Project, Program, and Proposal Manager
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- on July 17, 2024
TruWeather Solutions
Beyond Ordinary
Established in 2015, TruWeather Solutions, Inc. (TruWeather) is a leader in providing micro-weather data, analytics, infrastructure, services, and risk-management products across the uncrewed aircraft system (UAS), advanced air mobility (AAM), and ground autonomous system industries and engages with the National Air and Space Administration (NASA), Department of Defense (DoD), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and a variety of worldwide commercial and governmental organizations. The company employs aviation meteorologists, software engineers, project managers, atmospheric scientists, and others to help clients improve the success, safety, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of their operations, logistics, and workflow. TruWeather is a scaling start-up company on the leading edge of weather system innovation and service disruption. Team members must have the ability to work in an agile, fast-paced work environment, multi-task, and rapidly respond to emerging opportunities critical to new Intellectual Property generation and revenue generation.
Job Title: Project, Program, and Proposal Manager
Job Location and Travel: This position is flexible and may be 100% remote or on-site at various locations, including Albany, NY, Reston, VA, and Dallas-Fort Worth, TX. Minimal travel should be expected with no more than one 3-day trip every few months.
Primary Responsibilities and Tasks
- Manage technical projects being planned or executed in the U.S. and internationally, involving multiple team members who may be located at multiple remote locations, to successful closure
- Organize teams, set objectives, establish budgets and schedules, develop solutions, and coordinate responsibilities
- Monitor progress (cost and schedule), interface with client representatives, generate reports, and deliver presentations
- Responsible and accountable, along with co-workers, for project success
- Review and analyze the details of Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and other solicitations and manage the solicitation response process, including proposal generation
- Review proposal announcements and evaluate alignment with business strategy and roadmap
- Create storyboards, schedules, budgets, and proposed assignments
- Facilitate and contribute to the creation of solutions that address the statement of work and evaluation criteria
- Enable TruWeather team to submit winning proposals
- Support client outreach, training, and workshop coordination to ensure clients derive full value of TruWeather capabilities and become loyal TruWeather advocates
Education Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in management, atmospheric science, business administration, or related fields
Minimum Experience and Skill Requirements
- 4 or more years of experience in project/program management and technical proposal writing
- Organizing, solutioning, scheduling, budgeting, tasking, monitoring, reporting, presenting
- PMP viewed favorably, but not a requirement, as experience and aptitude are key measures in the hiring decision
- Reviewing RFPs and drafting and managing responses to RFPs
- An innovative and continuous improvement mindset
- Commitment to organizational and personal professional growth and excellence
- Comfortable with emerging technology, such as Artificial or Machine Learning tools,
to enhance company program management and proposal workflows
- Ability to work collegially with diverse team members in an environment with tight deadlines
- Ability to take initiative and work independently based on guidance from company leadership
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and oral
- Exceptional organization, attention to detail, and time management skills
- High proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Acrobat
- Knowledge of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), Broad Agency Announcements, and other governmental programs
