Proposal Team Leader

About Bodwé Group

Bodwé is the Professional Services Group of Mno-Bmadsen, the investment enterprise and a wholly owned instrumentality of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi. We are architects, planners, consultants, designers, engineers, scientists, and federal contractors, committed to growing the economy and legacy of the Pokagon Band and supporting its more than 6,000 citizens. We provide value by integrating expertise across the natural and built environment lifecycle—from pre-development and planning to design, procurement, construction, and operations. By integrating expertise across architecture, engineering, construction, and facility management, we deliver holistic, end-to-end solutions that drive efficiency and deliver distinctive outcomes.

Position Summary

The Proposal Team Leader role is responsible for owning and leading the proposal efforts across our Buildings and Infrastructure Services Branch’s. This role works in collaboration with designated branch leadership and colleagues across the companies to provide leadership to the proposal team and discernment in go/no-go decisions that align with strategic growth and market sector focus.  

This role leads the proposal team and will also own the proposal process for assigned federal architectural and civil engineering pursuits, alongside the branch leadership, subject matter experts, and other invested parties, with a whatever-it-takes attitude as proposal submission requirements and deadlines, marketing efforts, and opportunities often demand never-been-done-before thinking and extra effort outside of normal business hours.  

Accommodation Requests

We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, contact our HR Director (April Hawkins) at 269-927-0144 or careers@bodwegroup.com

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

This non-exhaustive list of duties represents a sample of work routinely performed by this role: 

Team Leadership + Development 

• Supervise and mentor a team of managers and coordinators to assign proposals, assign tasks, set deadlines, and ensure accountability for quality and timeliness. 

• Mentor team and provide feedback/guidance related to win-themes, tailored responses, and appropriate content to demonstrate to the client that our Company is the best solution.  

• In collaboration with the Proposal Director, manage the workflow of all proposal efforts across branches to delegate workload and resource allocation. 

• Provide the final quality assurance and quality control on all proposals ensuring a tailored, compliant, and personal proposal that demonstrates the Company’s expertise. 

• Liaise with the Proposal Director to develop processes and procedures to aid the department in collaborating more effectively and efficiently. 

Lead Proposal Development 

• Lead and develop federal architectural and civil engineering proposals, when assigned, for federal agencies.   

• Manage, collaborate, and execute proposals to articulate Bodwé Group's value for each targeted opportunity.  

• In partnership with marketing, develop qualifications, proposals, and presentation messaging and content while adhering to company branding efforts.  

• Manage, track, and analyze proposal win strategies, focusing on understanding metrics to increase win rate.   

Strategy + Relationship Development 

• Collaborate with Branch Executives, Proposal Managers, and Proposal Coordinators to establish Business Development strategies across the federal target market sector.  

• Collaborate with leadership, business development and marketing team, and project managers to research, identify, analyze, develop, and execute new business initiatives and partnerships to meet established goals.  

• Build relationships with clients, teaming partners, and target market influencers inside and out