Strategic Proposals Lead - Hybrid (Amsterdam HQ)

DroneShield Limited; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

DroneShield Group Pty Ltd seeks a Proposal Specialist to own select proposal responses—tenders, RFIs, RFQs—across European and international defence and security markets in support of regional Commercial Directors. The role can be in-office or hybrid, with a typical three days per week at our Amsterdam HQ.

Collaborate with sales, engineering, legal, finance, and executives; manage inputs from cross-functional teams to develop compliant, high-quality submissions and maintain a library of reusable

Qualifications

• Exceptional writing, editing, and structuring skills.
• Outstanding independent organisational and project management skills.
• Skilled at working cross-functionally with local and remote teams.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, SharePoint, Teams, Jira and Salesforce.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the full lifecycle of proposal responses from initial RFP review to final submission—including internal gating reviews, compliance, scheduling, content development, and delivery.
• Lead the writing effort, developing high-quality narrative content across technical, management, and executive sections.
• Coordinate inputs from subject matter experts, commercial, legal, finance, and engineering to deliver complete and compliant submissions.
• Establish and manage proposal plans, timelines, response matrices, and internal review cycles.
• Run internal reviews and incorporate feedback to improve response quality continually.
• Contribute to building and maintaining a library of reusable content, templates, past performance examples, and standard boilerplate.

Skills

Writing

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Organizational skills

Tools

Microsoft Office

SharePoint

Teams

Jira

Salesforce

Job description

DroneShield Group Pty Ltd seeks a Proposal Specialist to own select proposal responses—tenders, RFIs, RFQs—across European and international defence and security markets in support of regional Commercial Directors. The role can be in-office or hybrid, with a typical three days per week at our Amsterdam HQ.

Collaborate with sales, engineering, legal, finance, and executives; manage inputs from cross-functional teams to develop compliant, high-quality submissions and maintain a library of reusable