Proposal and Marketing Specialist: Disaster Response and Recovery - AECOM

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AECOM is actively searching for a an experienced proposal leader to work within our Disaster Resilience Solutions (DRS) team as a Proposal and Marketing Specialist: Disaster Response and Recovery. We are looking for a proposal specialist to support strategic growth and winning work, for Federal, State and Local clients, in the disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation sectors. The Disaster Resilience Solutions (DRS) team supports federal, state, and local jurisdictions in addressing global challenges like sustainable development, climate change, humanitarian services, and disaster risk management, helping clients with preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery efforts to implementing safeguards for resilient communities.

In this role, you will collaborate with regional and business line teams on identified priority pursuits, lead and support pre-positioning, internal and external marketing communications, RFP/RFQ responses, and interview preparation. You will work with a cross-discipline team from marketing, operations, contracts, procurement, small business programs, finance, and others as applicable. This position is within a dynamic, high-functioning team of 45+ Federal proposal and marketing experts.

This will be a hybrid work schedule position including a combination of both remote and in-office, that can be based in, but not limited to: Arlington, VA; Roanoke, VA; Atlanta, GA; Raleigh, NC; Austin, TX.

Job Responsibilities: 

Proposal Management Responsibilities

• Lead the preparation of compliant and compelling RFP/RFI responses for large (>$15 - $20M+), Federal, State and Local pursuits from capture through to interview stage, as required.
• In partnership with the Capture Manager, leading/participating in Go/No-Go, capture planning and positioning activities and develop the win strategies, themes, discriminators, source content, graphic concepts, and other writer guidance. 
• Review and translate RFP and amendment requirements into a compliance matrix, annotated proposal outline, and content plans. Monitor and respond to amendments. 
• Write and/or edit proposal content such as executive summaries, past performance sections, management approaches, and resumes/staffing sections; and providing detailed writing guidance to others for the development of technical and pricing sections.  
• Lead Pink and Red reviews and serve as a reviewer on teams for DRS Federal pursuits, applying insight and knowledge related to this specific market sector.  
• This position has accountability for the quality, compliance and timely delivery of the final deliverable. 
• Supporting debriefs, after action reviews, and gathering of client feedback on proposals to provide continuous improvement. 
• May serve as an active mentor to other proposal specialists.

Marketing Communications Responsibilities

• Develop insights, provides recommendations and makes decisions about future content activity.
• Produce content to support thought leadership, abstracts for conferences, pre-positioning for proposals, campaigns, marketing collateral, services, product and events. Content creation may be in the form of blogs, articles, reports, case studies, videos, website text, podcasts or infographics in collaboration with the Marketing Communications and Design team. 
• Lead or support special projects involving teams of BL or multiple BLs staff, as directed by BL Marketing Director.

Minimum Requirements:

• BA/BS + 6 years of relevant proposal and/or marketing experience or a demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10 years of related experience with development and management of proposals valued >$15-$20 million in the architecture and engineering sector for Federal, state, and local clients.
• Strong proposal and communications writing skills.
• Experience with rapid or emergency response, and/or disaster recovery programs.
• Has extensive knowledge of how to write and optimize content for proposals, the web, intranets, podcasts, panel discussions/thought leadership, and awards entries.

• Relocation assistance and/or per diem is not offered for this position.
• This position does not include sponsorship for United States work authorization, now or in the future.
• All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines

About AECOM

AECOM is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits program to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absence, voluntary benefits, perks, U.S. and global well-being programs, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.