Program Finance Lead

ultra; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Bonus - Performance Related

PTO + 11 company holidays

Early finish on Friday

401K w/ company match

Medical/Dental/Vision Benefits

Student Loan Assistance Program

Voluntary benefit offerings

Job summary

Ultra Intelligence & Communications Mission Solutions is seeking a seasoned technical writer to research, write, illustrate, and organize DoD documentation, including CD- RLs, user manuals, and release notes. You will translate engineering content into a unified, customer-ready voice and coordinate with multiple subject-matter experts to ensure compliance with DID requirements.

You will create, maintain, and update manuals, installation guides, and configuration guides, while ensuring

Qualifications

• 7+ years of applied experience writing technology-focused documentation for government and commercial stakeholders
• 3+ years developing user and administrator documentation for software-based systems
• 3+ years planning, scheduling, coordinating, and managing technical documentation across distributed teams

Responsibilities

• Coordinate DID requirements with contributors and provide CDRL status information in review meetings
• Translate engineering content into consistent, single-voice CDRL documentation
• Create and update user manuals, installation guides, release notes and quick-reference materials
• Ensure documentation is clear, compliant with DID requirements and suitable for customer consumption
• Apply best practices to develop high-quality proposal responses addressing RFQ/RFP/RFI requirements
• Maintain source files, graphics, screenshots, and published deliverables in designated systems

Skills

Technical writing

Documentation generation

Interpersonal communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

Document-management System

Job description

Company: Ultra Intelligence & Communications Mission Solutions

Powering Decision

Join the team redefining defense technology. From engineering systems that save lives to leading programs that change the battlefield-find your place in the future of defense.

Mission Solutions

By joining our Mission Solutions business, you will be a member of a team dedicated to providing innovative solutions that streamline the preparation and execution of intricate, mission-critical operations. We focus on enhancing situational awareness, tactical command and control, and seamless video data exchange capabilities within a dynamic, multi-domain environment.

Job Description

The job duties involve researching, writing, illustrating, and organizing ideas for Department of Defense (DoD) technical documentation (Contract Data Requirements Lists (CDRLs)), creating and updating user manuals for software and hardware products, proposals, sales, and marketing content. The individual will analyze government Data Item Descriptions (DIDs), identify required information content, conduct interviews with technical subject matter experts across the team, attend meetings, gather existing relevant source content, identify content gaps, generate required content, and produce consistent, integrated, complete documents with one-voice for customer consumption.

• Coordinate DID requirements with contributors, and provide CDRL status information in review meetings; translate engineering content into effective CDRL documentation
• Implement consistent language that meet DID requirements
• Understand the audience and craft simple language to drive accurate understanding of complex ideas
• Communicate with one-voice; rewrite sections to change unclear or non-compliant text into readable and grammatically correct English with appropriate documentation formatting.
• Translate inputs, verbiage and technical diagrams, from various engineers into one-voice for CDRLs
• Create, maintain, and update customer-facing user manuals, administrator guides, installation guides, configuration guides, release notes, and quick-reference materials.Maintain source files, graphics, screenshots, and published deliverables in the designated document-management or configuration-management system.
• Ensure stakeholders clearly understand substance of documentation, and approve of technical and business positioning
• Execute through multi-tasking and prioritization to deliver high quality final products on schedule to meet deadlines; know when to collaborate and when to work independently
• Understand government customer and stakeholder documentation requirements and evaluation criteria
• Apply industry best practices to develop high-quality, compelling proposal responses that maximize the likelihood of winning
• Develop clear, concise, and compliant content that fully addresses request for quote (RFQ), request for proposal (RFP), and request for information (RFI) requirements
• Leverage strong interpersonal, communication, and team-building skills to foster collaboration and effectively engage with diverse teams and stakeholders

Qualifications we Require :

• Ability to obtain a US Government Security Clearance (U.S. citizenship required)
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field
• 7+ years of applied experience writing technology-focused documentation for government and commercial stakeholders
• 3+ years of experience planning, scheduling, coordinating, and managing technical documentation and proposal content generation, and delivery, across distributed diverse teams and stakeholders
• 3+ years developing user and administrator documentation for software-based systems.

Qualifications we Desire:

• Active U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance (U.S. citizenship required)
• At least 5 years of experience with technical-focused documentation generation for United States DoD customers
• Proven verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills - must provide samples of excellent technical writing skills
• Experience in all phases of government proposal development and production, and all response volumes

Notice

Due to the nature of the programs we deliver for our customers, candidates may need to obtain the relevant security clearance or handle export-controlled material as defined by the role's requirements.

Our Benefits

Every employee is critical to our success, and as such, we offer a range of flexible employee benefits, including:

• Annual Bonus - Annual Bonus - Performance Related
• Competitive Paid Time Off (PTO) package plus 11 company holidays
• Early finish on Friday
• 401K w/ company match
• Medical/Dental/Vision Benefits
• Student Loan Assistance Program
• Array of voluntary benefit offerings

Ultra I&C is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected state or federal classes.