What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Proposal Technical Writer position at ITCON Services?
ITCON Services has a requirement for a Sr. Proposal Technical Manager in the Tysons Corner - Vienna, VA area , who is looking for a new and exciting challenge in a fast-growing small business. We find those who succeed in this role are highly motivated, flexible individuals, who are organized, quick to learn, and thrive in a fast-paced team environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities:
- Craft compelling technical proposal narratives that synthesize both existing content and new inputs from SMEs, in alignment with strategic proposal objectives
- Own technical proposal content development for distinct sections, from ideation to final review
- Independently gather, organize, and synthesize information from diverse stakeholders, including those from sales, engineering, solutions architecture, and other organizations
- Contribute to proposal overall solutioning and strategy development sessions, asking clarifying questions to proactively guide content development
- Translate complex technical solutions, strategies, and win themes into easily understandable, readable, and compelling content.
- Engage with technical SMEs to extract pertinent information, conducting internal interviews as necessary to gather content for government responses.
- Participate in color team reviews, working autonomously to gather and refine content for senior-level evaluations.
- Track industry IT trends, company successes, and proactively plan for new content.
- Minimum 7 years of experience in technical proposal writing and editing, with a focus on content creation, RFI responses, and white papers within the Federal Market space.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with technical SMEs to gather and synthesize complex IT information.
- Strong working knowledge of the proposal development process using Shipley methodology, including technical volume narratives, price volumes, and past performance documentation.
- Proven ability to understand complex technical concepts and convert them into persuasive proposal narrative.
- Ability to think critically and draw from several resources to create simple, unified, and persuasive documents.
- Impeccable attention-to-detail with the ability to review and edit proposal content for compliance, clarity, and proper use of terminology.
- Understand the basics of generative AI and how it can be used for proposal writing, content creation, and tone adjustment.
- Self-motivated, and able to work independently, as well as part of a team.
- Experience with knowledge management practices, including the upkeep and organization of documentation for future use.
- Demonstrable mastery of the English written language including spelling, composition, and grammar.
- Strong proofreading and editing skills.
- Must have Advanced Microsoft Word skills and have extensive experience with all other Microsoft Office applications (Microsoft Visio and PowerPoint), as well as Adobe Acrobat Professional.
- Demonstrated ability to multitask with numerous high priority demands in an intense, deadline-driven environment is a must.
- Marketing experience in the technology industry is a plus
- Understanding of federal domain is a must