Senior Proposal Analyst

Role Overview

• Analyze solicitation documents (RFPs, RFQs, RTOPs, RFIs), with emphasis on Sections L and M or agency-specific equivalents.
• Develop and maintain compliance matrices, annotated outlines, and requirement traceability tools.
• Identify compliance risks, gaps, and ambiguities and elevate them to proposal leadership.
• Support interpretation of evaluation criteria and ensure proposal content is explicitly aligned.
• Contribute to writing and editing of proposal sections, including technical, management, staffing, transition, and past performance narratives, as assigned.
• Translate capture strategy and win themes into evaluator-focused structure and messaging.
• Ensure consistency in terminology, tone, and positioning across volumes and contributors.
• Support integration of graphics, tables, and call-outs to reinforce key messages.
• Support the Proposal Manager with proposal schedules, trackers, and daily execution oversight.
• Coordinate inputs from writers, SMEs, volume leads, pricing, and contracts teams.
• Track progress against deadlines and follow up on assigned actions and deliverables.
• Support planning and execution of color team reviews (Pink, Red, Gold), including preparation of review materials.
• Log, track, and help adjudicate review comments to ensure timely and accurate resolution.
• Perform quality checks for completeness, clarity, consistency, and responsiveness prior to final submission.
• Contribute to maintenance of proposal templates, checklists, and standard operating procedures.
• Support development and curation of reusable proposal content and lessons learned.
• Mentor junior proposal staff and support proposal process maturity.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Business, English, Political Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience supporting federal proposal development in a GovCon environment.
• Demonstrated experience with proposal compliance, Section L/M analysis, and requirement traceability.
• Strong analytical, writing, and organizational skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint.