Proposal Writer
The Proposal Writer is responsible for all proposal development steps within the organization, in coordination with sales, marketing, and Subject Matter Experts.
Responsibilities
- Work with a wide range of Subject Matter Experts across various functional areas to develop written communications deployed across a variety of media
- Convert complex and varying explanations into concise and compelling value propositions and proof point articulations supporting those propositions
- Manage the overall proposal development process, including building and maintaining proposal timelines and master schedules to ensure on-time submission
- Build and maintain content library
- Analyze various business products and services to translate solutions into effective business proposals
- Produce RFI/RFP responses, finalist presentation materials, and written content for multi-media sales assets
- Serve as a quality control checkpoint, editing and refining content contributed by SMEs and other stakeholders to ensure consistency in voice, message, and quality
- Maintain version control and document organization across drafts, particularly on proposals with multiple contributors
- Operate in an extremely fast-paced and energetic environment to collaborate with globally distributed, US-based stakeholders
- Ensure all RFI/RFP/proposal content complies with client requirements, legal standards, and internal policies
- Research industry trends, competitors, and client backgrounds to tailor proposals effectively
- Incorporate insights from win/loss reviews to improve future proposals
- Support proposal kickoff meetings to align stakeholders; coordinate internal reviews and manage feedback loops to refine content
- Support final formatting and light desktop publishing/layout cleanup on proposal documents and presentations as needed
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in creative writing, journalism, English, or related field strongly preferred
- Minimum of 3–5 years of business-