Homeoffice Senior Proposal Manager at FullBloom
FullBloom · Washington, United States Of America · Remote
- Senior
When you are part of the team at FullBloom, you’ll do important work that has real-world impact. Our educators and healthcare professionals are driven by a common purpose: to positively impact the educational, behavioral, and social-emotional welfare of every child with whom we engage, no matter the child’s individual circumstance. We dedicate our careers to improving outcomes for at-risk and struggling youth, including those with learning and emotional disabilities. In doing so, we play a truly crucial role in the lives of children, their families and their communities. Our purpose drives our performance and we are looking for individuals who want to make an impact.
CharacterStrong's Background & Mission
CharacterStrong, a FullBloom Company, is an EdTech company that creates PreK-12 digital, multi-tiered solutions, assessments, and curricula and offers professional development opportunities to support schools with ongoing implementation. There’s currently a team of more than 100 full-time employees and over 40 contracted presenters collaborating to bring this work to life. Our mission is to create a more loving world through education.
At CharacterStrong, you will have the opportunity to make a positive impact on education, both in the United States and internationally. CharacterStrong employees offer their innovativeness, dedication to excellence and compassion to help produce curricula for students and training for educators that lead to student outcomes.
CharacterStrong’s Company Values & Norms
- We Produce Excellence - Producing timely, quality results and consistently asking the question, “How can we make this 1% better?”
- We Take Full Ownership - Taking the initiative to drive work forward, demonstrating responsibility when things do not go according to plan, and proactively closing identified gaps.
- We Practice Kindness - Exercising inclusion, care, and empathy with others, balancing honesty with compassion, and cultivating the well-being of self and others.
- We Problem-Solve - Identifying issues, analyzing for understanding, and taking action to implement the best possible solution.
Overview:
Our Ideal Senior Proposal Manager is:
An experienced proposal professional with the ability to be thoughtful in approach and highly accountable while managing multiple responses simultaneously. You have excellent time-management skills and thrive in a deadline-driven environment.
How will you make an impact?
As a Senior Proposal Manager, you will provide leadership and direction for the development of RFP responses that support our purpose, enabling us to serve even more children, educators, families, and communities. This position will support our CharacterStrong division (www.characterstrong.com).
Manage the complete RFP response process from kickoff to submission for multiple RFx at a time. This includes:
- End-to-End Proposal Development & Execution – Collobrate with salese win strategies and themes, capture planning, compliance matrixes, and ensure alignment with organizational goals
- Stakeholder & Team Leadership - Lead cross-functional and virtual teams (e.g., Sales, BD, Technical, Legal, Pricing). Facilitate kick-offs, reviews, standups, and lessons-learned sessions
- Quality Assurance & Governance - Conduct self and peer reviews, maintain version control, and guide all elements from outlines to final formatting and brand alignment
- Metrics & Continuous Process Improvement - Report on metrics like win rate and proposal quality. Drive improvements across tools, templates, and workflows
- Technology & Knowledge Management - Optimize and maintain proposal content libraries. Leverage and implement proposal automation tools, AI, or RFP platforms (e.g., Loopio, CRM/SharePoint, Microsoft Teams)
- 8+ years of experience managing complex, high-stakes RFPs—federal, state, local, or education technology preferred.
- Proven strategic skills in win theme development, capture strategy, and bid structuring.
- Strong experience with Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, Teams)
- Proficient in RFP and Proposal Management platforms (e.g., Loopio), CRM (HubSpot), and content management platforms.
- Exceptional writing, editing, proofreading, and storytelling skills.
- Strong project and stakeholder management skills; experience leading virtual or cross-functional teams.
- Comfortable working in fast-paced, high-pressure environments with firm deadlines.
- APMP Foundational certification preferred.
