Proposal & Capture Manager
Location
United States
Posted
3 days ago
Salary
$130K - $140K / year
Seniority
Lead
No structured requirement data.
Job Description
Proposal & Capture Manager
Chainalysis Government Solutions
Role Description As a Proposal/Capture Manager, you will join our growing capture and proposals team to help identify, qualify, shape, and win public sector opportunities across the business development lifecycle. You will bring structure to fast-moving pursuits, manage deadlines, and enforce governance milestones to help teams move opportunities through the pipeline with discipline. The ideal candidate has an ownership mindset, exceptional technical writing skills, and the curiosity to turn complex data, blockchain analytics, cybersecurity, and software concepts into compelling narratives for government evaluators. - Manage end-to-end proposal development for the U.S. Government and public sector opportunities, including RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, task orders, and partner-led responses. - Author, edit, and format critical proposal sections, including executive summaries, technical narratives, management approaches, past performance, and partner value propositions. - Develop materials and read-aheads for opportunity gate reviews, bid/no-bid decisions, pricing reviews, and executive approvals. - Establish and maintain proposal schedules, compliance matrices, responsibility matrices, and final production checklists to ensure completely compliant submissions. - Partner with software engineers and solution architects to turn sophisticated blockchain, SaaS, and data analytics architectures into clear, evaluator-friendly language. - Write pricing volumes and narratives, including the documentation of pricing assumptions, basis of estimates (BOEs), labor mix, and licensing models. - Collaborate with external partners, prime contractors, Systems Integrators (SIs), and Value-Added Resellers (VARs) to secure and coordinate proposal inputs. - Identify proposals and capture risks early, including compliance gaps, competitive threats, resource constraints, and partner dependencies. - Use AI-enabled tools to build repeatable workflows, automated compliance templates, custom prompts, and a reusable content library to scale proposal operations. - Support and participate in win-theme workshops, black hat sessions, kickoff meetings, and structured color team reviews (Pink, Red, Gold). Qualifications - 5 to 10 years of experience writing, managing, or supporting technical proposals, capture efforts, or RFx responses for federal, state, or local government markets. - Strong understanding of government procurement vehicles and structures, including RFPs, IDIQs, GWACs, BPAs, task orders, and contract vehicles. - Proven success working under tight deadlines with multi-disciplinary stakeholders, including sales, technical SMEs, legal, finance, and executive leadership. - Deep familiarity with Shipley-based proposal processes, capture planning, and lifecycle pursuit governance. - Exceptional technical writing, copyediting, and communication skills, with a relentless attention to detail. Preferred Qualifications - Experience working within or supporting an Independent Software Vendor (ISV), SaaS provider, data analytics company, or cybersecurity firm in the public sector. - Demonstrated experience supporting partner-led, indirect go-to-market motions alongside large federal systems integrators and resellers. - Experience utilizing modern CRM and proposal management platforms such as Salesforce, Loopio, or Responsive/RFPIO. - APMP certification, formal Shipley training, or comparable industry-recognized proposal management credentials.
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• Lead the end-to-end proposal process for government solicitations, ensuring compliance and quality. • Collaborate with Business Development teams to develop winning strategies and incorporate key messages. • Review RFPs and related documents to create compliant proposal materials. • Analyze Section L (instructions) and Section M (evaluation criteria), build and maintain compliance matrices, and run color team reviews (Pink, Red, Gold) through final production and on-time submission. • Provide guidance and coaching on persuasive writing techniques to capture teams and subject matter experts. • Coordinate proposal meetings and events, managing discussions and materials. • Support solution reviews and assist in developing strength statements. • Manage proposal timelines, assignments, and deliverables, ensuring adherence to deadlines. • Maintain proposal libraries and stay updated on relevant platforms and tools.
• Supports proposal efforts from initial notification through final submission for small to medium pursuits. • Attends scheduled kick-off, review and other pursuit meetings; documents action items and larger strategy discussions; • Issues subconsultant data calls and manages received information. • Assists Proposal Manager and internal stakeholders with proposal coordination activities, including schedules and compliance requirements. • Helps Proposal Manager develop and track proposal schedules, deadlines, and action items. • Supports coordination of proposal reviews under Proposal Manager’s direction, including draft compilation and document distribution. • Assists with proposal production, formatting, editing, and document assembly. • Coordinates corporate form completion for proposal responses. • Coordinates teaming partner data calls and manages received information. • Maintains proposal materials including resumes, project descriptions, text libraries, graphics, and pursuit documentation. • Performs basic quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) reviews for formatting, consistency, and completeness during proposal development and drafting. • Manages the proposal closeout process following submission of a proposal. • Assists with maintaining employee resumes, project information, and credentials within Department master documents. • Contributes to maintaining proposal templates, archives, and tools.



