Volume Leads

Lead Your Proposal to Victory with a Dedicated Volume Lead

Don't let complex proposal requirements slow you down. Our dedicated content experts, also known as Volume Leads, act as your key partner throughout the proposal development process.

They will:

  • Guide your team in developing compelling and compliant content.
  • Ensure all sections of your proposal align with client requirements.
  • Streamline the writing process for a faster turnaround.
  • Free you up to focus on your core business objectives.

A Volume Lead is your secret weapon for creating winning proposals that impress clients and secure more contracts.

Service Description

What You Get:

The volume lead completes or manages the following tasks:

  • Analytical & Cost Management:
    • Data-Driven Solutions: Can translate complex project requirements into cost-effective and achievable solutions.
    • Resource Allocation: Helps effectively allocate resources (personnel, budget) to ensure proposals stay within budget constraints.
    • Cost Optimization: Helps your team meet the project scope and effectively deliver competitive pricing strategies.
  • Quality & Compliance:
    • Compliance Expert: Ensures proposals strictly adhere to all RFP requirements and evaluation criteria, avoiding disqualification.
    • Content Leadership: Guides and leads the team in creating well-written, insightful, and high-quality proposal sections.
    • Deadline Management: Meets all proposal milestones and delivers high-quality volumes on time.
  • Collaboration & Communication:
    • Team Leadership: Provides guidance, direction, and motivation to the team, fostering a collaborative and productive environment.
    • Issue Resolution: Proactively identifies potential problems throughout the proposal process and develops solutions to ensure a smooth workflow.
    • Communication Champion: Maintains clear and consistent communication with team members, proposal writers, and proposal managers.

Engage a Consultant

Whether you need help developing win strategies, win themes, or organizing your response for a compelling, customer-focused response, Shipley is ready to help. We can be onsite with your team or provide virtual support. End-to-end proposal management provides clients with the assurance that a proposal will be the best sales document possible—while being compliant and responsive. Balancing the tactical aspects of a proposal while providing team leadership are qualities all Shipley Proposal Managers bring to a project.

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What Our Clients Say

Here is what our clients have to say about their experiences and success stories working with Shipley consultants.

"The guidance you provided on our capture plan helped us re-evaluate and re-direct our win strategy on this must-win competitive bid. Thank you for helping us better understand our competitive position on this critical capture effort. We know we've enhanced our win based on your input."
SVP Strategic Capture Management, Global Defense Contractor
"Shipley's technical expertise, extensive knowledge and interpersonal skills enabled us to validate our capture strategy to the Senior Leadership. Your professionalism and can-do attitude truly reflected the best business practices that Shipley brings to the table."
Director, Multi National Aerospace and Defense Contractor
"Your proposal leadership on this complex proposal was invaluable. You were able to harness our resources and bring together a compelling story for our customer while maintaining calm - even in a very chaotic environment with us and our teaming partners."
Director of Program Development, Healthcare IT Firm
"As a small business, we were looking for a tool that would give us an edge over our competition. The Shipley Proposal Guide has given us that competitive advantage. The Guide's organization is intuitive, information relevant, and has quickly become the most powerful tool in our proposal development arsenal."
Director of Business Development
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Why Shipley?

The most qualified and diverse cadre of capture and proposal resources in the industry
Industry-proven tools, techniques, and processes for getting it done right; on time and on budget
Task order, quick-turn response support to minimize overhead and respond quickly
A flexible engagement management approach with practitioners leading project oversight
A partner that supports clients with a winning discipline, globally
A national recruiting system to attract and retain capture and proposal talent to meet specific needs