Policy Analysis, Lead Associate

Peraton; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Health Savings Account

Disability Insurance

EAP

Parental Leave

401(k)

PTO

Company Holidays

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a technical/proposal writer and analyst to own end-to-end authoring for CMS-facing artifacts within the CMS FPS program. You will convert inputs from AI Solutions Architect, Regulatory & Compliance Lead, and Program Manager into clear CMS deliverables on a tight schedule.

You will leverage AI tools to accelerate drafting while applying rigorous editorial discipline to ensure accuracy, traceability, and compliance with federal standards.

Qualifications

• 5 years with BS/BA; 3 years with MS/MA; 0 years with PhD.
• Independent and adaptable in a fast-changing environment.
• Has an AI-first mentality and uses AI to accelerate productivity.
• Experience with generative-AI writing assistants for first-draft acceleration.
• Experience authoring CMS-facing or comparable Federal-health artifacts under compressed schedules.
• Synthesize input into a single, consistent, decision-ready document with traceability.
• Strong command of technical-communication fundamentals and style guides.
• Comfort with LLMs, AI, cloud data platforms (AWS), fraud-detection use cases.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• US citizenship; ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own outline, drafting, review, red-team, and final CMS artifacts.
• Draft the POC Solution proposal covering development approach and cost.
• Run drafting cadence and coordinate sections.
• Maintain CMS-style, format, and traceability; manage figures and tables.
• Use Peraton[x] for first drafts and apply senior editorial judgment.

Skills

Independent thinker

AI-first mindset

Editorial discipline

Strong written/verbal communication

CMS/Docs experience

Education

BS/BA in relevant field

MS/MA in relevant field

APMP certification

Tools

Peraton[x]

Confluence

JIRA

Job description

About Peraton

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

About The Role

We are seeking a technical/proposal writer and Analyst to support the CMS FPS program. This role will own end-to-end authoring of the CMS-facing artifacts produced by the Proposal & Assessment Team: the vendor-list assessment package and the AI Tool Proof of Concept (POC) Solution proposal. The Writer converts input from the AI Solutions Architect, Regulatory & Compliance Lead, Program Manager, and vendor materials into clear, decision-ready CMS deliverables on a compressed schedule. The Writer is proficient in using AI for technical writing and report generation.

Responsibilities

• Own the outline, drafting, review, red-team, and final production of the vendor-list assessment package.
• Own the outline and draft of the POC Solution proposal covering development approach, demonstration plan, effectiveness analysis, implementation/production recommendations, cost, and gained efficiency.
• Run the drafting cadence and section-lead coordination
• Maintain CMS-facing style, format, and traceability standards; manage figures, tables, and program-requirement traceability.
• Use Peraton's internal tool, Peraton[x] as a productivity accelerator for first drafts and consistency checking, then apply senior editorial judgment to every CMS-facing paragraph.

Qualifications

• 5 years with BS/BA; 3 years with MS/MA; 0 years with PhD
• Ability to be highly independent and adaptive in a fast-changing environment.
• Has an "AI first" mentality and uses AI to accelerate productivity.
• Experience using generative-AI writing assistants (LLMs, agentic drafting tools) for first-draft acceleration, with the editorial discipline to correct and ground the output.
• Experience authoring CMS-facing or comparable Federal-health-agency artifacts under compressed schedules.
• Ability to synthesize architect, security, and program input into a single, consistent, decision-ready document with clean requirement traceability.
• Strong command of technical-communication fundamentals: outline discipline, section-lead coordination, figure/table strategy, style guides, red-team incorporation.
• Comfort with the subject matter (LLMs, agentic AI, cloud data platforms, AWS, fraud-detection/program-integrity use cases) sufficient to edit and challenge engineering input.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• US citizenship; ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior proposal work on CMS or other Federal health programs
• APMP certification or equivalent proposal-management credential.
• Experience producing vendor-evaluation / POC-outcome reports for a Federal customer.
• Working knowledge of Medicare/Medicaid program integrity terminology (e.g., UPIC, MEDIC, MFCU, NPI).
• Familiarity with SAFe Agile documentation cadence (Confluence/JIRA).

Details

Target Salary Range: $80,000 - $128,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual's experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• life
• health savings account
• short/long term disability
• EAP
• parental leave
• 401(k)
• paid time off (PTO) for vacation
• company paid holidays

A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

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