S³, Inc. is a rapidly growing woman owned small business founded in 1991, headquartered in Huntsville, AL, that provides technical, programmatic, and logistic services to U.S. Department of Defense, other U.S. government agencies, and Partner Nation militaries, co-located with government requirements. The S³, Inc. staff is 70% veterans. The company operates under an ISO 9001/AS9100 certified Quality Management System.

S³, Inc. has wholly owned subsidiaries that expand the customer base and increase our annual growth rate: KBFS – provides aviation pilot training, heavy lift, aircraft maintenance, and related aircraft services to government and commercial requirements IAW multiple FAA certifications; S3I – provides OCONUS FMS technical services, maintenance, and aviation platform training; S3 Arabia (S3A), a subsidiary of S3I operates in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and GLSS – provides SCA/CBA contract aviation maintenance.

Are you an experienced publication lead with no advancement opportunities? This may be the job for that advancement.

S³, Inc. and subsidiaries are recruiting to expand and develop Corporate Operations to staff for contract growth and are approaching 1000 employees. At S³, Inc. we're proud to offer above industry standard benefits and encourage our team members to build a fulfilling career with our mission-focused leadership. Come work with us and let's build something great together!

Military experience is a plus.

This is not a teleworking position. The duty site is at our S3 corporate headquarters.

S³, Inc. has an immediate need for a seasoned Publications Manager to join the corporate publications/proposals department at HQ in Research Park, Huntsville, AL.

Description:

The Proposal Manager works independently to generate proposal responses to Government RFP’s and deliver for IDIQ, BPA, SA proposals, large task orders and technical directives. Reports to the Manager of Business Development and works closely with the opportunity capture manager, pricing, contracts, and human resources to track and validate the opportunity, verify non-disclosures and ensure that teaming agreements are in place. 

The Proposal Manager supports team development, completes data calls, prepares proposal kickoff meeting and schedules, and gathers input from the program managers and other assigned writers. Manages the workload of publication staff supporting assigned IDIQ, BPA, and SA proposals. 

Responsibilities:

·Prepares proposal outlines, templates, compliance matrices, and boilerplate drafts of the proposal from corporate databases.

·Integrates graphics into text, assemble the proposed response, and coordinate color reviews.

·Supervises volume publication, certifies completeness, ensures delivery to the customer or its designated contract representative, completes proposal closeout items, and updates associate proposal libraries.

·Leads continuous improvement actions for the department.

·Monitors and reports all Quality Management Statistics for compliance, quality, and timeliness.

Qualifications:

·Bachelor’s degree in English, journalism, business administration, computers science, marketing, or related major.

·18 years of relevant proposal experience supporting DOD technical services business.

·6 years of experience managing proposals that include roles as the prime contractor, bids greater than $50M in award value and greater than $10M in subcontractor.

·5 years of experience responding to sources sought and RFIs.

·3 years of experience managing the control of multiple simultaneous proposals.

·3 years of experience developing guidance for Color Team Review and creating compliance matrices, outlines, and templates for multi-volume proposals.

·Experience with multiple software tools with a 4 out of 5 efficiency skill level: Excel, Word, Publisher, Photoshop, Illustrator, and PowerPoint. 

Systems Studies and Simulation, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.