Federal Proposal Manager (Contract) - Columbia, MD
The position is a Federal Proposal Manager offered as an independent consultant on a 1099 hourly basis, fully remote, based in Columbia, MD. The role reports to the GovCon Division Lead and has a dotted-line relationship with the Federal Capture Director. The firm, The Wilkinson Firm, is a workforce strategy and staffing company founded in April 2025, operating in HR Advisory, Premium Hospitality, and event staffing, with a new Government Contracting division launched this quarter. The consultant will manage the full federal proposal lifecycle, including kickoff, compliance matrix, schedule, team reviews, production, and submission. Responsibilities include technical writing and editing of executive summaries, technical approach, management approach, past performance, and key personnel resumes. The role requires ownership of the compliance matrix, ensuring full adherence to all Section L and M requirements, page counts, and formatting specifications. A key duty is building and maintaining a response library with past performance citations, resumes, technical narratives, and pricing structures for reuse. The manager will collaborate with the Federal Capture Director on win themes, discriminators, and ghosting strategy, and coordinate pricing submissions with subcontractor partners. Post-submission tracking, debrief capture, and documentation of lessons learned are also part of the engagement structure. The engagement is project-based, scaling with proposal volume, and offers an hourly rate ranging from $100 to $500 depending on experience and scope within three defined tiers. Writer tier ($100-$175/hr) targets writers with 3-7 years of federal proposal experience, Manager tier ($175-$325/hr) seeks those with documented win history and full-lifecycle ownership, and Principal tier ($325-$500/hr) targets senior directors with multi-million-dollar experience. The firm reports $425-$525K in projected FY26 revenue, operates without loans or institutional debt, and draws on 47 combined years of HHS experience, including former EEOC Administrative Law Judges, employment attorneys, and clinical advisors. This opportunity emphasizes turning captured opportunities into compliant, compelling, and on-time responses to drive contract awards.
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