Proposal Writer
$110,000–$140,000 year
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Lead content planning, writing, graphics ideation, peer reviews, and editing across proposal volumes and artifacts, including technical approaches, management, corporate experience, staffing, and oral presentations. Work with the proposal, business development, capture, solutioning, and operations teams to clear blockers for developing compliant, responsive, and compelling proposals. Interview subject matter experts to extract technical information and distill it into clear, persuasive narratives and concepts for graphics. Act as an ambassador of the Proposal team and Oddball by managing peer, cross-functional, executive, and external relationships to ensure consistent input and alignment. Demonstrate disciplined and ethical use of AI as an extension of your thinking to argue against drafts and shift feedback left based on evaluation criteria. Fully remote with a US wage range of $110,000 – $140,000.
Required Qualifications
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States
- U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a federal background investigation and/or a security clearance
- Bachelor's degree
- Proven experience leading proposal volumes for U.S. federal government clients across multi-phase and quick-turn efforts
- Exceptional writing skills with the ability to sell complex technical concepts and our value proposition to all buyer personas/stakeholders
- Strong understanding of federal contracting including the FAR, contract vehicles, and the opportunity/business development lifecycle
- Demonstrated fluency with key concepts in government technology today, including: agile, human-centered design, DevSecOps, cloud infrastructure, product management
Desired Qualifications
- Familiarity with U.S. federal agencies (civilian and defense), with experience writing proposals for VA, CMS, SEC, and DoW preferred
- The drive to excel under deadline pressure and in collaborative cross-functional environments
- Communication and persuasion skills, whether you're interviewing a SME from the driver's seat, offering peer-to-peer feedback, or presenting to leadership
- Intellectual curiosity about the work Oddball does and how we put Oddball in the best position to win more work
- A genuine passion for how what we do as a company improves the lives of the people we serve
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