Senior Proposal Development Specialist

Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

Insitu, a subsidiary of Boeing, has pioneered the design, manufacturing and operation of high-performance Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) with superior payload capabilities. 

Insitu’s world-class manufacturing facilities are located in Bingen, WA and deliver the highest quality products on time.  We are on a mission to be the world’s most trusted partner; developing and integrating world-class solutions that support customer success in the most challenging environments.

Do you thrive on organization, precision, and bringing clarity to complex projects? Are you a natural influencer who excels at rallying cross-functional teams to achieve shared goals? We’re looking for a driven, detail-oriented Proposal Development Specialist to help us transform opportunities into compelling, client-focused proposals that stand out from the competition.

In this role, you’ll be the glue that holds our proposal process together, using your keen eye for detail and collaborative spirit to craft winning strategies and content. You’ll work closely with subject matter experts across departments, guiding teams to align their expertise and insights into cohesive, high-impact deliverables. If you’re motivated by the challenge of inspiring internal teams, managing tight deadlines, and delivering exceptional results, we want you on our team.

What you’ll do:

• Responsible for assembling required resources, skills, and support functions to develop proposal content and conformance for solicitations, requests for information, quotes or proposals. Supports internal alignment with strategic growth initiatives.
• Analyzes and breaks down in-coming solicitations, requests for information, quotes or proposals.
• Monitors pre-proposal process to include storyboard and strategy sessions, preparation of annotated outlines, page allocations, major themes, story-maps, mockups, and preliminary drafts.
• Collaborates with business operations pricing and contracts team to ensure contracts compliance and price to win input.
• Leads and participates in color team reviews, in accordance with established best practices.
• Contributes to team strategy and capture plans to analyze customer and market dynamics including features-benefits-proofs, win themes, gap analysis, and competitor analyses.
• Develops proposal schedules and milestones; executes and tracks proposal completion.
• Manages overall content design, development, and review and oversees proposal production and delivery activities.
• Participates in kick-off meetings, internal/gate reviews and status meetings; assists with developing agendas and provides meeting notes. Schedules, coordinates and facilitates reviews.
• Reviews assigned proposal sections for compliance with development standards, standard format and style criteria. Takes corrective action or performs rewrites.
• Maintains proposal development tools such as process standards, author handbook, databases and gate materials.
• Maintains proposal content and incorporates revisions, updates or comments.
• Supports post-submittal proposal activities including drafting responses.
• Collaborate with technical leadership to shape technology investments.
• Assists with growth and strategy reporting and managing adjustments to LRBP reports.

Education & Experience:

• 15+ years related experience with a bachelor’s degree or 13+ years related experience with a master’s degree.
• Experience conducting analysis and managing projects.
• Experience influencing stakeholders and building cross-functional relationships.
• Experience working in Federal Government proposal development.
• Experience with the Shipley proposal development process.
• Knowledge of FAR/DFAR compliance regarding US government solicitations.
• Experience in the aerospace or defense industry and has a clear understanding of the Business Development life cycle.
• Keen eye for process improvement and ability to influence innovative and positive changes to create efficiencies.
• Demonstrated proposal writing experience with comprehensive knowledge of solicitation analysis, developing compliance matrices, and generating annotated outlines.
• Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, Project and PowerPoint; experience with sales-based CRMs.
• Demonstrates high caliber of communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Successfully manages a multitude of ongoing proposals at once across several functions.
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