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Senior Proposal Writer, Business Development with Security Clearance

Gemini Industries · Burlington, MA · 3 days ago
OTHR$50/hrFull-time

Location: Burlington, MA (Headquarters), Fairfax, VA, or Tampa, FL | Clearance: Secret (or eligible); Top Secret/SCI required per contract | Education: Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s preferred | Job Code: 1224

About the Role

Gemini Industries Inc. provides technical, management, and operations services to support National Security projects. The company delivers rapid response to critical customer needs, performs analyses and develops operations plans to anticipate future requirements, and provides advanced technology to improve mission execution. Gemini’s culture emphasizes high operations tempo, integrated teams delivering rapid solutions, and a balance of continuous improvement with mission-first collaboration.

The Senior Proposal Writer provides direct support to the Vice President of Business Development, writing proposals to aggressively grow Gemini’s business base. The role requires exceptional talent and in-depth understanding of government RFP requirements to develop compelling proposals that highlight and substantiate Gemini’s discriminators. The ideal candidate can develop top-sentence outlines, articulate analysis and evidence, and communicate the hook, benefit, and call-to-action for proposed solutions.

Outcomes

  • Submit $200 million worth of proposals annually to diversify and grow Gemini’s business base.
  • Increase Gemini’s Pwin through deployment of Best-In-Class proposal writing practices.

Responsibilities

  • Write compelling proposals that highlight and substantiate Gemini discriminators, including technical narratives and management plans for Department of War, Defense, and Homeland Security opportunities.
  • Analyze federal RFPs, RFQs, and RFIs to draft key elements of Gemini’s solution.
  • Create and maintain topic sentence outlines for proposal sections.
  • Collaborate with SMEs, capture managers, and project teams to gather technical, operational, and programmatic information; interview contributors to develop high-quality proposal content.
  • Rewrite, edit, and synthesize SME/team member input into clear, persuasive, and compliant proposal sections.
  • Apply an action-oriented writing style to complete proposal sections on time with few rewrites.
  • Review and edit sections developed by team members.
  • Lead color team reviews (Pink, Red, Gold) and incorporate/consolidate feedback.
  • Stay updated on artificial intelligence tools that can improve proposal writing and identify promising tools for consideration.

Qualifications

Required

  • Minimum 15 years of relevant (or comparable) experience.
  • Experience writing proposals for professional services efforts valued between $50 million and $1 billion.
  • Proven ability to conceptualize and write customer-focused proposal narrative and oral presentation slides.
  • High energy, enthusiasm, and optimism.
  • Extraordinary attention to detail.
  • Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office business applications, Adobe Acrobat Suite, and SharePoint.

Highly Desired

  • Experience with the Shipley Proposal Process or other industry-relevant capture and proposal methodologies.
  • Working knowledge of GovWin, GovTribe, or similar market intelligence/capture management software tools.
  • Ability to create graphics such as organization and flow charts to enhance proposals.
  • Familiarity with CRM tools such as Unanet.

Additional Requirements

  • Occasional travel may be required.
  • This employer participates in E‑Verify; information from each new employee’s Form I‑9 will be provided to the SSA and, if necessary, DHS to confirm work authorization.
  • Gemini seeks highly motivated self-starters who are resourceful, possess extraordinary intellectual capability, and can rapidly learn and apply new concepts.
  • Candidates should demonstrate a “let me try” attitude, resilience, the ability to present and justify a position, accept decisions, and charge forward.
  • View criticism as an opportunity to improve (“let me try again”).
  • Think and create, enhancing the company with a steady flow of fresh ideas, perspective, and energy.

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