Job Description:
As part of this growing sales organization, we are seeking a highly skilled Proposal & Technical Writing Contractor (20hrs per week) to support deal capture, revenue growth, and customer engagement initiatives.
This role is uniquely split:
- 50% Proposal Development – Supporting RFP/RFI responses, sales proposals, and customer-facing documentation
- 50% Technical Writing – Developing clear, structured, and accurate technical documentation for internal and external audiences
The ideal candidate thrives in fast-paced sales environments, understands enterprise software, and can translate complex technical concepts into compelling, customer-focused messaging.
Key Responsibilities:
- Working closely with our Senior Sales Proposal Manager, Sales Enablement Team, Public Sector Sales Leadership, and Solution Engineering
Proposal Development (50%):
- Lead and support responses to Public Sector and Government RFPs, RFIs, and security questionnaires.
- Collaborate with Sales, Pre-Sales Engineers, Product, Legal, and Leadership to gather inputs.
- Translate technical capabilities into clear business value propositions
- Develop executive summaries, solution overviews, and tailored customer messaging.
- Working with existing Proposal personnel, maintain proposals inventory and content library.
- Ensure submissions are compliant and delivered on deadline.
- Improve proposal templates, formatting standards, and response workflows.
Technical Writing – Sales & Customer Collateral (50%):
- Develop and maintain high-quality technical content to support sales and customer understanding, including:
- Product-focused white papers that articulate technical capabilities and differentiation
- Case studies and use cases highlighting real-world applications and outcomes
- Customer-facing solution briefs that clearly explain technical value propositions
- Knowledge base articles and technical documentation to support customer education and adoption
- Work closely with Product and Engineering to ensure accuracy.
- Convert complex technical information into user-friendly documentation.
- Contribute to internal documentation for Sales enablement and onboarding.
Qualifications:
Required:
- 5+ years of experience in proposal writing, technical writing, or similar roles.
- Proven success responding to RFPs in complex B2B environments.
- Strong ability to synthesize technical information into clear, structured, and easy-to-understand written content for a range of audiences.
- Exceptional written communication skills.
- Strong writing and storytelling skills, with the ability to organize ideas into a logical, compelling narrative.
- Strong project management and deadline management capabilities.
- Experience working cross-functionally with Sales, Product, Marketing, and Engineering.
- Ability to synthesize input from multiple sources and subject matter experts into a cohesive and consistent document.
Preferred:
- Background in enterprise software, data platforms, healthcare IT, or infrastructure technology.
- Familiarity with CRM systems (e.g. SalesForce, Hubspot, PEGA, etc) and proposal tools (QorusDocs, et
- Understanding of compliance and security questionnaires (SOC2, HIPAA, etc.)
- Experience with Government and Federal Proposals, RFP’s, RFI’s, and RFQ’s.
Personal Attributes:
- Structured, organized, and detail-oriented.
- Able to balance speed with accuracy.
- Strong business acumen.
- Comfortable operating with ambiguity.
- Collaborative and proactive.
- Able to work independently in a contractor capacity.
