Job ID: 713536BR Date posted: Dec. 18, 2025
Description:Lockheed Martin Space is seeking a Proposal Management leader who is responsible for will provide strategic direction, operational oversight, and mentorship to a team of Proposal Managers and Proposal Coordinators responsible for developing complex government and commercial proposals. This role partners closely with Capture Leads, Program Management, Engineering and F&BO, and senior leadership to ensure proposals are compelling, compliant, and delivered on schedule and budget. The incumbent will drive continuous improvement of proposal processes, tools, and best practices while ensuring disciplined execution across the organization.
Specific Responsibilities:
• Lead and train a high performing team of Proposal Managers and supporting staff.
• Oversee end-to0end proposal lifecycle, ensuring compliance with solicitation requirements, security classifications, and internal policies.
• Review and approve proposal content, strategies, and compliance matrices.
• Facilitate blue, pink and red team reviews and lessons learned debriefs
• Lead and implement process improvements and tools to enhance proposal development capabilities.
• Develop and maintain standard operating procedures, templates, and a knowledge management repository.
• Identify and mitigate proposal related risks.
• Conduct talent assessments, succession planning, and professional development initiatives (e.g., training, certifications, mentorship).
• Support Capture Excellence organization business rhythms.
• Responsible for the assessment and revision of associated Proposal Management Command Media to ensure it’s maintained with current and best practices, including tools and templates to support proposal efforts.
Basic Qualifications:
• Experience leading an organization or large team to meet critical schedules, resolving complex technical or operational problems, and providing employee mentoring.
• Demonstrated expertise in capture and/or proposal management and processes.
• Excellent communication skills - written and verbal - with experience briefing executive leadership.
• Ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance.
Desired Skills:
• Experience leading competitive as well as follow-on proposal efforts.
• Experience with the Intelligence Community, DoD, NASA, Commercial, and/or International capture and proposal development process.
• Demonstrated team-building skills.
• Ability to lead a geographically dispersed team.
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: TS/SCI
Other Important Information You Should Know
Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Ability to Work Remotely: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.
Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
Schedule for this Position: 9x80 every other Friday off
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $144,600 - $255,070. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate’s final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
(Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
This position is incentive plan eligible.
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
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Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: SPACE
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Business Development
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First