Senior Proposal Specialist (Federal Market)

at CDM Smith in Nampa, Idaho, United States

44931BR

Requisition ID:

44931BR

Business Unit:

FSU

Job Description:

CDM Smith is expanding the marketing team within our Federal Services Unit and is seeking a proven Senior Marketing Specialist with strong proposal experience supporting environmental remediation, civil works, and water resilience contracts.

In this role, you will support business development efforts for multimillion-dollar U.S. government opportunities, both nationwide and overseas, collaborating with technical, management, and marketing professionals across the firm.

Responsibilities include:

- Conduct research on federal contract opportunities, competitors, and potential teaming partners, as well as review and analyze FedBizOpps synopses, requests for proposals, and related solicitation documents.

- Direct the federal pursuit strategy by handling pre-positioning, capture planning, evaluating opportunities, and supporting Go/No-Go decisions.

- Use AI-powered tools and analytics platforms to analyze trends, automate opportunity tracking, streamline research, identify patterns, and gain actionable insights into competitor positioning and teaming strategies to enhance decision-making throughout the pursuit process.

- Oversee comprehensive proposal development for federal projects of diverse scale and complexity, managing the process from initial capture to submission and presentation.

- Develop proposal strategies, key themes, and compelling win messages that align with solicitation requirements and highlight company differentiators.

- Organize and facilitate all proposal-related activities and reviews, including kickoff sessions, strategic meetings, color evaluations, and final production.

- Maintain compliance and high quality in proposals through thorough solicitation analysis, creation of compliance matrices, detailed reviews, and oversight of final submissions.

- Collaborate across technical teams, proposal staff, and subconsultants to craft unified and consistent submissions.

- Assign proposal resources efficiently, anticipate workload demands, and guide proposal coordinators and contributors through mentorship.

- Engage in client debriefs and lessons-learned exercises to drive ongoing improvements in pursuit and proposal efforts.

Job Title:

Senior Proposal Specialist (Federal Market)

Group:

OPS

Employment Type:

Regular

Minimum Qualifications:

- Bachelors degree.

- 6 years of related experience.

- Domestic and/or internation