Lockheed Martin

Software Proposal Manager

Lockheed Martin$134K — $236K *
Aerospace & Defense
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of proposal response experience, including generating Basis of Estimates (BOEs) and Statements of Work (SOWs)
  • Experience leading teams through the Engineering design lifecycle such as SRR, PDR, and CDR
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited college
  • Secret clearance required
  • Desired experience in missile/aerospace sectors
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated leadership and initiative
  • Master's degree from an accredited college is preferred

Responsibilities

  • Manage the proposal process to develop and schedule responses to RFP specifications
  • Lead proposal volume development across various critical areas including Technical, Management, and Executive Summary
  • Guide and coach cross-functional proposal teams and project engineers
  • Oversee proposal schedules and the creation of supporting artifacts such as compliance matrices and storyboards
  • Incorporate win themes into proposals, ensuring alignment with capture artifacts and customer values
  • Conduct regular proposal status meetings, managing actions to closure
  • Collaborate with Program Management to develop and execute the win strategy

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, Vision insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
  • 401(k) matching
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Education Assistance
  • Parental Leave
  • Paid Time Off and Holidays
Full Job Description
The Lockheed Martin Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) Software team is seeking experienced Proposal Manager to be part of a team developing missile defense technology that could forever change our ability to deter and respond to adversity Lockheed Martin Space is seeking a full-time Proposal Manager. Your responsibilities will include: • Manages the proposal process, developing, planning and scheduling compliant and compelling proposals in response to solicitation (i.e., RFP) specifications. • Leads all aspects of proposal volume development, including Technical, Management, Past Performance, Security, Basis of Estimate, Contracts, Executive Summary, Integrated Master Schedule and Plans, etc. • Provides guidance to a diverse team of cross-functional proposal personnel and coaching to Proposal Managers/Project Engineers on the proposal management team. • Manages proposal schedules and deadlines, develops proposal artifacts and supporting artifacts such as proposal outline, compliance matrix, storyboard plan, and delivery plan. • Shapes and drives integration of win themes and discriminators into proposal deliverables, ensuring capture artifacts and customer values are incorporated for a winning proposal. Supports color team reviews and manages the disposition of review comments. • Conducts regular proposal status meetings and is responsible for managing actions to closure. • Instructs volume leads to ensure messages are consistently integrated across all volumes. • Works collaboratively with the Program Management team throughout the proposal phase to develop, refine and execute the win strategy. • Supports business gate reviews as needed. #LI-CS1 Basic Qualifications -Experience in proposal response, examples of specific experience are: generating BOEs (Basis of Estimates, Supplier SOWs (Statement of Work), and ROMs (Rough order of Magnitude) -Experience in team leadership-Exposure to the Engineering design lifecycle SRR (System Requirement Review), PDR (Preliminary Design Review), CDR (Critical Design Review), specifically prior experience working on the design of Hardware or Software - Bachelor's degree from an accredited college - Secret clearance Desired skills -Missile and/or aerospace related education or experience -Familiarity with Cost Model / Long Range Planning.-Experience in Government RFP response-Engineering background or experience leading an engineering team as a project lead or CAM-Experience in areas of cost analysis, schedule, and risk & opportunity management -Understanding of material identification (amount of material we need to procure, generate Bill of Material (BOM)). -Experience and desire to brief senior LM and Government leaders-Excellent written and verbal communication skills, demonstrated leadership and initiative - Master's degree from an accredited college - 12 years or more of professional experience in the estimating profession Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $134,000 - $236,325. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer. Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays. (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year. This position is incentive plan eligible. Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California, Massachusetts, and New York is $154,100 - $267,145. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer. Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays. This position is incentive plan eligible.

About Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin Corporation is a global security company that engages in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration, and sustainment of advanced technology systems and products. It also provides a range of management, engineering, technical, scientific, logistic, and information services. The company operates in four business segments: Aeronautics, Electronic Systems, Information Systems and Global Services, and Space Systems. Lockheed Martin was formed in 1995 from the merger of Lockheed Corporation and Martin Marietta. In September 2008, Lockheed Martin Corporation acquired Aculight Corporation. In January 2009, it completed its acquisition of Universal Systems & Technology, Inc. (UNITECH). In August 2009, it completed its acquisition of Gyrocam Systems LLC (Gyrocam). Gyrocam develops and supplies gyrostabilized optical surveillance systems and sustainment field services, principally to the United States military. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, a unit of the Company's Electronic Systems business area, would manage the Gyrocam business.

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1995
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