Proposal Writer​/Manager : VA-Ashburn-Hybrid

Benefits

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Vision insurance

• Manage the successful development of compliant, competitive, and compelling proposals through effective collaboration with stakeholders, corporate officers, consultants, and supporting vendors.
• Apply experience and best practices in proposal management to ensure the timely delivery of proposal submissions that are fully compliant with solicitation instructions.
• Lead and analyze RFI, RFQ, RFPs and other bid documents for requirements.
• Develop the proposal schedule, outline, compliance matrix, and Proposal Development Plan.
• Provide insight, leadership, and work guidance to authors on all proposal content.
• Take ownership of the quality of the proposal for reviews and final delivery by performing rigorous quality assurance checks on draft and final documents.
• Prepare and lead efficient Proposal Kickoff meetings and daily status calls, ensuring activities adhere to the Proposal Development Plan.
• Conduct activities required to successfully perform reviews and debrief to authors.
• Manage the development of oral presentations, discussions, and proposal revisions.
• Ensure the high‑quality content and appearance of final proposal deliverables.
• Conduct and document proposal lessons learned and implement actions to improve process efficiency.
• Coordinate and support the production, reproduction, binding, and packaging in finalizing the proposal submission and response processes.

• Bachelor's degree in business or communications field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Ability to use standard English writing styles to write proposal sections; this includes information research and synthesis from multiple sources (subject matter experts, previous proposals) into a cohesive, easy‑to‑read, and persuasive final product.
• High proficiency in the MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project), Adobe Acrobat, and SharePoint.

Flexible work from home options available.