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This position offers hybrid work opportunities, with primary work to be completed in the Reston or Chantilly, Virginia offices. The candidate should be local to the Northern, Virginia area.\nCandidates must have an active TS/SCI Clearance.\nWhat You’ll Do\nThe Proposal Writer we seek is a principal-level proposal professional and is a key member of the Proposal Development Center (PDC). You will provide full lifecycle, Federal proposal support, from content planning, template development, and writing and editing key sections (resumes, past performance, and narrative volumes), through submission. You’ll also coach and mentor junior writers and participate in process improvement initiatives. You’ll share your wisdom in peer and color reviews and apply analytical skills to process efficiencies and proposal quality through the use of proprietary AI tool.\nWhat You’ll Bring to the Table\nIn this role you will join the PDC family that enjoys a team culture, and collaborative engagement with all levels of proposal contributors and stakeholders.\nYou have a hunger for knowledge, a thirst for quality, and an eye for accuracy. You have strong critical thinking skills and easily digest technically complex information. You have experience with writing proposals or technical documents for the Federal Government. Each proposal offers you an opportunity to learn about exciting innovations that sustain and support our government, including our military.\nYour strengths with the written word, communications, and the English language (grammar nerds welcomed and embraced), will be appreciated throughout the proposal development process. Your expertise weaving in win strategies, themes, and discriminators into proposal artifacts means you are making an impact to important solutions supporting our customers.\nWhat SAIC Offers\nWe empower you to paint our proposals with your creative and analytical skills. SAIC is dedicated to your professional development and career growth with our mature mentor-protégé program and robust training opportunities (e.g., emerging technologies, including AI, leadership development, and industry best practices).\nIn this deadline-driven industry, we offer you competitive compensation, a flexible work schedule, and work-life balance.\nDon’t take our word for it… some of SAIC’s recognition includes:\nGlassdoor’s Best Places to Work 2026, Glassdoor, 2026\nAmerica’s Best Midsize Employers, TIME, 2024\nForbes best Large Employers, Forbes, 2023\nRanked #1 of Top Companies for Veterans - DiversityInc - 2022 \nRanked #7 of Top 25 Veteran Employers - Military.com - 2022 \nDay in the Life of a Proposal Writer\nYou’ll interview candidates and SMEs, and engage with fellow contributors to develop proposal artifacts that are clear, concise, persuasive, compliant, and compelling \nYou’ll ensure accurate content that is error free and aligned to RFx requirements, company process, capture strategies, and industry best practices\nYou’ll peer review your teammates work, and ask them to review your work\nYou may be a reviewer in our formal color reviews- sharing your crucial insight, knowledge, and expertise\nYou’ll coach and mentor less experience writers\nYou may be engaged in the earliest stages of capture strategy development\n Required Qualifications:\nBA or BS degree or higher (or equivalent) in Journalism, English, Business, Information Technology, Communication Arts, or other relevant fields and 10+ years of solid Federal proposal writing experience. 8+ years of experience with a Masters Degree. 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