Senior Federal Marketing Coordinator
At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we work to weave diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and foster a sense of belonging throughout the company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?
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HDR seeks an experienced Senior Marketing Coordinator to organize, coordinate, and facilitate all phases of the proposal process in response to federal solicitations. This includes developing and creating proposals and interview materials in collaboration with program managers, client managers, and other dynamic team members resulting in the capture of new contracts.
In the role of Senior Marketing Coordinator, we'll count on you to:
- Understand the capture planning and proposal development process
- Coordinate and assist with qualifying pursuits and Go/No Go decision-making
- Lead capture teams consisting of technical, operations, and marketing staff; maintain pursuit documentation and actively engage in strategy development for assigned pursuits
- Assist with developing best practices and process improvement initiatives
- Actively manage the proposal process from start to finish; apply marketing best practices to improve the quality and efficiency of response
- Develop and manage proposal schedules and confirm compliance
- Write non-technical text and edit and proofread documents. Provide the team with a clear definition of proposal content, assignments, and production schedule
- Manage multiple concurrent proposals and activities for each, including assembling team, scheduling and facilitating milestone review meetings, directing and assuring follow-up actions, and producing final submittals
- Evaluate technical content to ensure RFP requirements and evaluation criteria are met and the proposal is compliant
- Lead quality reviews of proposal and interview materials
- Track amendments and clarifications to ensure that the final proposal incorporates all required information
- Ensure quality, budget, and schedule performance of proposal efforts
- Work with the proposal team to deconstruct proposal contents and capture the material in the firm’s database upon submission
- Participate in and help lead client interviews, as well as proposal debriefs
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
- Minimum of 5 years' experience
- Experience in the A/E/C industry
- Demonstrated experience in leading proposal efforts from proposal development through submission and interview
- Knowledgeable in publicly available information sources; able to effectively conduct market research to support the Federal Business Group
- Demonstrated “self-starter” with a history of completing projects with limited oversight
- Strong interpersonal skills: the ability to work cooperatively with diverse teams and personalities; comfortable working with remote team members
- Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite including Illustrator
- Ability and desire to travel and engage with others in-person
- Perform other duties as needed
- A minimum of 2 years relevant industry experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Proficient in Adobe Creative Cloud applications, including InDesign
- Demonstrated "self-starter" with a history of completing projects with limited oversight
What We Believe
HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.
Our Commitment
As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.
Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.
