Compliance Specialist – Color Team Review Lead

Role Overview

• Lead Compliance Reviews across proposals of varying size and complexity, ensuring adherence to RFP, TOR, or customer requirements
• Interpret government instructions/evaluation criteria and translate them into actionable compliance matrices and review guidance
• Coordinate with and provide compliance coaching and consultation to proposal teams, including providing guidance on aligning content with instructions and evaluation criteria and developing strategies to minimize compliance risk
• Develop or refine compliance tools and templates to strengthen Proposal Operations compliance and review processes
• Assess proposal artifacts for cross volume compliance, consistency, and traceability
• Track compliance risks, identify gaps, and clearly communicate mitigation steps
• Participate in readiness reviews, color team reviews, and validation exercises leading up to proposal submission
• Serve as a senior compliance advisor within the organization and provide mentorship to reviewers
• Lead Color Team Reviews, including planning, scheduling, developing reviewer packages, communicating instructions, and managing logistics
• Facilitate review sessions, ensuring reviewers understand evaluation criteria, scoring considerations, and areas of focus for each volume
• Develop tailored review guidance, score sheets, scoring rubrics, and evaluation frameworks to support consistent and actionable reviewer feedback
• Analyze reviewer feedback for clarity, accuracy, and alignment with evaluation standards, consolidating comments into guidance for proposal teams.
• Facilitate debriefs and draft post-review reports summarizing review findings and prioritizing corrective actions for executive leaders
• Apply best practices in color team facilitation, including leading reviewers, setting expectations, and moderating reviewer feedback
• Maintain and enhance standard methodologies for color team execution, including templates, training materials, and process documentation

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum 5–7 years of experience in proposals, compliance review, color team review execution, technical writing, quality review, or related federal contracting roles
• Expertise interpreting federal RFPs, RFIs, TORs, CSOs, etc. for large, strategic opportunities (e.g., $500M+ bids)
• Strong ability to convert requirements into structured matrices and review frameworks.
• Experience leading or facilitating federal proposal reviews IAW Shipley and/or APMP standards, including developing mock evaluation forms based on solicitations, coordinating reviewers, and synthesizing evaluation input
• Excellent writing and editing skills with mastery of grammar, clarity, and proposal style writing.
• Ability to guide proposal teams and review teams through compliance or structural corrections with tact and efficiency
• Advanced proficiency in MS Word and PDF tools (formatting, styles, track changes, annotation).
• Strong organizational and cross functional communication skills
• Active Secret Clearance (desired)
• Experience with AAS/FEDSIM bids and complex proposals (desired)
• Experience developing internal compliance or color review frameworks, reviewer reviewer instructions, or standard operating procedures (desired)
• Experience conducting compliance reviews using AI‑enabled analysis tools while adhering to organizational AI guidelines (desired)

Benefits

• healthcare
• wellness
• financial
• retirement
• family support
• continuing education
• time off benefits