Federal Technical Proposal Writer

Dell Technologies•Round Rock, TX

About The Position

Dell is hiring a Technical Proposal Writer for its Federal Proposals team and Technical Content Development Team in Round Rock, Texas. The position creates customer-facing technical narratives for responses to Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Tenders, Requests for Information (RFIs), and other government procurement requests from the U.S. Federal Government and government customers in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada. The writer collaborates with sales teams, technical experts, pursuit teams, and proposal managers to develop compliant, compelling narratives that communicate Dell’s qualifications, technical approach, and overall value to customers. The role works throughout the proposal lifecycle, from reviewing requirements and developing storyboards and win themes to writing, editing, integrating, and reviewing proposal content. It also contributes to improving proposal processes and developing reusable content. The position requires at least five years of technical writing experience, preferably in IT proposal writing, a bachelor’s degree or higher, strong writing and editing abilities, proficiency with Microsoft Office and Adobe, and verified U.S. citizenship. The stated total target compensation range is $151,300–$195,800, including base salary and commissions.

Requirements

Five or more years of technical writing experience, preferably creating compliant technical narratives for customer RFPs in the IT industry.
Superior writing, editing, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and proofreading skills.
Strong leadership, organizational, writing, grammar, and editing skills.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Visio, and Adobe.
Strong attention to detail and ability to work in a deadline-driven environment and coordinate virtual teams.
Bachelor’s degree (BS/BA) or higher.
Verified U.S. citizenship.

Nice To Haves

Degree in a relevant field such as English, Marketing, Communications, Business, Science, or Engineering.
Experience with the Federal procurement process, especially responding to RFPs and RFIs in a high-tech field.
Knowledge of Dell solutions, core products and services, and emerging areas such as 5G, AI, cybersecurity, data management, and professional services.
Ability to work on multiple tasks or projects at different stages of completion.
Experience with proposal document page design and layout.
Flexibility to work occasional evenings or weekends.
Willingness to travel infrequently as required.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with pursuit teams throughout the proposal lifecycle to develop compliant, compelling, concise narratives in response to RFP requirements.
Write customer-facing narratives addressing technical solution design, project management, services and delivery, experience or past performance, cover letters, and other RFQ/RFP criteria.
Participate in pre-proposal meetings and contribute to storyboards and win themes based on procurement requirements.
Review RFQ/RFP criteria for assigned sections and develop compliance matrices to ensure customer requirements are addressed.
Participate in proposal stand-up calls and coordinate additional meetings to keep deliverables on schedule.
Coordinate with diverse contributors, gather required inputs, and conduct interviews to extract and articulate technical information.
Work with the Proposal Manager to integrate narratives into proposal documents and ensure compliance with bid-document requirements.
Attend proposal document reviews, provide edits and comments across the document as needed, and support document recovery writing.
Contribute useful content and reusable winning narratives to improve the proposal process.
Write and edit additional content as needed and perform other duties as assigned.