Proposal Writer

Select Source International; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Select Source International is seeking a Proposal Writer to craft clear, compliant content for proposals, RFPs, RFIs, and sales materials. You will partner with Response Managers, Sales Operations, and SMEs to translate solutions into persuasive narratives using approved data, templates, and collateral, advancing responses toward an advanced draft state.

The role emphasizes collaboration with designers, attention to detail, and ensuring consistency with branding and compliance requirements

Qualifications

• Professional business writing and editing expertise.
• Familiarity with proposal templates and formatting standards within MS Office (Word, PPT).
• Proposal storytelling and value articulation.
• Ability to synthesize complex information clearly.
• Attention to detail and quality standards.
• Ensure compliance to all key requirements/ requests asked in proposal
• Collaboration with subject matter experts and creative colleagues such as designers to develop materials
• Knowledge of proposal requirements and compliance
• Experience using generative AI platforms to research, create, and find content

Responsibilities

• Role: Proposals content creation for RFPs, RFIs, and client-facing materials; translate solutions and value into persuasive narratives.
• Proposal Planning: Align requirements with Response Managers and sales for strategy and data sources.
• Content Development: Use standard templates and collateral to advance responses to near-final draft state.
• Value & Storytelling: Convert differentiators and client needs into compelling narratives to improve win rates.
• Quality & Compliance: Ensure accuracy, tone, and adherence to brand guidelines and submission standards.
• SME Collaboration: Interview SMEs and sales to gather inputs and incorporate technical and commercial details.
• Content Asset Development: Identify high-performing sections for reuse and contribute to knowledge base.
• Review & Iteration: Integrate feedback to meet quality and compliance requirements.

Skills

Business writing

Editing

Proposal storytelling

Synthesize information

Attention to detail

Compliance

Collaboration

Research content

Education

MS Office certification

Tools

MS Office

Job description

What would you do?

Transforming sales to become a future-ready and digital B2B revenue engine.
Managing inventory issues, schedule changes, and cancellations.
Organize, categorize and publish content and information using specific tools and channels, for use by different groups and individuals within the organization.

What are we looking for?

• "- Professional business writing and editing expertise
• - Familiarity with proposal templates and formatting standards within MS Office (Word, PPT)
• - Proposal storytelling and value articulation
• - Ability to synthesize complex information clearly
• - Attention to detail and quality standards
• - Ensure compliance to all key requirements/ requests asked in proposal
• - Collaboration with subject matter experts and creative colleagues such as designers to develop materials
• - Knowledge of proposal requirements and compliance"
• - Experience using generative AI platforms to research, create, and find content

ERP/ any certification required/preferred: MS Office expertise

Operational Outcome KPIs: First-draft acceptance rate
Content quality score
Win rate on supported proposals
On-time content delivery rate
Re-use effectiveness rate
Activity/ Execution KPIs: Sections drafted per period
Average draft turnaround time
Revision cycles per section
Template adherence rate
Boilerplate utilization rate

Roles and Responsibilities:

• "Role Summary:
  The Proposal Writer is a content creation role, responsible for developing clear, compelling, and compliant written content for proposals, RFPs, RFIs, and other client-facing sales materials. The role partners closely with Response Managers, Sales Operations, and subject matter experts to translate solutions and value propositions into persuasive narratives, leveraging approved data, collateral, and templates to efficiently produce high-quality submissions, typically progressing responses to an advanced (8090%) draft state.
  

Key Accountabilities

• Proposal Planning and Alignment : Attend proposal kick-off and align with Response Managers and sales on response requirements, strategy, available collateral, templates, and data sources to enable efficient and consistent proposal development.
• Proposal Content Development Ownership: Develop clear, compelling, and compliant written content for proposals, RFPs, RFIs, and other sales responses, leveraging standard templates, campaign-aligned messaging, and existing collateral to advance responses to a near-final draft state.
• Value Proposition & Storytelling: Translates solution details, differentiators, and client needs into persuasive narratives that demonstrate value, strengthen competitive positioning, and improve win rates.
• Content Quality & Consistency: Ensures accuracy, clarity, tone, and consistency across all written materials, adhering to brand standards and response guidelines.
• Compliance Requirements: Pull required compliance data points depending on proposal or presentation type, such as placement and client data, supplier diversity data, public sector reps, market intelligence/insights, security and ESG questionnaire pre-fills.
• SME Collaboration & Input Integration: Interviews and partners with subject matter experts and sales teams to gather inputs and incorporate technical and commercial details into proposal content.
• Content Asset Development: Identify high-performing sections/ proposals for reuse, update content based on pursuit outcomes, and contribute to knowledge repository improvements.
• Content Review & Iteration: Incorporates feedback from reviews and edits content to meet quality, compliance, and submission standardsssion.