Job Description

• Responsible for developing Federal IT proposals by using best practices to produce high-quality winning proposals
• Assume Book Boss or Volume Lead responsibilities as assigned
• Develop storyboards, outlines, and other documentation associated with the proposal development process
• Participate in color team reviews and recovery, solution meetings, and other collaborative events to further the proposal development process
• Conduct interviews with key personnel, subcontractors, program managers, and subject matter experts to develop past performance, resumes, management, and technical content
• Conduct RFP/RFQ/RFI analysis to become familiar with source materials
• Develop annotated proposal outline and proposal template to align with RFP/RFQ/RFI requirements and address the customer’s issues and needs
• Coordinate, manage receipt of proposal content from all content contributors
• Conduct regular meetings with content contributors through bid completion
• Write original compelling and compliant content in response to RFP questions, highlighting unique benefits that meet customer goals and objectives
• Review proposal content to ensure requirements are adequately addressed and that customer page limits are not exceeded
• Edit content from other contributors to ensure consistent voice; compelling and compliant messaging; spelling/typographical/grammatical errors; and inclusion of appropriate win themes, benefits, and discriminators
• Coordinate with graphics team to ensure alignment with written response
• Consolidate all proposal responses, and provide final editing and proofing
• Support final production and printing
• Support and contribute to the development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to enhance the efficiency and quality of the writing/editing team and overall proposal group

Qualifications

• Excellent writing and communication skills, especially in development of complex technical and management approaches
• Strong analytical, organizational and time management skills
• Ability to work closely with large and small teams of disparate personalities with competing schedules
• Ability to meet deadlines under tight time constraints
• Able to manage a diverse workload and balance numerous priorities
• Proficient in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project) and Adobe Acrobat
• Proficient in leveraging collaboration tools such as SharePoint, GoToMeeting, Teams, OneDrive and similar tools to effectively communicate with and manage team members in geographically disparate locations
• Strong independent research skills
• Comfortable asking questions of technical resources to keep forward momentum on proposals in process

Required Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, plus 5-6 years of experience developing federal government proposals
• Experience working in a fast paced, multi-contractor environment
• Knowledge of Department of Veterans Affairs proposal development a plus
• Health IT Experience a plus
• Experience with T4NG IDIQ a plus.
• Technical understanding of concepts such as Agile, DevOps, Human Centered Design (HCD) and APIs