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JOB DESCRIPTION:

As a Proposal Specialist, you’ll champion the development and delivery of basic to moderately complex proposals and qualifications packages. You’ll also serve as a writer for our Federal Proposal Operations group. NOTE: This position is OPEN to all 50 States, in addition to the targeted markets listed. You’ll be joining the Enterprise Proposal Operations team and work collaboratively with leadership, management, subject matter experts (SMEs), creatives, and capture teams to win new business. This position will require you to adapt to changing priorities in a dynamic environment and work on multiple assignments in tandem, with overlapping schedules.
Simply put, we’re looking for a winner to drive our pursuit lifecycle, from kick-off to final submittal. We can’t wait to meet you.

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE

We’re looking for someone with strong, proven skills in the following areas:

• Time and people management
• Writing, editing, and document organization
• Interpersonal communication
• Customer service with a “get to yes” approach and mentality
• Organization, conceptual thinking, and attention to detail
• Effective decision-making
• Managing, organizing, and prioritizing multiple submittals

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU (REQUIRED)

• US citizenship
• Bachelor’s degree
• 7+ years of managing and writing/editing multi-volume proposals and speed of light task order cycles that have resulted in Federal contract awards with values of more than $25M
• TS clearance
• In-depth understanding of how to develop compelling and compliant Government RFI, RFP, and RFQ responses
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability and willingness to travel 20-30% of the year
• Experience working in a SCIF environment

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

Bachelor degree and typically 7+ years of diversified experience, primarily within the business development realm of a large, multinational company.

• Lead proposal teams in an encouraging, diplomatic, and collaborative demeanor
• Provide day-to-day leadership and direction of proposal resources with ability to communicate clearly with different groups and types of people and motivate them to produce great work
• Work collaboratively with capture managers and leadership to identify problems and risks and quickly mitigate them
• Maintain, adjust, and drive proposal schedules throughout Parsons’ BAP process