Proposal Writer, Team Lead

Davita Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Proposal Writer, Team Lead to manage and coordinate proposals for DoD and federal contracts. This full-time remote position requires significant experience in technical writing and proficiency in navigating the federal procurement process while supervising a proposal writing team.

Qualifications

• 11+ years experience supporting DoD and/or other Government agency proposals.
• US citizenship and active Secret-level security clearance required.
• APMP certification or Shipley methodology experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead Proposal Writing Team, ensuring quality product development.
• Author sections of proposals, analyze RFP requirements for compliance.
• Meet proposal deadlines through effective coordination and team collaboration.

Skills

Organizational skills

Technical writing

Collaboration

Attention to detail

Education

Associate's Degree

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Adobe Acrobat

Job description

Proposal Writer, Team Lead

Location

US-Remote

ID

2025-1292

Category

Proposals

Position Type

Full-Time

Remote

No

Overview

Apogee has an exciting new opportunity for a Proposal Writer, Team Lead to join the Corporate team! In this role, you will coordinate proposal efforts for DoD and federal contracts while also playing a key role in capture, business development (BD), and pipeline management. This is a high-impact role that requires strong technical writing skills, organizational abilities, and a deep understanding of the federal procurement process.

This is a full-time, remote position.

Responsibilities

Lead Proposal Writing Team, including supervising other proposal writers and ensuring quality product development
• Collaborate with other Proposal and Growth Team leadership to refine proposal writing processes and procedures
• Assign proposal writing resources to support the development of Request for Information/ Proposal (RFI/RFP) responses
• Collaborate with Operations Team leadership to plan, facilitate, and execute Writers on Worksite (WOW) sessions
• Work with the Growth Team to update and maintain Past Performance repository
• Author all sections of a solicitation (Management, Technical, Past Performance, and Corporate Experience)
• Conduct technical edits of other's work
• Participate as an author and reviewer in design sessions, working sessions, and color reviews to provide critical feedback to others and accept critiques of your own work to improve responses
• Create compliant, responsive, and compelling documents to answer Government solicitations, including white papers, sources sought, Requests for Information (RFI), and Requests for Proposals (RFPs), with minimal guidance
• Collaborate with proposal team members such as the proposal manager, capture manager, and graphic artist to design a compliant and compelling proposal solution, outline, and response
• Collaborate with operations team members, project managers, and Subject Matter Experts (SME) and actively participate in the overall solutioning process
• Extract information from Subject Matter Experts (SME) across a variety of highly technical subjects to meet the requirements of the solicitation, and put together a cohesive technical response (This ability includes interviewing, creating, compiling, and analyzing electronic data calls, and data mining from existing material)
• Analyze and extract requirements from RFP and other solicitation documents such as Performance Work Statements (PWS), Statements of Work (SOW), and Service Level Agreements (SLA) to ensure compliance
• Creatively connect Apogee's past experience with new approaches in order to effectively address customer requirements or hot buttons
• Act as a volume lead and assign deadlines, review work, and be responsible for the overall content submitted by other authors
• Meet proposal deadlines by establishing priorities and target dates for information gathering, writing, review, and approval; coordinating requirements with contributors; contributing proposal status information during meetings
• Maintain quality results by using templates and following proposal-writing standards, including readability, consistency, and tone
• Improve proposal-writing results by evaluating and re-designing processes, approach, coordination, and boilerplate information. Implement improvements during future efforts

Qualifications

Minimum Experience:

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen
Clearance: Must have an active Secret-level security clearance
Education: Associate's Degree
Years of Experience: 11 or more years of experience supporting DoD and/or other Government agency proposal efforts

Preferred Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor's Degree
Years of Experience: 8 or more years of experience supporting DoD and/or other Government agency proposal efforts
Certifications: APMP Foundation-level certification or understanding and experience applying Shipley methodology to proposal writing - (highly preferred)

Additional Experience:

• Outstanding organizational skills with the ability to manage and execute multiple tasks efficiently
• Meticulous attention to detail, paired with the ability to adapt seamlessly to change
• Skilled at collaborating effectively with managers, technical Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) across cross-functional teams
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and Adobe Acrobat

• Proven ability to work independently and consistently meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

• Skilled in tailoring resumes and crafting impactful qualification summaries to align with specific job requirements and industry expectations.

Additional Information:
Location: Remote
Travel: 10% CONUS travel may be required

Pay Range

USD $100,000.00 - USD $120,000.00 /Yr.