Proposal Technical Writer

Halvik • McLean, VA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Halvik Corp is seeking a Federal Proposal Technical Writer (Mid–Senior Level) to lead the development of high-quality, compliant, and persuasive proposal content for U.S. Government solicitations. This role supports various proposal efforts, including RFIs, Sources Sought Notices, RFQs, RFPs, and task orders. The Technical Writer will author technical volumes, tailor key personnel resumes, and develop impactful past performance narratives. This individual will collaborate with Proposal Managers, Graphic Designers, Capture Managers, Solution Architects, and SMEs to translate complex technical solutions into clear, compelling content. The role requires a strategic mindset, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced federal contracting environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in English, Communications, Journalism, Business, a technical discipline, or a related field; or equivalent professional experience with a technical degree or technical work background.
• 5–10+ years of experience supporting federal proposal development.
• Demonstrated experience leading or significantly contributing to technical proposal volumes.
• Proven expertise in writing and tailoring resumes and past performance volumes for federal proposals.
• Strong understanding of federal procurement processes, including FAR-based solicitations.
• Exceptional writing, editing, and content structuring skills.
• Ability to work independently while managing multiple deadlines in fast-paced proposal environments.
• Technical, persuasive, and compliance-driven federal proposal writing.
• RFI, RFQ, RFP, and task order responses.
• Key personnel resume and past performance development.
• Executive summaries and management narratives.
• Process documentation and quality assurance plans.
• Storyboarding and solution graphic narratives.
• Editing, proofreading, and content standardization.

Nice To Haves

• APMP Foundations Certification (Preferred)
• Experience supporting large, complex proposals (e.g., $50M+ opportunities or IDIQs).
• Prior experience in government contracting, consulting, or professional services environments.
• Strategic thinking and ability to align content to evaluation criteria.
• Advanced technical writing and editing capabilities.
• Strong attention to detail and compliance focus.
• Excellent collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to simplify complex ideas without losing technical accuracy.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to write clearly and credibly across the broad range of technical and mission domains Halvik supports, including IT modernization, cloud and DevSecOps, cybersecurity, data analytics, and AI/ML solutions, for federal defense, civilian, and national security clients.
• Sound judgment in applying AI and other internal tools to save time and support solutioning, paired with the discipline to independently verify facts, figures, and claims before they go into a proposal.
• Keeping up to date with emerging AI trends and technologies in the proposal industry, and identifying opportunities to apply them to Halvik's proposal process.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of technical proposal content across multiple volumes, including Technical Approach, Management Approach, Staffing and Key Personnel Plans, Transition and Quality Control Plans.
• Analyze solicitation documents (RFPs, RFQs, RFIs), with deep understanding of Sections L & M, to drive compliant and strategic responses.
• Develop solution graphics, process flows, and visual representations that clearly communicate technical concepts, methodologies, and discriminators, ensuring alignment with proposal narratives, win themes, and brand standards.
• Own and tailor key personnel resumes, ensuring alignment with labor categories, qualifications, and evaluation criteria.
• Develop, refine, and optimize past performance narratives, emphasizing relevancy, outcomes, and discriminators.
• Collaborate with Capture Managers and Proposal Leadership to incorporate win themes, strengths, and differentiators throughout the response.
• Translate complex technical concepts into clear, concise, and compelling language for government evaluators.
• Lead or support storyboarding and content planning sessions.
• Participate in and contribute to color team reviews (Pink, Red, Gold), including incorporating and adjudicating feedback.
• Ensure consistency in voice, messaging, and formatting across all proposal artifacts.
• Support compliance reviews and quality assurance checks.
• Use AI tools and Halvik's internal Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) tool to accelerate research, drafting, and content reuse, while critically reviewing and verifying all AI-assisted output for accuracy, compliance, and quality before inclusion in a proposal.
• Stay current on evolving proposal processes, tools, and team culture, and apply updates to daily practice.
• Mentor junior writers and contribute to continuous improvement of proposal processes, templates, and content libraries.
• Maintain and enhance reusable content, including resumes and past performance repositories.

Benefits

• Company-supported medical, dental, vision, life, STD, and LTD insurance
• 11 federal holidays and PTO
• Eligible employees may receive performance-based incentives in recognition of individual and/or team achievements.
• 401(k) with company matching
• Flexible Spending Accounts for commuter, medical, and dependent care expenses
• Tuition Assistance
• Charitable Contribution matching

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level