Proposal Manager-Marketing Job at ESP Associates in Morrisville

ESP is looking for an experienced (5+ years), results-driven, and enthusiastic person to lead and support capture planning and proposal development for our Community Infrastructure business unit. You will join a supportive team of marketing professionals that support ESP’s qualification-based selection (QBS) for municipal, state, and federal agencies.

• Do you love helping left-brained people persuasively communicate right-brained ideas?
• Do you enjoy working collaboratively with a talented group of people?
• Do you thrive in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment?
• Is life/work balance important to you?
• Are you always on the lookout for ways to grow and improve?

The successful candidate will have the right mix of creative and strategic thinking, a competitive and cooperative outlook, networking and relationship-building skills, highly organized and detail-oriented, advanced written, strong copyediting and graphic design skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.

Responsibilities:

Proposal Management:

• Lead the development of complex proposal documents and shortlist presentations from initial kick-off and strategy through document design, development, technical review, and production.
• Analyze RFP requirements and develop compliant and compelling proposal responses.
• Collaborate with leadership, management, and technical staff to gather information and develop and refine proposal content in keeping with strategic capture planning.
• Participate in client meetings and/or debriefs as requested.

Capture Planning:

• Engage fully in advancing capture planning for identified pursuits, including coordinating and facilitating meeting cadence, market and competitor research, and document management.
• As a critical part of the capture team, the proposal manager works closely with the capture manager to identify and implement a winning strategy.

CRM & Data Management:

• Maintain CRM database for clients, contacts and opportunities throughout the sales pipeline to track and report hit rates and capture rates and BDROI.
• Manage and update digital content libraries (including CRM and cloud-based resources) for project and staff experience, imagery, and other digital resources.

Ideal Qualities:

• Prior experience in the A/E/C industry is a significant plus, especially experience in municipal and educational infrastructure design and planning
• Associate or bachelor’s degree (studies in Marketing, Communications, Design, Journalism, English, or similar studies is a great fit)
• Experience in the Adobe Creative Suite is a MUST, especially InDesign – be prepared to submit portfolio/work samples in original format
• Experience with CRM software, such as Unanet/Cosential (preferred) or Deltek Vision
• Open to fulltime remote work for the right candidate, and/or flexibility in working in an ESP office location

ESP’s marketing proposal team is organized by service discipline, giving us the familiarity and knowledge base to efficiently meet deadlines. ESP provides a wide range of professional services, including civil engineering, floodplain mapping, geotechnical and materials testing, planning and landscape architecture, construction engineering & inspection, land surveying and advanced geospatial mapping, and GIS/applications development. This offers great opportunities for learning and professional development across the A/E/C field!

If this sounds like a good fit for you – let’s talk!

Corporate Information:

ESP is a multi-discipline engineering design and consulting firm providing our clients with civil engineering, surveying, planning/landscape architecture, geosciences, environmental, subsurface utility engineering, and construction engineering inspection.

Through years of dedicated service to our clients, ESP has received a designation of 195 on the 2025 ENR Top 500 Design Firm rankings. For the firm's primary territory, the ENR Texas & Southeast Top Design Firms, ESP received a 2025 ranking of 52.

ESP offers an excellent employee benefits package including:

• Competitive compensation with yearly performance reviews and discretionary annual bonuses
• 401(k) (Traditional & Roth plans) with a guaranteed employer match of 100% up to the first 3% and 50% on the next 2% (eligibility after 60 days)
• PTO (Paid Time Off) & 10 Paid Holidays
• Tiered Health, Vision & Dental Insurance Options (eligibility after 30 days)
• Behavioral Medicine through Teladoc
• Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Education Reimbursement Opportunities
• Flexible and Dependent Benefits Plan
• Referral Bonuses

Candidate must be able to pass a drug screen, background check, and have a satisfactory driving record in accordance with the company’s driving (MVR) policy.