Technical Proposal Writer

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• Review and analyze solicitations to support Bid/No-Bid decisions.
• Participate in capture planning and proposal strategy sessions.
• Analyze solicitation requirements to guide proposal positioning.
• Translate solicitation requirements into compliant and compelling proposal approaches.
• Develop proposal outlines and schedules.
• Define and integrate winning themes, value propositions, and differentiators.
• Align proposal strategy with evaluation criteria and client objectives.

• Lead the writing, editing, and production of RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, and capability statements.
• Write clear, persuasive, and technically accurate content for management, technical, staffing, and past performance sections.
• Transform SMEs’ inputs into client-focused, solution-oriented narratives.
• Ensure consistent integration of win themes and solution messaging throughout the proposal.

• Facilitate content workshops and interview SMEs to extract technical details and solutions.
• Coordinate with pricing and recruiting (PS Group) teams for staffing and cost narratives.
• Integrate technical, staffing, and pricing content into a cohesive proposal.

• Ensure responses address evaluation criteria and RFP instructions.
• Perform compliance checks for formatting, page limits, and submission rules.
• Validate cross-references, resumes, tables, and graphics for accuracy and alignment.
• Coordinate and participate in color team reviews (Red, Gold) and incorporate feedback.
• Ensure proposals meet corporate quality, ISO, and CMMI documentation standards when applicable.
• Edit the responses for consistency, tone, structure, grammar, and formatting consistency.

• Prepare final production packages for PDF, online portals, hard copy, or electronic submission.
• Apply proposal templates, branding, and style guides.
• Verify pagination, hyperlinks, bookmarks, naming conventions and file size limits.
• Manage final packaging and file delivery on on-time submission.

• Maintain proposal libraries, boilerplate content, past performance, and reusable templates.
• Capture and document lessons learned and best practices from past submissions.
• Update corporate capabilities, case studies, and marketing collateral.
• Standardize content across proposals to improve efficiency and quality.

• Improve proposal development processes, templates and workflows.
• Track key proposal metrics (win/loss, turnaround time, reuse effectiveness).
• Support continuous improvement of Business Development documentation standards.
• Train contributors on proposal writing standards and compliance practices.

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or Technical Writing
• Strong technical writing skills
• Excellent communication skills
• 5+ years of experience in proposal management, technical writing, and winning proposal writing experience
• Strong experience supporting RFIs, RFPs, and RFQs in government environments.
• Ability to translate technical concepts into clear, persuasive narratives.
• Experience managing multiple deadlines in fast-paced environments.
• Strong editing, organization, and stakeholder management skills.
• Must be familiar with project lifecycle methodologies
• Prepare slides for presentations
• Must be a team player and collaborate with team members

• Familiarity with ISO, CMMI, and corporate quality standards.
• Experience working with SMEs, capture managers, and pricing teams.
• Ability to develop graphics if required