Why Riverside Research Institute
FY2025 · Form 990Its mission and biggest programs, as filedSupports and conducts scientific research.
- The Institute engages in and supports scientific Research, on behalf of the u.s. Government and its agencies as well as the national Institute of health, on various classified and unclassified programs in a variety of areas including radar and cyber…$174.1M spent in FY2025
Before you apply
FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the orgAbout the role
The org's own posting, as writtenRiverside Overview Riverside Research is an independent National Security Nonprofit dedicated to research and development in the national interest. We provide high-end technical services, research and development, and prototype solutions to some of the country’s most challenging technical problems. All Riverside Research opportunities require U.S. Citizenship.
Position Overview
Riverside Research is seeking a Senior Proposal Manager to lead enterprise‑level proposal operations in Fairfax, Virginia. This role serves as the organization’s most senior proposal professional, responsible for planning, directing, and executing complex, multi‑volume proposal efforts for large‑scale lifecycle acquisitions, enterprise IDIQ vehicles, and high‑visibility task order competitions. The Senior Proposal Manager will oversee the full proposal lifecycle, shape proposal strategy in partnership with business development and capture leadership. They will oversee and lead the proposal team to ensure consistent, compliant and competitive submissions across the enterprise.
This leader will coordinate and integrate activities across Riverside Research’s research and development (R&D) and mission assurance business units, and across all corporate service centers including finance, procurement, contracting, security, IT, facilities, business development, human resources, recruiting, and program management. Responsibilities span proposal planning and resourcing, solution and volume development, color team execution, and post‑submission activities including EN responses, and orals preparation.
The ideal candidate brings extensive experience managing complex Federal Government proposal efforts, including large DOD and Intelligence Community (IC) R&D, engineering, mission assurance, and enterprise‑level acquisitions. Candidates should have a proven record of developing proposal strategies, leading multi‑discipline teams, managing proposal managers and writers, and producing compliant, compelling, and fully integrated proposal products. A minimum of fifteen years of experience in proposal strategy development, proposal management, and proposal writing for formal Federal solicitations is required; significantly deeper experience leading large, complex pursuits is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
Proposal Team Formation - Lead the identification and assignment of proposal teams by analyzing pre‑solicitation and solicitation artifacts (historic RFPs, DRFPs, industry day materials, Q&A matrices, amendments) to determine resource requirements and align technical, management, financial, contracting, IT, facilities, security, HR, graphics, and recruiting stakeholders to the pursuit. Solution & Strategy Development - Partner with capture leadership to shape and refine R&D and mission‑assurance solutions, organizing key technical and management points into coherent strategies, win themes, strengths with evidence, discriminators, value propositions, differentiators, competitive…
About Riverside Research Institute
From its Form 990- Budget $286.6M · Medical Research
- Staff 895 · founded 1967
- Pays its leaders $259K–$1.1M (12 reported)
- Open jobs 50 · Jobs at Riverside Research Institute · Full 990 report