Proposal Manager

The role

You will lead the development and delivery of compliant responses for U.S. federal and defense opportunities. This hands-on, writing-oriented role involves coordinating cross-functional contributors and developing original technical content.

What you will do

• Lead development of proposals, RFIs, white papers, and other RFx deliverables
• Analyze solicitation instructions, evaluation criteria, and submission requirements
• Develop compliance matrices, proposal schedules, outlines, and review plans
• Lead proposal kickoffs, working sessions, and formal review cycles
• Coordinate inputs from engineering, product, business development, capture, finance, contracts, and legal
• Manage multiple concurrent responses and rapid-turn submissions
• Identify and escalate schedule, content, compliance, and resource risks
• Lead final integration, production, quality assurance, and on-time submission
• Interview subject-matter experts to develop technical narratives
• Edit contributions from multiple authors into a consistent voice

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, such as communications, marketing, English, computer science, engineering, or business, or equivalent professional experience
• Five or more years of experience managing proposals for U.S. federal, defense, or national security customers
• Demonstrated experience leading proposals from solicitation analysis through submission
• Significant hands-on experience writing and editing technical proposals, RFIs, or white papers
• Ability to quickly learn complex hardware or software products
• Experience managing multiple contributors, competing deadlines, and cross-functional dependencies
• Experience supporting both rapid-turn responses and larger, long-form proposals
• Exceptional writing, editing, communication, organization, and attention to detail
• Sound judgment and ability to identify risks and resolve ambiguity
• Ability to obtain a Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance
• Must be a U.S. citizen

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits 100% paid for by the company
• 401k with 50% company match up to 6% of pay
• FSA
• HSA
• Life insurance
• Free daily lunch
• No meeting Fridays
• Unlimited PTO
• Casual dress code
• Pre-IPO stock option grants
• Relocation assistance

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Requires an active U.S. government security clearance or the ability to obtain one
• Ability to obtain a Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance

About the company

CHAOS Industries is a defense company founded in 2022 that provides a multi-product portfolio for domain dominance. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, and London.