Senior Manager, Proposals

The Senior Manager, Proposals leads the proposal-development operating system for Infleqtion and independently manages complex proposal efforts from opportunity handoff through final submission. The role is responsible for producing compliant, compelling, and on-time responses to U.S. Government and strategic customer opportunities while establishing the processes, tools, content assets, capacity plans, and quality controls that allow the proposal function to scale.

The Senior Manager, Proposals partners with Business Development, Capture, Engineering, Program Management, Pricing, Contracts and Subcontracts, Legal, Finance, Procurement, Security, and external teammates. Capture leadership owns pursuit strategy and win positioning; this role converts that strategy into a disciplined, well-managed proposal process and high-quality submission. The Senior Manager, Proposals leads a team including proposals specialists and/or managers as well as pricing specialists.

Essential Responsibilities

Proposal Leadership and Execution

• Independently lead assigned proposal efforts, including RFIs, RFPs, BAAs, white papers, sources-sought responses, and multi-volume proposals, from intake and kickoff through submission, ensuring all deliverables are compliant, complete, compelling, and submitted on time.

• Analyze solicitation instructions, evaluation criteria, amendments, and solicitation requirements; build proposal plans, compliance matrices, schedules, o