# Deputy Director of Proposals **Company**: Leidos **Location**: 6314 Remote/Teleworker US **Work arrangement**: remote **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $107,900.00 - $195,050.00 **Category**: Operations **Industry**: Consulting **Apply**: https://leidos.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/6314-RemoteTeleworker-US/Deputy-Director-of-Proposals---Commercial-Energy_R-00196703?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/job/deputy-director-of-proposals-9b9ad06b-095/ ## Description We are seeking an experienced Deputy Director of Proposals to support the leadership, operational effectiveness, and continuous improvement of a high-performing proposal organization. The Deputy Director will serve as a key partner to the Director of Proposals, providing operational leadership across proposal planning, resource coordination, pursuit governance, and quality assurance. **Proposal Operations and Execution** - Provide operational leadership and oversight across a portfolio of concurrent proposals, qualifications packages, and strategic pursuits. - Coordinate proposal schedules, milestones, review cycles, and deliverables to support consistent execution. - Monitor proposal activities, identify execution risks, and proactively implement mitigation strategies. - Support proposal managers in resolving complex operational challenges and competing priorities. - Establish visibility into active pursuits, proposal workload, resource constraints, and upcoming submission requirements. - Ensure consistent application of proposal development methodologies, quality standards, and compliance practices. - Serve as an operational escalation point for proposal execution challenges, elevating strategic or unresolved matters to the Director of Proposals. **Resource Planning and Capacity Management** - Develop and maintain visibility into proposal resource capacity, utilization, and forecasted demand. - Coordinate proposal resource planning and recommend staffing allocations based on pursuit complexity, priority, and availability. - Identify workload imbalances, resource conflicts, and potential delivery risks. - Collaborate with proposal managers and functional leadership to develop practical resource solutions. - Support long-range capacity planning and provide recommendations regarding resource needs, external support, and operational efficiencies. - Provide data-driven assessments to inform pursuit prioritization and proposal investment decisions. **Pursuit Qualification and Bid/No-Bid Governance** - Support the Director of Proposals in implementing a disciplined and consistent bid/no-bid governance process. - Coordinate pursuit qualification assessments to evaluate strategic alignment, customer relationships, competitive positioning, revenue potential, probability of winning, and resource requirements. - Provide objective analysis of proposal development costs, resource availability, and execution feasibility. - Identify pursuits that may not align with organizational growth objectives or represent an appropriate return on proposal investment. - Partner with business development, capture, and operational leadership to ensure pursuit decisions are informed by meaningful qualification criteria. - Track bid/no-bid outcomes, pursuit decisions, and associated proposal resource commitments. - Support the Director in reinforcing a selective, strategic, and disciplined approach to opportunity pursuit. **Proposal Quality and Process Excellence** - Promote consistent proposal development practices, tools, templates, and review methodologies. - Monitor adherence to established proposal standards, compliance requirements, and quality expectations. - Identify opportunities to streamline workflows, eliminate inefficiencies, and reduce unnecessary administrative burden. - Support implementation of proposal technologies, automation, and innovative approaches to improve efficiency and quality. - Facilitate lessons-learned activities and translate findings into actionable improvements. - Establish repeatable processes that improve proposal predictability, scalability, and execution. **Performance Metrics and Operational Reporting** - Monitor key performance indicators, including proposal volume, resource utilization, schedule adherence, quality, and delivery efficiency. - Analyze proposal trends and provide actionable recommendations to improve organizational effectiveness. - Prepare operational updates and executive-level briefings for the Director of Proposals. - Support forecasting, workload planning, and proposal investment analysis. - Identify systemic challenges and recommend corrective actions. **Cross-Functional Collaboration and Leadership** - Serve as a trusted operational partner to the Director of Proposals. - Collaborate with business development, capture management, technical teams, pricing, contracts, and business operations. - Facilitate alignment across stakeholders to support proposal execution and timely decision-making. - Provide guidance and subject matter expertise to proposal professionals without direct supervisory responsibility. - Influence outcomes through collaboration, credibility, sound judgment, and demonstrated proposal expertise. - Foster a culture of accountability, professionalism, collaboration, and continuous improvement. **Required Qualifications:** - Bachelor's degree in business administration, communications, management, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience. - 10+ years of progressive experience in proposal management, capture support, business development operations, or related functions. - Demonstrated experience supporting complex, high-value proposals in a large, matrixed organization. - Extensive knowledge of proposal development processes, compliance requirements, review methodologies, and submission procedures. - Experience coordinating multiple concurrent pursuits with competing deadlines and resource requirements. - Strong understanding of bid/no-bid qualification, pursuit investment considerations, and proposal resource planning. - Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams without direct reporting authority. - Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills. - Ability to exercise independent judgment, manage ambiguity, and recommend practical solutions in a fast-paced environment. **Preferred Qualifications:** - Experience working within a large enterprise or highly matrixed business environment. - Familiarity with Shipley or comparable structured proposal development methodologies. - SMPS or APMP certification or equivalent professional credentials. - Experience implementing proposal process improvements, workflow automation, and resource planning tools. - Experience supporting organizational growth initiatives, acquisitions, or integration of proposal operations. For more fresh new jobs, check out [yubhub.co](https://yubhub.co/). ## Skills ### Required - proposal management - capture support - business development operations - bid/no-bid qualification - pursuit investment considerations - proposal resource planning ### Nice to have - Shipley - SMPS - APMP - proposal process improvements - workflow automation - resource planning tools --- Source: [Apply at leidos.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com](https://leidos.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/6314-RemoteTeleworker-US/Deputy-Director-of-Proposals---Commercial-Energy_R-00196703?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)