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Proposal Manager, Justice + Civic

Chicago💼 Full-time💰 $75,000–$75,000🗓 2026-09-02 → 2026-09-27

Core

Lead the pursuit process and production of on-time, brand standard-compliant deliverables (SOW, RFP responses, interviews) from receipt to interview completion for the firm.

Role type

Senior Proposal Manager (AEC/Design)

Builds

RFP responses, Statements of Qualification, interview presentations, and pursuit materials for new business opportunities.

Domain

Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Proposal writing and editing, multi-disciplinary team leadership, win theme development, RFP compliance, Adobe InDesign, Microsoft PowerPoint, project management, stakeholder consensus building

Preferred skills

Government/public entity proposal experience (SF330s, RFQ/P), Fortune 500 client messaging, Deltek Vantagepoint database usage, commercial real estate development knowledge

Technologies

Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office Suite, Deltek Vantagepoint

Responsibilities

Manage multiple concurrent pursuits to on-time delivery; synthesize complex information into compelling written responses; coach teams on presentation best practices; maintain up-to-date library of on-brand pursuit materials; conduct quality control checks on proposal materials.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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