Updated August 14, 2026

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Proposal Development Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 20+ proposal development jobs at companies offering 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights—for a better work-life balance. 9 new this week. Hiring companies include L3Harris Technologies, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Bounteous.

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Partnerships Operations Manager

3mo

Simprints

RemoteUK

93 · Excellent4 day week100% pay£45k

Director Business Development - Government and Defense

RemoteUSA

61 · Good9 day fortnight$127k – $193k

Senior Proposal Associate

Veramed

RemoteUK

60 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Data Solutions Lead

3mo

Bounteous

RemoteCanada

62 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$180k – $240k

Assistant Director, Research Development-AI Institute

2mo

Syracuse University

RemoteUSA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Sr Specialist, Program Management

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteCamden, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Major Gifts Officer

Cornell University

HybridNew York City, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week$122k – $170k

Proposal Operations Manager

L3Harris Technologies

OnsitePalm Bay, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Senior Foundation & Institutional Relationships Officer

14d

Global Witness

HybridLondon, UK

83 · Great4 day week100% pay£48k

Senior Specialist, Program Management (FOS)

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteCincinnati, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Associate Director of Development

10d

Rice University

HybridHouston, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

NDA Scientist

1mo

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

HybridOak Ridge, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Section Head - Spectroscopy

1mo

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

HybridOak Ridge, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Research Advancement Administrator

27d

Arizona State University

HybridTempe, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week$42k – $59k

Capture Strategist - Science & Technology (S&T)

3mo

CHAOS Industries

OnsiteWashington, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$140k – $180k

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Employers hiring for Proposal Development on this page include L3Harris Technologies, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Bounteous. Proposal Development roles appear most frequently in engineering, data, and platform teams at companies that have adopted a reduced-hours schedule. Each listing indicates the seniority level and whether Proposal Development is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Proposal Development roles span the full seniority range — we list 20 open roles requiring Proposal Development across entry-level, mid-level, senior, lead, and staff/principal positions. Senior and above tend to dominate because employers offering reduced-hours schedules often lean toward experienced individual contributors who can deliver consistently in fewer hours. Filter by level in the sidebar to narrow the list above.

Lead with measurable outcomes over time spent — Proposal Development hiring managers at reduced-hours companies care about delivered value, not hours worked. Highlight projects where you shipped at a steady cadence, collaborated asynchronously, or reduced engineering toil through automation or tooling. Include concrete metrics (latency improvements, adoption numbers, cost reductions) rather than vague duty descriptions. Expand listings above to see the exact framing each employer uses in their job descriptions.

For the full-pay schedules here — 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights — yes: you keep a full-time salary for a shorter week. Part-time and pro-rata roles instead scale pay to hours, and each listing makes the arrangement clear. Proposal Development roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers; specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and sub-specialty (e.g. backend vs frontend, infra vs ML). Individual listings above show exact bands where the employer publishes them.

Depends on the role, but Proposal Development candidates who also demonstrate async communication, clean documentation, and cross-functional collaboration are typically strong fits for reduced-hours employers — those companies rely on written-first communication and high-context handoffs to operate on a compressed schedule. Technical-adjacent skills vary by stack. Browse the top skills shown in the sidebar to see which tags co-occur most often with Proposal Development on current listings.

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Proposal Development Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 20+ proposal development jobs at companies offering 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights—for a better work-life balance. 9 new this week. Hiring companies include L3Harris Technologies, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Bounteous.

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