C5MI is not your typical consulting firm. We are a high-performance team of SAP and supply chain experts who solve complex, mission critical challenges for organizations that cannot afford failure.
We hire consultants who thrive in complexity, move fast, take ownership, and deliver under pressure. At C5MI, you will not be siloed or stuck in theory. You will be hands on, client facing, and directly influencing outcomes that matter.
Our culture rewards initiative, accountability, and continuous growth. This is a place where your expertise is valued, your work is meaningful, and your performance truly matters. If you’re energized by learning through real-world challenges, collaborating with top-tier talent, and expanding your capabilities every day, C5MI is where strong consultants level up.
Position Summary:
C5MI is seeking an experienced Proposal Manager to lead the company's federal proposal function from solicitation release through submission. This fully remote position reports to the VP of Business Development and serves as C5MI's senior proposal professional. The Proposal Manager works closely with business development, capture, contracts, pricing, and technical subject matter experts (SMEs) to produce compliant, competitive proposals for defense and civilian federal customers.
The Proposal Manager owns proposal execution and the processes behind it. On each pursuit, you will analyze the solicitation, build the schedule and compliance matrix, run the kickoff and color reviews, and write and edit much of the content yourself. Across the portfolio, you will maintain C5MI's proposal standards, templates, and content library, and you will engage consultants or contract writers when workload exceeds capacity. Our work centers on ERP, supply chains, logistics, and data analytics for Department of Defense and civilian agencies, so the Proposal Manager must interpret FAR and DFARS requirements with confidence and translate complex technical solutions into clear narrative for government evaluation and scoring. This role fits a self-directed proposal professional who can manage full pursuits independently, write at a senior level, and serve as the company's authority on proposal compliance.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities:
Serve as C5MI's lead proposal manager and manage RFIs, sources sought responses, RFPs, RFQs, task orders, IDIQs, and contract vehicle on-ramps through the full lifecycle, often with multiple pursuits running concurrently
Analyze solicitations (e.g., Sections B through M, SOW/PWS, CDRLs, evaluation criteria, and submission instructions, etc.) and translate requirements into annotated outlines, compliance matrices, and clear writing assignments
Apply strong working knowledge of the FAR and DFARS to identify compliance risks, key clauses, and flowdown requirements, such as limitations on subcontracting, organizational conflicts of interest, cybersecurity and CMMC requirements, and data rights, and escalate issues to contracts and leadership early
Apply a strong understanding of evaluation factors, subfactors, and source selection methods, e.g., under FAR Subpart 15.3, including best-value tradeoff and lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA), in order to ensure C5MI submissions are compelling, clearly differentiated, and written to earn strengths, not just comply
Draft clarification questions for the government and assess amendments and Q&A responses for their impact on proposal content, schedule, and compliance
Build and maintain proposal schedules, lead kickoff meetings and status calls, and hold contributors accountable to milestone deadlines
Partner with capture and business development leads on bid/no-bid decisions, win themes, discriminators, and customer insight, and carry that strategy into proposal content
Serve as the primary writer and/or editor for technical, management, staffing, transition, and past performance volumes, and develop first-pass drafts from the content library and prior responses…