Role Description Drive the creation of high-quality RFPs, RFIs, and investment proposals within the insurance and asset management sector. This role blends writing, research, and stakeholder collaboration, leveraging tools like Qvidian or Loopio in a global, fast-paced environment with strong exposure to sales and marketing teams. Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, communications, or a related field. - 2 to 4 years of experience in financial services, with strong preference for proposal or RFP writing experience. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills. - Strong attention to detail, organization, and project management capabilities. - Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment. - Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify inconsistencies and ensure data accuracy. - Proactive and self-motivated, with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively. - Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe tools. - Experience with proposal management systems such as Qvidian, Loopio, or Responsive is an asset. Requirements - Develop and complete RFPs, RFIs, DDQs, surveys, and other proposal materials to support business growth. - Manage the full proposal lifecycle, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and alignment with established standards. - Research, analyze, and draft content using internal databases and input from subject matter experts. - Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to gather, validate, and refine information. - Coordinate with Compliance and Legal teams to secure necessary approvals. - Act as a key resource for global sales and marketing teams by providing timely and accurate information. - Support team initiatives and handle ad hoc requests as required. Benefits - Hourly salary of $27. - 12-month contract with the potential for permanent employment. - Full-time position: 37.50 hours per week. - Weekday schedule from 9 am to 5 pm. - Enjoy the flexibility of remote work.

• Own the complete RFP response process from kickoff through submission. Review RFPs to identify requirements, compliance items, and evaluation criteria—particularly for SLED procurement. Compile vendor and scoping questions, coordinate pricing with Finance and Sales, write custom responses, perform thorough QA reviews, and ensure all submissions meet deadlines and quality standards. • Partner with Marketing, Practice teams, and Vendor Management to create and refine proposal and SOW content. Maintain and optimize our Responsive (formerly RFPIO) answer library and knowledge base. Audit existing templates to ensure consistency and standardization. Identify content gaps and drive creation of reusable, high-quality response materials tailored to SLED requirements. • Build strong internal relationships by providing support, information, and guidance to stakeholders. Act as liaison between Sales, Technical Practices, Marketing, Legal, Finance, and Executive teams. Coordinate subject matter expert contributions and communicate proposal status, process updates, and system changes across the organization. • Assist the team in RFP reporting statistics including win/loss rates, revenue, and lessons learned. Analyze proposal outcomes to identify improvement opportunities and drive continuous improvement in response quality, efficiency, and win rates.

• The Proposal Manager leads and coordinates all aspects of the proposal response lifecycle, serving as the central liaison between Sales and internal stakeholders to produce compliant, compelling, and on-brand submissions. • This role drives schedules, facilitates SME inputs, mitigates risks, and manages final production to ensure every deliverable is accurate, complete, and submitted on time. • The Proposal Manager works closely with stakeholders across the organization, including Sales, Contracts, Legal, Security, HR, Product, and Client Success, to gather inputs, validate requirements, and assemble high-quality responses. • Manages and leads all aspects of RFP/RFI/proposal coordination end-to-end, acting as a liaison with all business units required to complete response requirements (e.g., Sales, Contracts, Legal, Security, HR, Product, Client Success).

Title: Proposal Manager Location: US - Remote (Any Location) Job Description: time type Full time job requisition id R179877 In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next! At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential. Unleash your talent and redefine what’s possible. Job Description: As a Proposal Manager, you’ll champion the development and delivery of our most strategic proposals and task orders. NOTE: This position is OPEN to all 50 States, in addition to the targeted markets listed. You’ll be joining the Enterprise Proposal Operations team and work collaboratively with leadership, management, subject matter experts, creatives, and capture teams to win new business. This position will require you to adapt to changing priorities in a dynamic environment and work on multiple assignments in tandem, with overlapping schedules. Simply put, we’re looking for a winner to drive our pursuit lifecycle, from kick-off to final submittal. We can’t wait to meet you. How You Will Make a Difference - Manage and lead a team in the development of complex proposals and task orders to craft compliant, responsive, and compelling deliverables that solve our customers’ problems and differentiate us from the competition. - Set the overall strategy for content development and maintain a high degree of decision-making authority. - Hold team members accountable for their work and encourage them to stay focused and motivated throughout the process; provide timely feedback, celebrate milestones and achievements, and recognize the contributions of each team member. - Provide strategic guidance and mentorship to team members. - Proactively manage stakeholder relationships and communicate proposal strategies and progress to senior leadership; contribute valuable insights and recommendations to improve overall efficiency and effectiveness of the proposal management function. - Refine and optimize proposal processes and best practices to drive pursuit excellence. - Perform detailed analysis of solicitation documents to assess requirements and build compliance matrices, schedules, and annotated outlines. - Manage, interact, and collaborate with: 1) Capture teams to guide proposal development efforts through the Business Acquisition Process (BAP). 2) Subject matter experts (SMEs) to convey our winning narrative throughout the submittal. 3) Graphics and desktop publishing teams to develop tailored templates, infographic concepts, and standards for proposal look and feel, writing style, and layout. - Facilitate proposal kick-off meetings, milestone meetings, color reviews (pink, red, gold), and recovery periods to ensure quality deliverables; facilitate strategy-driven workshops (e.g., storyboarding, strategy sessions, writer’s workshops) to produce compelling messaging and creative narratives. - Maintain comprehensive knowledge of past successful proposal activity and use Parsons’ repositories to identify past content potentially relevant to current proposal efforts. - Write non-technical portions of the response (i.e., cover letters, executive summaries, team qualifications, and various management plans) and communicate win themes and discriminators. - Review all proposal drafts and final documents to ensure responsiveness, thoroughness, accuracy, and quality. Is familiar with the FAR and contract terms and provisions and can adapt them for new work as appropriate. - Establish production schedules and resource plans to ensure all required proposal documents are produced properly and delivered on time. - Facilitate lessons learned workshops and make recommendations to update processes, templates, tools, and best practices. - Lead team initiatives to introduce and promote efficiencies and improve win rates across the business segment. - Perform other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate. What We Need from You: - US citizenship - Bachelor’s degree - 8+ years of managing and writing/editing multi-volume proposals and speed of light task order cycles that have resulted in Federal contract awards with values of more than $50M - In-depth understanding of how to develop compelling and compliant Government RFI, RFP, and RFQ responses - Capable of facilitating strategy and storyboarding sessions - Experience developing proposal responses that include orals slides and video or live presentation - Strong organizational skills - Ability and willingness to travel 20-30% of the year What You Will Get from Us: - Flexible work schedule - A fun, supportive, and collaborative team - Employee Basic Life and AD&D Insurance - Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - 401(K) retirement program - Short- and long-term disability - Paid parental leave - Sick leave, vacation, and holiday pay - Tuition reimbursement Education/Experience Bachelor degree and typically 8+ years of diversified experience, primarily within the business development realm of a large, multinational company. Preferred Skills TS/SCI preferred, not required This position is part of our Corporate team. Security Clearance Requirement: None This position is part of our Corporate team. For over 80 years, Parsons Corporation, has shaped the future of the defense, intelligence, and critical infrastructure markets. Our employees work in a close-knit team environment to find new, innovative ways to deliver smart solutions that are used and valued by customers around the world. By combining unique technologies with deep domain expertise across cybersecurity, missile defense, space, connected infrastructure, transportation, smart cities, and more, we're providing tomorrow's solutions today. Salary Range: $49.76 - $87.07 We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle! Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status. We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY! Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/.