Job ID: 2303785

Location: RESTON, VA, US

Date Posted: 2023-03-17

Category: Business Development

Subcategory: Proposal

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Minimum Clearance Required: Top Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: TS/SCI

Potential for Remote Work: No

Description

The SAIC Proposal Development Center (PDC) has an opportunity for a proposal writer with demonstrated experience producing original, compliant proposal content, who is driven to grow and highly motivated to excel in this field. In this role, you are part of a collaborative team, working with other writers/book bosses, solution architects, program experts, and capture teams to develop original content for federal RFx. You will apply journalistic skills to interview program personnel candidates and corporate experience POCs. SAIC PDC proposal writers work across technical, management, past performance, and resume sections of proposals, building strong relationships, and supporting diverse customer needs.

SAIC is dedicated to the growth and development of all contributors, offers competitive compensation, and honors work-life balance. The PDC delivers exceptional quality and high-scoring proposals in the federal government space. Each proposal is an opportunity to learn about exciting innovations and operations that sustain our government. This position is partially remote, and partially on-site in Reston, VA. Ability to travel to other locations desirable.

Responsibilities:

• Writes clear, persuasive, compliant, and compelling proposal sections/volumes
• Ensures accurate content that is error free and aligned to SAIC Style Guide
• Engages with Capture Manager, Proposal Manager, Lead Solution Architect and other proposal team members to develop and execute a comprehensive Content Plan
• Develops content that clearly, concisely and accurately articulates the proposed solution and win strategy to clearly map the response to the solicitation instructions and evaluation criteria
• Incorporates strengths and strategies from capture plans to incorporate into new or existing reusable content document
• Substantively edits content to streamline prose and present in a concise manner, improve focus, sharpen structure, and reduce word count (one-voice or technical edit)
• Collaborates with subject matter experts to accurately and effectively describe solutions, methods and complex business and technical concepts
• Interviews personnel and subject matter experts to obtain substantive content for proposal inclusion for resumes, past performances, and management and technical volumes
• Develops a solid understanding of SAIC business, processes, solutions, and technology vision and clearly conveys our position to proposal contributors and stakeholders, as needed
• Contributes to the development and continuous improvement of the proposal writing community regarding processes, tools, and templates
• Works with stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership, to facilitate knowledge sharing and improve content development processes and proposal best practices

Qualifications

BA or BS degree or higher (or equivalent) in Journalism, English, Business, Information Technology, or Communication Arts, or other relevant fields and 10+ years of experience, Master's and 8+ years of experience, or PhD or JD and 5+ years of experience.

• 6+ years of related Federal proposal writing experience in support of technical and management narrative, resumes, and past performances in a government contracting environment for multi-teammate, solutions-based proposals ranging in value from $100M to $1B+

• Excellent communication skills (both oral and written)

• Proven ability to work with/interview subject matter experts to effectively incorporate complex technical and management approaches into proposal content

• Must have strong working knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Defense FAR (DFAR), DCAA, etc.) and the ability to read and interpret Government Synopsis, RFx/Solicitations

• Must have in-depth understanding of compliance with all sections of governmental RFx, experience analyzing RFx, developing annotated outlines, creating compliance matrices and content plans

• Excellent people skills, and demonstrated experience working with teams of varying sizes, technical abilities, and levels of authority with both internal corporate staff and teammates

• Must be flexible and open to changing schedules and priorities and managing multiple tasks simultaneously within compressed time frames, and while meeting deadlines

• Requires strong planning, organization, and communication skills

• Must be a team player, self-starter, and able to work with minimal direction to meet deadlines

• Must be available for overtime, evening, and weekend work occasionally when necessary to support proposal, review, and delivery timelines

• Must have advanced knowledge in MS Word and Excel, and working knowledge of PowerPoint and collaboration tools, such as Zoom, Teams, and SharePoint

• Must be a US Citizen with an active Top Secret security clearance, TS-SCI preferred

• Must be able to commute or travel for onsite workshops and cleared spaces as required

Desired

• Experience with FEDSIM and self-scoring procurement models

• Knowledge of infrastructure modernization, logistics, operations and sustainment, applications/software development and sustainment, and agile methodologies for both defense and civilian sectors of the federal government helpful

• Ability to conceptualize complex graphics to communicate management and technical information in a concise manner