CHAOS Industries builds a multi-product portfolio powered by Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN TM), giving military, commercial, and border teams the ultimate advantage: domain dominance. Backed by Accel and NEA.
About the role
As a Proposal Manager, you will lead the development and delivery of compelling, compliant responses for U.S. federal and defense opportunities across CHAOS Industries. You will own the proposal process from initial planning through final submission, coordinating cross-functional contributors, maintaining schedules and compliance, managing review cycles, and ensuring each response is complete, accurate, and delivered on time.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, such as communications, marketing, English, computer science, engineering, or business, or equivalent professional experience
- Five or more years of experience managing proposals for U.S. federal, defense, or national security customers
- Demonstrated experience leading proposals from solicitation analysis and planning through review, production, and submission
- Significant hands-on experience writing and editing technical proposals, RFIs, white papers, or similar customer-facing responses
- Ability to quickly learn complex hardware or software products and translate technical information into clear, compelling content
- Experience managing multiple contributors, competing deadlines, and cross-functional dependencies
More about this role
CHAOS Industries is redefining modern defense with a multi-product portfolio that gives the ultimate advantage—domain dominance. The company's products are powered by Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN™), empowering warfighters, commercial air operators, and border protection teams to act faster, adapt rapidly, and stay ahead of evolving threats.
CHAOS Industries was founded in 2022 and has raised a total of $1 billion in funding from leading investors, including 8VC, Accel, and Valor Equity Partners. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, and London. For more information, please visit www.chaosinc.com .
As a Proposal Manager, you will lead the development and delivery of compelling, compliant responses for U.S. federal and defense opportunities across CHAOS Industries. You will own the proposal process from initial planning through final submission, coordinating cross-functional contributors, maintaining schedules and compliance, managing review cycles, and ensuring each response is complete, accurate, and delivered on time.
This is a hands-on, writing-oriented role. In addition to managing the proposal...
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