2020-02-04
SAIC (www.saic.com)
Other
/yr
full-time
employee
Reston
Virginia
20190
United States
Description
General Overview: Are you driven to excel as a proposal writer, motivated to produce high-scoring content, and experienced with leading other writers? If so, join the SAIC Proposal Development Center of Excellence. SAIC offers the opportunity to win more as part of a collaborative team dedicated to high-quality proposal writing. SAIC proposal writers work across technical capabilities and program teams, build strong relationships, support diverse customer needs, and advance their careers beyond the industry standard.
Position Description: The Proposal Writer Team Lead manages a team of writers to help deliver consistently high performance across the team. The Proposal Writer Team Lead also collaborates with SAIC experts and team members to develop compliant, compelling proposals in response to Federal Government solicitations.
Description of Duties:
Manages and leads a team of writers performing across proposals, providing administrative and performance management for team members
Provides ad hoc training, coaching, and general guidance to team members on best practices for proposal quality and customer service
Writes and leads technical, management, resume, and past performance sections and volumes
Works as part of a collaborative team to clearly articulate the team’s solution and strategy, approach to performing the work, experience, win themes, and discriminators
Applies communication and interviewing skills to gather needed information from internal and external personnel to support writing activities
Writes clear, persuasive, and articulate proposal sections; translates complex ideas into easily understandable text
Develops and implements process improvements to help improve proposal quality
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in English, Journalism, History, Political Science, or related field
15+ total years of professional experience, 13+ years with master’s
6+ years of experience working as a proposal writer responding to Federal Government solicitations
Demonstrated success writing and leading technical, management, resume, and/or past performance volumes for complex efforts
Excellent writing skills
Excellent organizational and leadership skills
Ability to coach and instruct others to facilitate consistency and quality
Strong work ethic and desire to excel and keep growing over time
Desired Qualifications
TS/SCI, Top Secret, or Secret clearance
Experience as a team lead or manager of a small team