work products and thrive on the idea of pursuing exciting new opportunities, pulling together exceptional bids, and winning business for Lockheed Martin. You will partner with Capture Managers, Program Managers, and technical resources on new business paths to bring home the win.

Summary of key duties for this position:

Lead proposal efforts to secure new or renewing contracts.
Perform proposal planning, scheduling, and RFP analysis.
Lead and conduct proposal kick-offs, meetings, and trainings.
Lead multi-disciplinary teams, providing coaching and guidance to team members.
Own the primary responsibility for the design, development, and delivery of compliant, compelling, customer-focused proposals.
Ensure that value proposition/value delivery systems are identified as proposal strengths.
Support all lines of business within LM Space.
Support focus and priority proposals in various roles.

This role will require the flexibility to work a varying schedule with overtime as driven by proposal demands as well as limited travel.

Typically has a Bachelors degree in a related field, or equivalent experience/combined education, with at least 15 years of professional experience; or 13 years with a related Master's degree.

Our employees play an active role in strengthening the quality of life where we live and work by volunteering more than 850,000 hours annually. Here are some of our many benefits available to you :

Medical
Dental
401k
Paid time off
Work/life balance
Career development
Mentorship opportunities
Rewards & recognition

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Basic Qualifications:
Proven experience leading diverse teams.
Six or more years of proposal experience.
Experienced leading/managing multiple proposals.
Experienced in writing and/or editing proposal sections.
Experienced with cost volumes.
Experienced with evaluation notices.
Led proposals of team size greater than 25 team members.
Demonstrated leadership in one or more of the following roles (capture, proposal, program manager) in proposal activities.
US Citizenship is required with the ability to obtain & maintain TS/SCI clearance.
Desired Skills:
Demonstrated ability to serve in the role of a readability specialist
Over seven years proposal experience in federal contracting market
Experienced in multiple proposal types: competitive, sole source, OTA, IDIQ and follow-on
Led proposals with value over $500M
Led proposals of team size greater than 60 team members
Experience in tailoring and delivery proposal-related training to proposal teams
Experienced in managing individual volumes for a larger proposal team
Current SCI and/or DOD TS clearance Other Important Information You Should Know Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.Schedule for this Position: 9x80 every other Friday offSecurity Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.Clearance Level: TS/SCI w/Poly Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status. Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. Theyre dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martins vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.Experience Level: Experienced ProfessionalBusiness Unit: SPACERelocation Available: PossibleCareer Area: Business Development Type: Full-TimeVirtual Location: no Shift: First