Senior Proposal Strategist - Water (Kansas City, MO)
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Job overview
The Senior Proposal Strategist leads proposal planning and development for assigned business development proposals, collaborating with business development and project management leadership to create distinctive value propositions. The role oversees proposal teams, reviews, graphics, interview practice, and post-submittal activities, and supports project metrics and deliverables. It also prepares industry award submissions and participates in professional associations, conferences, networking, and trade shows.
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Description
The Senior Proposal Strategist is responsible for leading development of the proposal plan; the Request For Proposal (RFP) release and the process including end game, and checkmate for assigned business development proposals to win work for the company. This position will lead proposal efforts in collaboration with business development and project management leadership to develop distinctive value propositions that enhance our clients' competitive positions.
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Lead the development and presentation of the proposal plan; draft storyboards, and a proposal/win strategy.
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Lead proposal team assignments and initial proposal management plan.
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Present at pink team review meeting and adjust proposal material in response to review and request.
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Recommend proposal solutions during the review of the go/no-go decision and the official proposal kickoff meeting.
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Lead and present proposal graphics and visuals.
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Review and manage post-submittal activities.
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Lead the interview practice sessions in the Checkmate phase.
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Lead proposal services per the Checkmate phase to close out.
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Support the development of metrics including change orders, safety, budget, schedule, diversity goals, and community involvement activities.
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Manage the closing of the project deliverables.
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Complete the submittal for industry awards (ACEC; ENR) local trade or national trade publications.
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Attend professional associations, conferences, and build professional network and trade shows.
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Performs other duties as assigned.
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Complies with all policies and standards.
Qualifications
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Bachelor Degree in marketing, communications, business administration, or related field. and 8 years in marketing, business development, or sales with a professional services firm. Experience at an A/E firm preferred required.
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Or, applicable years of experience may be substituted for degree requirement required.
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Experience with the Shipley best practice model preferred.
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Superior technical writing abilities.
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Excellent written & verbal communication skills.
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Proficiency with Adobe InDesign strongly preferred.
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Certified Proposal Management Professional -APMP preferred.
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Or, equivalent preferred
This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filled.
EEO/Disabled/Veterans
Job Business Development/Sales
Primary Location US-MO-Kansas City
Schedule: Full-time
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time
Req ID: 265326
Job Hire Type Experienced #LI-KD #WTR
How this job compares
Set against the 20,998 open Business Development jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Missouri median$123–212K/yr195 salary ranges
- US median$19–35/hr816 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 294 open Business Development jobs in Missouri and 20,998 across the US. 12% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Business Development postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (16,509 postings).
- Education
- 6,744 of the 20,998 open Business Development jobs (32%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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