Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. MSM Technology LLC is an award-winning IT services company specializing in cybersecurity and enterprise software solutions. They are seeking a Junior Proposal Manager/Writer to lead the proposal development lifecycle, ensuring compliance and crafting compelling content for proposals.
Responsibilities
- Support the end-to-end proposal process from pre-RFP positioning through post-submission activities, ensuring adherence to MSM's standard operating procedures
- Analyze RFPs, RFIs, and RFQs to develop compliant outlines, compliance matrices, and proposal schedules
- Facilitate proposal meetings (e.g., Kick-off, Daily Stand-ups, Color Reviews) and coordinate efforts among Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), pricing teams, external partners, and executive leadership
- Support proposal resources, track action items, and ensure all deadlines are met without compromising quality
- Editing, proofreading, compliance reviews for technical and management proposal volumes
- Example writing responsibilities include developing Executive Summaries, Introductions, Past Performance, Management sections, and others
- Integrate light technical content by pulling from, tailoring, and updating MSM’s existing library of written boilerplate and capability statements
- Copyedit and proofread all proposal volumes for clarity, grammar, tone, one-voice flow, and strict compliance with solicitation instructions (Section L & M)
Skills
- Minimum of 1-2 years of relevant experience, potentially including federal government proposal management and writing, grant writing, IT project management, IT support
- Must have an IT background
- Familiar enough with AI to be comfortable using it
- Experience writing technical reports, technical guidebooks, user manuals, processes, proposals, or any relevant and proven writing capability
- Must have proficiency in AI tools for proposal development and compliance
- Deep understanding of the federal procurement process (FAR) and experience bidding on DoD and Civilian agency contracts
- Proven ability to comprehend high-level IT and cybersecurity concepts in order to effectively weave existing technical boilerplate into cohesive proposal narratives
- Exceptional project management, organizational, and time-management skills with the ability to handle multiple concurrent proposals
- Proficient in the following tools: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Adobe products
- Exceptional facilitation and organization skills are required
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills; expert proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and SharePoint/proposal management software
- Strong customer service skills to work with a range of stakeholders and facilitate their participation
- Self-started with the ability to work multiple priorities simultaneously
- Willingness and ability to work outside of traditional hours and occasionally on weekends as required
- A passion to win
- Bachelor's degree in Computer/Engineering field, Communications, English, Social Science, or technical discipline consistent with the aforementioned domains
- Understanding of the business development life cycle in federal, state and local, or commercial domains
- Federal Government contracting experience
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