Proposal Manager (Senior Proposal Writer & Production Lead)

Job Type Full-time Description

About Le'fant

Le’fant is a rapidly growing CVE Certified, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business specializing in management consulting for the federal government. Our compensation and benefits plans are designed to attract and retain the industry's best talent to provide the highest quality services to the Federal Government. We offer 40lK matching, customized health plans, dental and vision insurance, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, an incentives program to recognize exceptional behavior and competitive base salaries. We hire the best to provide the best service.

Role: Overview

Location: Washington, DC / Maryland/Northern Virginia (Remote/ Hybrid/Flexible)

Location Details: Preferred location DMV (Washington, DC / Virginia / Maryland) area, willing to attend in-person meetings.
Reports to: Director of Contracting
Works closely with: C-Suite, Business Development Manager, Operations Leadership, SMEs

  

Le’Fant is seeking a Proposal Manager to own end-to-end proposal development and production for new and existing federal opportunities. This role serves as the single-threaded owner for proposal execution, ensuring compliance, high-quality, and on-time submissions.

Building on a year of strong growth and proposal success, this position represents a continued investment in strengthening our proposal production capabilities. The Proposal Manager will play a key role in refining processes, improving efficiency, and shaping how proposal operations are executed both now and in the future.

This is a hands-on role combining senior proposal writing with proposal operations leadership. The Proposal Manager coordinates closely with SMEs, partners, and leadership to deliver clear, compelling, and compliant federal proposals. This role is primarily remote, with some in-person work performed at headquarters in Dumfries, VA, and occasional work meetings or sessions in the greater DMV area.

What you’ll get to do

  

Proposal Management & Execution

• Manage proposals from receipt of RFI, RFQ/RFP, sources sought through final submission.
• Develop and maintain proposal schedules, compliance matrices, outlines, and review plans.
• Ensure all proposals comply with solicitation requirements, evaluation criteria, and submission instructions.
• Coordinate proposal reviews and incorporate leadership feedback through final submission.
• Identify and coordinate the support personnel needed for each proposal, including SMEs, graphic resources, editors, and other contributors, ensuring all tasks are assigned and completed on schedule.

Proposal Writing & Content Development

• Write and edit proposal sections across Technical, Management, and Past Performance volumes.
• Conduct color team reviews including a white glove review.
• Create and update capabilities statements.
• Develop compelling narratives that clearly articulate win themes, discriminators, features/benefits, and risk mitigations.
• Tailor resumes and past performance narratives to solicitation requirements.
• Synthesize content from SMEs, interviews, proposal libraries, and project documentation.
• Create, maintain, and update a proposal repository and identify reusable contents.

SME, Partner, and Data Call Coordination

• Issue and manage data calls to internal teams and external partners.
• Review and edit SME- and partner-provided content for clarity, compliance, and consistency.
• Ensure partner submissions align with proposal strategy and deadlines 

  

Proposal Production & Operations

• Own proposal production activities, including document formatting, graphics coordination, spreadsheet integration, and final proposal assembly, leveraging shared or ad hoc resources as available.
• Leverage and maintain proposal content repositories and knowledge management tools.
• Support continuous improvement of proposal processes, templates, and libraries.

Strategic Alignment & Reporting

• Work closely with the BD Manager to ensure capture strategy and win themes are reflected consistently throughout proposals.
• Track proposal status, risks, and dependencies, providing regular updates to leadership and core team members throughout the proposal lifecycle.
• Provide after action reviews on all proposals, conducting lessons learned meetings and maintaining a log.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Demo