Lead Technical Writer/Proposal Coordinator

SAIC•Herndon, VA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

SAIC is seeking an experienced Lead Technical Writer/Proposal Coordinator to support a classified program. The role serves as the primary PMO lead for assigned proposal efforts, with end-to-end responsibility for coordinating, developing, integrating, and driving responses from solicitation release through final submission. The position combines technical writing and proposal management with knowledge of Intelligence Community missions, government contracting, technical requirements, staffing strategies, and competitive proposal development. The writer independently leads proposal efforts, coordinates cross-functional resources, develops compliant responses, and prepares for upcoming opportunities. The role also leads pre-solicitation research and readiness activities, coordinates engagements with internal technical resources and authorized customer representatives, and maintains program mission knowledge, opportunity profiles, reusable past-performance materials, and proposal resources. The position is based in Herndon, Virginia, is listed as a day job, and offers hybrid remote-work potential. Travel is not required. A TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 10 or more years of related experience; or master’s degree and 8 or more years of experience; or PhD or JD and 5 or more years of experience.
TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
At least 5 years of demonstrated experience in Intelligence Community government proposal development and management, technical writing, and proposal coordination or management.
Experience independently leading proposal efforts from solicitation analysis through final submission.
Strong technical writing, editing, document integration, and written communication skills.
Experience developing technical, management, staffing, or past-performance proposal content.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting U.S. government programs, missions, and customers.
Experience with IDIQ contracts, task-order proposals, and competitive federal procurement processes.
Familiarity with Shipley or comparable proposal development methodologies.
Experience maintaining proposal repositories, opportunity pipelines, and reusable past-performance materials.

Responsibilities

Lead assigned proposal efforts from solicitation release through final submission, including requirements analysis, research, content development, coordination, and response integration.
Manage proposal kickoff activities, schedules, contributor assignments, milestones, review cycles, and final deliverables as Proposal Coordinator and Lead Writer.
Develop, write, edit, and integrate technical, management, staffing, and other proposal content.
Collaborate with stakeholders to develop complete and competitive proposal responses.
Coordinate candidate identification, incumbent research, skills-matrix development, and interviews as needed.
Serve as liaison to BD/Capture for assigned pursuits, providing program information, mission knowledge, technical inputs, and coordination support.
Lead pre-solicitation research and readiness activities for forecasted proposals, recompetes, and other assigned opportunities.
Research customer missions, technical environments, requirements, incumbent contractors, personnel, potential teammates, and relevant capabilities.
Identify potential staffing sources, existing program resources, applicable experience, and information gaps affecting proposal strategy.
Develop and maintain opportunity profiles to support proposal planning and execution.
Collaborate with program leadership, BD/Capture, technical SMEs, and recruiting personnel to improve proposal readiness.
Identify potential teaming or capability gaps and elevate recommendations to program leadership.
Coordinate focused engagements with internal technical resources, SMEs, teammates, and authorized customer representatives.
Prepare engagement plans with objectives, background research, participants, questions, and expected outcomes.
Document engagement information, proposal implications, outstanding questions, and follow-up actions.
Coordinate customer-facing engagements through program leadership and comply with procurement communication restrictions.
Use established BD/Capture planning tools and approved processes to support opportunity development.
Develop and maintain a centralized program mission and opportunity knowledge base covering customer missions, technical capabilities, incumbents, teammates, personnel, staffing, and anticipated opportunities.
Maintain reusable program past-performance and qualification materials, including contract scope, technical capabilities, representative accomplishments, staffing, and performance outcomes.
Organize and maintain proposal artifacts, reusable content, research, and supporting documentation for future pursuits.
Ensure relevant proposal and mission information is accessible to authorized personnel.