Senior proposal writer

Summary:

Guide the proposal team in proposal development, writing, and good practices. Collaborate with Proposal Manager on structuring, developing, editing, and formatting winning proposals. Collaborate with Proposal Manager and Leadership in revising the capture, bid, and proposal processes and associated artifacts. Coordinate and review/edit proposal input from a variety of stakeholders across the company and our subcontractors. Support the proposal team in delivering winning proposals. Write compelling business stories and technical narrative for federal proposals in accordance with solicitations and all referenced documents to address: Technical requirements, technical approach, Management Sections, past performance, staffing, cost volumes, pricing, and budget. Fact check and assure accuracy. Interview SMEs and technical stakeholders to gather technical, functional, and implementation requirements; and to understand processes, technologies, business needs, and other contextual details. Layout documents for optimal visual effects integrating and developing graphics and illustrations. Standardize look and content. Proofread copy. Revise and edit drafts. Ensure that all proposals are fully compliant and adhere to established style (U.S. Government Publishing Office Style Manual). Format documents according to given parameters. Generate a high volume of quality technical writing in a short period of time and work additional and non-traditional hours as needed to meet tight deadlines.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years technical proposal experience writing in the federal proposal process, contracts, bids.
• Demonstrated experience developing proposals in response to Federal Requests for Proposal (RFPs), Requests for Quote (RFQs), Requests for Information (RFIs).
• Demonstrated experience winning proposal efforts.
• Proven ability in planning, producing, and delivering compliant proposals.
• Experience with mid or large size firm capture and proposal management processes.
• Experience utilizing capture management (CRM) tools (e.g., SalesForce, Costpoint).
• IT vocabulary surrounding software development.
• Expert level knowledge of proper professional writing.
• Advanced user skill level in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Visio, Publisher) and Adobe Acrobat.
• Must be able to give an on-demand demonstration of knowledge, particularly of Word.
• Demonstrated researcher and fact checker.
• Experience writing, editing, and doing layout on deadline.
• Ability to deliver multiple projects on tight deadlines 100% of the time.
• Ability to work well in both independent and highly collaborative settings.
• Oral presentation experience and excellent oral and written communication skills.

Preferences:

• U.S. Government Publishing Office Style Manual expertise.
• Experience leading proposal efforts.

Pointers: -- Remote job -- Salary is fixed -- USC citizen