Job Description

VGI is a 100% employee-owned custom software company supporting government missions and private sector enterprises for over two decades. VGI staff combine a strong technical prowess with a deep understanding of our customers and their operations. VGI can take your current network needs and challenges and create tools that protect your data throughout its lifecycle. Verite Group offers 100% paid Benefits, 15% Employer Contribution to 401K, Stock Options, Flextime, Year End Bonuses, Overtime, and many more Amazing first-class benefits. PROJECT OVERVIEW: As a Proposal Specialist for Verite Group Incorporated (VGI) you will be empowered shape and provide full spectrum proposal response at the corporate level, interfacing with mission partners internal/external for proposal delivery to include pre-proposal shaping activities, capture activities during the proposal phase, and post-submittal closure activities. JOB DESCRIPTION AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide management and execution for Verite proposal response in a dynamic environment addressing singular or multiple efforts in conjunction (depending upon where the opportunity resides in the acquisition process and time available) to enable full spectrum proposal response (proposal writing, editing, illustration, production efforts, etc.) from assignment and receipt of RFP, through delivery and receipt by the customer.
• Manage proposal schedules and deadlines, develop proposal artifacts and supporting artifacts such as: proposal outline, compliance matrix, storyboard plan, and delivery plan.
• Shape and drive integration of win themes and discriminators into proposal deliverables ensuring capture artifacts and customer values are incorporated for a winning proposal.
• Prepare detailed proposal plans, schedule outline and compliance matrix for assigned pursuits.
• Lead all aspects of proposal volume development, including Technical, Management, Past Performance, Security, Basis of Estimate, Contracts, Executive Summary, Integrated Master Schedule, and Plans, etc.
• Lead effective Strategy Meetings and storyboarding efforts to development and maintain strategic win themes, discriminators, and value propositions.
• Coordinate and lead major project meeting events, such as: Kick-off Meetings, Black Hat, Color Team reviews (Pink, Red, and Gold), etc.
• Analyze solicitations (RFP, RFQ, RFI, etc.) in conjunction with other customer requirements and communications to determine final document/s structure.
• Identify and coordinate capture team members and ensure necessary support elements are available to interact to develop- technical, management and pricing strategies; to lead a collaborative effort throughout the proposal phase to develop, refine, and execute the win strategy.
• Provide detailed guidance to proposal writers/contributors and subcontractors to manage writing assignments and receipt of all proposal materials with authors and teaming partners in accordance with the project schedule.
• Provide general editing of written material, writing new material or working with reuse material, proofreading, and performing quality check of proposals under tight deadline constraints.
• Identify and meet established deliverables and production deadlines to lead the collection and editing of proposal materials to ensure compliance, verify documents are submitted in accordance with established guidelines, confirm all section L and M or similar instructions/evaluations are addressed, and to monitor and remain current on all amendments and modifications to the solicitation.
• Ensure 100% on-time delivery of compliant and compelling proposals on all assigned opportunities.
• Understand and apply lessons learned to future activities.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS: Security Clearance: TS / Top Secret

• A Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree or equivalent and 5+ years of relevant professional experience of Government Contracts experience, preferably in IT or technical/scientific areas in Proposal Management or in a Solutions Developer role
• Proposal experience on a variety of competitive opportunities including a relevant mix of program types, complexities, products, technologies, customers, and countries
• Experience in hands-on responsibility managing capture portfolios, including multiple efforts at any given time in a cleared environment with DoD or Intel Community customers
• Strong organizational management skills and attention to detail
• Team player and team builder
• Self-starter; highly organized
• Ability to work in a matrixed environment with all levels of the organization, up to and including senior management
• Flexible to work a schedule which may include evenings and weekends, as required
• Have management skills to direct and orchestrate proposal team efforts
• Ability to conceptualize and write and/or edit compelling proposal narrative
• Capable to generate briefing and presentation materials/slides from scratch
• Effective at presentation delivery, effective oral communication skills
• Function effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Work with little direction and handle multiple tasks
• Proven proposal leadership skills on multiple competitive proposals
• Have a working knowledge of MS Office business applications and experience working with Virtual Proposal Center, SharePoint, Slack, Trello, or other proposal management tools

DESIRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor\'s Degree (Engineering, Information Technology, Mathematics, Economics, or a business-related discipline Preferred)
• Advanced Degree (Masters Preferred)
• Previous capture experience in Proposal Management: 10 years (Preferred)
• Previous capture experience in Proposal Writing: 3 years (Preferred)
• Have a background in a technical or business field
• Have an APMP certification

WORK LOCATION: Dulles, VA TRAVEL: No Travel, periodic engagements at customer sites within 20 miles. VGI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law.