Sr. Staff Proposal Writer

Leidos

4.1

Herndon, VA

Why you should apply for a job to Leidos:

  • 4.1/5 in overall job satisfaction

  • 4.3/5 in supportive management

  • 68% say women are treated fairly and equally to men

  • 84% would recommend this company to other women

  • 84% say the CEO supports gender diversity

  • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.
  • Our Women’s Network is one of nine employee resources groups that provides support for onboarding, networking & professional development.

  • Leidos offers programs to help employees prepare for over 95 industry-standard professional and technical certifications.

  • Leidos offers a voluntary well–being benefit program to help support employees on their personal wellness journey and earn rewards.

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    Position summary

    Description

    Leidos is growing! Join us as we add to our industry best Proposal Operations Team!

    Our team is looking for a Sr. Staff Proposal Writer with experience in traditional U.S. Government, FEDSIM, and commercial proposals.

    This position is within the Strategy & Business Development’s Capture Operations & Excellence Group, which supports Leidos' largest, most strategic bids across the enterprise. As such, this is an exciting role for those that want to make an immediate impact and be recognized for their contributions to our organization. This role is to support competitive proposal bids as a Proposal Writer, working directly with Capture Executives, Solution Architects, and Technical and Management Volume Leads to develop work products to meet solicitation requirements. Candidate will be responsible for leading and providing proposal expertise to all Lines of Business, to include Defense, Intelligence, Civil, and Health. The Proposal Writer should have a proven successful track record on large, complex bids.
     
    Primary Responsibilities:

    • Work with Solution Architects and Subject Matter Experts (SME’s) to document, write, and articulate solutions and corporate experience against proposal requirements.

    • Assignments will include, but are not limited to, leading written responses to technical, management, corporate experience, staffing rationale, and transition sections. Ability to understand RFP requirements and respond with compliant and compelling solutions.

    • Work as part of a collaborative team to clearly articulate solution and strategy, approach to performing the work, experience, win themes, and discriminators.

    • Apply communication and interviewing skills to gather needed information from internal and external personnel to support writing activities.

    • Write clear, compliant, compelling, persuasive, and articulate proposal sections; translate complex ideas into easily understandable text.

    • Develop and implement process improvements to help improve proposal quality.

    Required Qualifications:

    • Bachelor’s Degree with at least 8+ years of related experience, 4+ years of experience working as a proposal writer responding to Federal Government solicitations

    • Experience with Federal Government proposals, including FEDSIM proposals

    • Experience with traditional video, live orals, and / or demonstration proposals

    • Evidence of a successful track record of high quality, high scoring proposals

    • Demonstrated success writing and leading technical, management, transition, staffing, and/or corporate experience & past performance volumes for complex efforts

    • Excellent writing and communication skills

    • Excellent organizational and leadership skills

    • Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

    • Strong work ethic and desire to excel and keep growing over time

    • Candidate must have the ability to travel to support proposal efforts, primarily in the Washington Metro Area (WMA), as needed.

    Desired Qualifications:

    • 8+ years of experience working in a competitive proposal environment, 4+ years of experience as a writer responding to Federal Government solicitations

    • 2+ years’ experience supporting FEDSIM proposals

    • Ability to coach and instruct others to facilitate consistency across multiple authors

    • Active Secret or Top-Secret clearance and eligibility for SCI

    • Local to the WMA

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    Pay Range:

    Pay Range $84,500.00 - $130,000.00 - $175,500.00

    The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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    What are Leidos perks and benefits

    Backup child care

    Elder care

    Unconscious bias training

    Networking

    Diversity recruiting

    Remote work policy

    Part time policy

    Paid maternity

    Paid paternity

    Paid adoptive

    About the company

    Industry: Technology: B2B Tech Services

    Leidos is a Fortune 500® information technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. The company’s 40,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $12.30 billion for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2021. 

    Why you should apply for a job to Leidos:

  • 4.1/5 in overall job satisfaction

  • 4.3/5 in supportive management

  • 68% say women are treated fairly and equally to men

  • 84% would recommend this company to other women

  • 84% say the CEO supports gender diversity

  • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.
  • Our Women’s Network is one of nine employee resources groups that provides support for onboarding, networking & professional development.

  • Leidos offers programs to help employees prepare for over 95 industry-standard professional and technical certifications.

  • Leidos offers a voluntary well–being benefit program to help support employees on their personal wellness journey and earn rewards.