Business Development & Proposal Manager
GFT is seeking a Business Development & Proposal Manager to join our West Team in either NorCal, SoCal, Washington or Arizona ! This role follows a remote work model and must have experience with Transportation clients in the state of California. At GFT, we’re not just pursuing projects—we’re strategically capturing opportunities that shape our communities. The Strategic Growth Office is the engine behind GFT’s enterprise-wide growth. It fuels our most significant pursuits by aligning talent, insights, and strategy to win complex, high-impact projects. From vision through delivery, we partner across all Business Groups to develop compelling proposals that reflect our core values and technical excellence. What you’ll be challenged to do: - The BD & Proposal Manager is a senior position that supports either multiple regional business lines or one Global Business Line and contributes to meeting the goals in GFT's strategic plan by leading key business development support efforts. - Working independently or through management of a team of resources for larger, more complex pursuits, the BD&P Manager is an internal BD support position that also works externally in support of (not in place of) the business lines’ client and capture managers. - The BD&P Manager is responsible for owning the cradle-to-grave internal support from client management phase through proposal development phase of the BD Lifecycle Program (BDLP), including managing respective proposal efforts and/or participating routinely in the writing and reviewing of the proposal. - In this capacity, the successful candidate will be responsible for the following: Supervisory - May manage one or more assistant proposal specialists/proposal specialists on a day-to-day basis. - Responsibilities includes assignment of tasks to appropriate team member and review of work to ensure compliance with quality and department-specified practices and procedures - May manage and/or assist Business Development Manager or Leader with proposal workload and resourcing for regional or global business