Guidehouse · 10 hours ago
Associate Director, Proposal Quality and Compliance
McLean, VA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$130K/yr - $216K/yr
10+ years expGuidehouse is seeking a quality control and compliance leader to drive the quality and compliance of their public sector proposals. The role involves serving as a peer reviewer, ensuring compliance with customer requirements, and improving proposal readability and evaluation scores based on best practices.
ConsultingProfessional ServicesAdviceManagement Consulting
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Serve as a peer reviewer throughout the proposal review process for must-win pursuits, identifying concrete actions to improve the readability and evaluation scores of our proposals based on public sector and commercial best practices
Provide compliance reviews, including detailed analyses of requirements documents (e.g., RFP, RFQ, SOW) to confirm proposals comply with all instructions and timely communicate the results and recommendations for improvements to proposal managers and writers
Serve as a content advisor for proposal teams, collaborating with our proposal content manager to guide proposal teams in finding or creating content that can be re-used (such as descriptions of standard company processes)
Advise proposal teams of techniques to improve the readability of our proposals, including recommendations to simplify complex messages, highlight key points, improve work that does not meet company standards or best practices, revisions to content, design/format and graphics
Perform substantive reviews of both text and graphics, ensure the assigned writing sections comply with RFP requirements, contain win strategies, win themes, and comply with Guidehouse standard format and style criteria
Identify content for inclusion in a library of best-in-class content that can be used across the firm
Participate in win/loss debriefings and share lessons learned with the proposal team and the entire PDC, using experience and data to improve chances of winning in the future
Identify areas of improvement in Guidehouse proposals, and work with the team managers and directors to develop associated training and implement improvements
Deliver training to proposal teams for industry techniques on response trends and benchmarks to review proposals more effectively
Use and contribute to AI tools to streamline the evaluation process
Able to work evenings or weekends as required to meet proposal deadlines
Qualification
Required
Expert level knowledge of proposal and capture activities for professional services, preferably in multiple market sectors and a variety of client types
Strong attention to detail and accuracy, and an eagle eye for identifying discrepancies between various sections of a proposal
At least 10 years of experience with complex public sector proposals (preferably Federal and state and local), including experience developing win strategies
Superior written and verbal communication skills, including an ability to persuade senior executives within Guidehouse or our teaming partners to follow a recommended course of action
Experience managing large, complex proposals from start to finish, including debriefs, to drive content for high scoring public sector proposals
Interpersonal skills to interact with all levels of management
Time management, analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills
Ability to be adaptable and flexible to change
US citizen
University Degree
Preferred
Experience using AI tools to evaluate and compare documents
Experience as a former evaluator of public sector proposals, as a government employee or as a contractor performing that role
Benefits
Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
401(k) Retirement Plan
Basic Life & Supplemental Life
Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
Student Loan PayDown
Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
Skills Development & Certifications
Employee Referral Program
Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
Mobility Stipend
Company
Guidehouse
Guidehouse offers consulting services for public and commercial markets with expertise in management, technology, and risk consulting.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$0.75MKey Investors
Mission Daybreak
2023-11-06Acquired
2023-02-16Grant· $0.75M
Leadership Team
Scott McIntyre
Chairman and CEO
Alicia Harkness
Partner
Recent News
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