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Position Title

Proposal Manager/Technical Writer

Position Type

Full Time

Position Location

Rockville, MD

Tracking Code

00901

Daily Responsibilities
  • Oversee proposal development processes and pipeline and design high-quality, compelling, and compliant federal proposals ensuring consistent, efficient implementation of processes and best practices.
  • Analyze customer’s requirements and prepare responses to formal solicitations and requests for information/market research ensuring 100% compliance oversight (RFI, RFP, FARS, page allocations, evaluation factors)
  • Proposal preparation and execution of proposal activities. This includes but is not limited to proposal artifacts development, kick-off and proposal presentations, portal creation, data call management, schedule development and management, content creation, artifact/file management, color team review facilitation, and management, etc.
  • Write and collate content as required, edit boilerplates, weave proposal win themes throughout, identify competitive differentiators and unique approaches, and gather information and research to include in proposals.
  • Coordinate across contributors, including partners and vendors, and manage schedules to ensure 100% on-time delivery.
  • Provide daily progress updates and facilitate after-action debriefings, summarizing recommendations for improvement and applying lessons learned.
  • Design or modify graphics that demonstrate understanding, approach, discriminators, and/or messaging with inputs from SMEs, leadership, proposal or capture manager, or government documentation
  • Work with recruiters to source candidates and conduct interview sessions and confirm availability and commitment to be submitted in the proposal. This includes coordinating signatures of LOIs/LOCs.

Required: Years of Experience (min)

6+ Years of Experience in federal government proposal management.

Required: Degree

Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, business, communications, English, marketing, or journalism, preferred.

Required: Experience
  • Track record of successful proposal planning and organizing/guiding proposal teams to develop winning and compliant proposal responses to complex federal solicitations and RFIs.
  • High level of expertise with Microsoft Office Suite (MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint, and Outlook) & ability to design, develop, modify graphics.
  • Excellent writing/editing capability; ability to synthesize/analyze material effectively; experience writing/editing technical & non-technical documents.
  • Ability to gather/communicate technical and non-technical information
  • Strong communication and intrapersonal skills; ability to motivate others and collaborate virtually and in-person.
  • Self-motivated and able to work independently with the ability to organize, prioritize, adapt, and work under pressure.
  • Ability to maintain a flexible schedule during peak proposal activity.
  • Knowledge of proposal-related jargon and terminology and how to navigate government RFP/RFI requirements to ensure compliance.
  • Comprehend Systems Plus capabilities and customers at a high level.

Required: Clearance

None