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About the Role
Hazen and Sawyer is seeking a Senior Proposal Manager to lead proposal development and manage a team of proposal coordinators in our NYC office. This role is a strategic partner to regional leadership, focusing on shaping pursuit strategy, enhancing proposal quality, and driving process improvements.
Responsibilities
- Lead and support proposal coordinators through the full pursuit lifecycle
- Manage, mentor, and develop the proposal team
- Partner with technical leaders on pursuit strategy, messaging, and go/no-go decisions
- Lead proposal planning, compliance reviews, and production efforts for key pursuits
- Guide interview strategy, presentation development, and rehearsal efforts
- Perform final quality reviews to ensure compliance, accuracy, consistency, and brand alignment
- Oversee resumes, project descriptions, and other reusable proposal content
- Maintain pursuit data in Deltek and support regional reporting and planning
- Supervise the graphics team lead, who manages the graphics team and its workload for proposals and presentations
- Continuously improve proposal processes, tools, and best practices
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, English, journalism, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- 10+ years of proposal, marketing, or business development experience, preferably in the AEC industry
- Experience managing proposal or marketing staff
- Exceptional writing, editing, and organizational skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines simultaneously
- Strong strategic thinking and collaboration skills
- Proficiency with Adobe InDesign; much of our proposal production is done in InDesign
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office
Skills
- Adobe InDesign
- Microsoft Office
- Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat)
- Bluebeam
- Deltek Vantagepoint
Location
- NYC
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
- 10+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
Salary/Compensations
- Starting pay range for this position depends on skills, experience, education and geographical location
Benefits
- Comprehensive health benefits (medical, dental, vision, and prescription plans)
- Pre-tax flexible spending plans for medical, dependent care, and transportation
- Short and long-term disability, and employer paid life insurance
- Paid holidays, floating holidays, and paid time off (PTO)
- Employer-contributed 401(k) plan and additional financial planning support
- Professional growth opportunities, including tuition reimbursement, in-house training, and incentives for professional registration and professional organization memberships
About the Company
- Founded in 1951, Hazen and Sawyer is an employee-owned company focused on water infrastructure.
- Our work includes planning, design, and oversight of construction of environmental infrastructure – for water, wastewater, and stormwater management.
- We foster a work environment low on bureaucracy and high in creativity.
- We recruit talented professionals, provide them with challenging, interesting, and creative assignments, and furnish them with the tools they need to succeed.
- We currently have over 2,400 employees in 90+ offices throughout the United States, Latin America, Canada, and the UK.
- A flexible hybrid work schedule supports today's busy professionals.