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Senior Proposal Writer

Firestorm · San Diego, United States · On-site

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About Firestorm

Firestorm Labs - Democratize the fight with radically-affordable, mission-adaptable power for air, land, and sea. Backed by NEA.

About the role

At Firestorm Labs, driving business growth through compelling proposals, and empowering customers with clear technical documentation are essential. As a Senior Proposal Manager supporting our Business Development team, your mission is to partner closely with product, engineering, capture, and proposal teams to deliver accurate, updated, and easy-to-understand documentation.

What they're looking for

  • Generate, review, and edit user-focused documentation supporting proposal, and business development efforts. This includes support to whitepaper, proposal responses, technical narratives, and pricing materials
  • Engage with SMEs and cross-functional stakeholders (Pricing, ITAR, Legal, Solution Architects etc) to develop proposal artifacts that are clear, concise, persuasive, compliant, and compelling
  • Ensure content is accurate, error-free, and aligned to RFx requirements, company processes, capture strategies, and industry best practices
  • Support the development of pricing strategies and narratives in coordination with finance and capture leadership, ensuring alignment between technical solution and cost volumes
  • Manage multiple concurrent RFPs, RFIs, white papers, and unsolicited proposal efforts, balancing near-term priorities and long-term growth objectives
  • Build and continuously refine proposal processes, templates, and content libraries to improve scalability, repeatability, and efficiency across future pursuits
More about this role

At Firestorm Labs, driving business growth through compelling proposals, and empowering customers with clear technical documentation are essential. As a Senior Proposal Manager supporting our Business Development team, your mission is to partner closely with product, engineering, capture, and proposal teams to deliver accurate, updated, and easy-to-understand documentation. You will play a key role in creating business development materials ensuring our teams are fully equipped to win contracts and support customers effectively.

You will work closely with our Business Development and Capture Managers to develop and manage the documentation that supports all phases of capture and proposal efforts. You’ll help shape strategic proposal content that integrates capture strategies, win themes, and discriminators tailored to mission-critical customer needs in the defense space. This includes crafting compelling narratives, proposal sections, and supporting materials that align with capture strategies and customer needs. In addition to business development deliverables, you may also be asked to support production of user-focused technical documentation such as operational manuals,...

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