Job Description
We are Lockheed Martin
Proposal Management Staff - Level 5
Lockheed Martin is seeking an experienced and motivated leader to be a senior level Proposal Manager as part of a dynamic and hard-working team located in Palmdale, CA.
The Lockheed Martin Aeronautics New Business Competitive Proposal Operations Team supports complex, strategic proposal efforts for the design, development, production, and sustainment of aerospace and defense platforms for U.
S. and allied military organizations.
What You Will Be Doing
This well-skilled and experienced individual will lead proposal teams in the development of compliant, responsive, compelling solicitation (e.
g., RFP) responses for unusually complex campaigns / capture efforts. This will require a high degree of ingenuity, to include identifying the need for external consultant resources, where appropriate, to supplement internal proposal staffing resources.
This leader will shape and drive integration of win themes and discriminators into proposal deliverables, ensuring that capture artifacts and customer values are incorporated for a winning submission.
Working directly with the Campaign Lead, Program Manager, and LM Aero Senior Management, this person will effectively tailor the Proposal Process based on the type, complexity and magnitude of the proposal effort.
What’s In It For You : 3 day weekends every weekend!
We offer flexible work
Who You Are
The successful candidate must be experienced and capable of expertly handling the following duties (list is not exhaustive) :
- organizing the proposal team, required facilities and computer work space for the proposal effort
- demonstrating a very experienced level of Proposal Process expertise and ability to tailor, as appropriate, to include guiding proposal team members on proposal processes and procedures
- establishing and managing proposal schedules and meeting key milestones, deadlines and deliverables
- developing proposal artifacts, such as the proposal plan, kickoff briefing, proposal annotated outline, compliance matrices, storyboard plan and delivery plan
- tracking and reporting status of proposal sections, to include monitoring proposal content for accuracy, consistency, completeness, and compliance, while anticipating impacts to schedule and resources
- conducting regular proposal status meetings and managing action items to closure in a timely manner
- ensuring configuration management of all proposal artifacts, utilizing Microsoft SharePoint and similar tools
- scheduling, organizing, and conducting proposal color reviews (e.g., Pink and Red Teams), as well as driving reviewer feedback to adjudication and final inclusion
- overseeing publications and graphics in the preparation of professional, high quality content, ensuring an effective production cycle to include printing, book check, packaging, and delivery, including electronic deliverables (e.g., files, CD / DVD’s)
Our Commitment to DEI
We Hear You, We See You. At LM Aeronautics, we invest in people and promoting the sharing of ideas to create incredible solutions.
We know that our success depends on the combined efforts of diverse-thinkers like you! At LM Aeronautics, we cultivate an inclusive environment that appreciates differences and unique thinking.
Our global commitment to diversity and inclusion reflects our values of doing what's right, respecting others and performing with excellence. Learn more here :
At Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, we're taking innovation to the next level. From designing the most advanced air vehicle to designing aircraft that defies gravity, our engineers live on the cutting edge of technology.
Desired skills
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- Experience interfacing with executive level management
- Team leadership, motivational and interpersonal skills requiring minimal direction; this position is virtually self-supervised
- Program management and / or engineering / technical experience
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Writing ability and strong understanding of technical, management, past performance, content
- Proposal professional certification (e.g., through Association of Proposal Management Professionals, Shipley Associates)
- Experienced using Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Acrobat, and / or SharePoint
- Active Final Secret or Top Secret clearance; ability to obtain Top Secret clearance