Poseidon Aerospace
Proposal Lead
Washington DC · Contract
No sponsorshipDetected 106 days ago
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About the role
- Produce white papers, quad charts, and concept briefs that reach customers before a solicitation drops and shape how they think about the problem Poseidon solves
- Establish how Poseidon tells its story to Government customers and refine that story with every submission
- Work directly with our engineering team and flight operations team to pull technical content and translate it for Government audiences
Responsibilities
- This is a writing role first. You will spend the majority of your time crafting the proposals that drive Poseidon's growth
- Own proposal responses end-to-end as primary author, project manager, and final set of eyes before submission
- Run color team reviews, manage schedules, and deliver compliant packages on time with a small team and no inherited process
- Build the proposal infrastructure from scratch: content libraries, writing schedules, reusable prose, and documentation standards, with no bureaucracy slowing you down
- Experience developing compliance matrices, managing submission schedules, and owning document configuration
Requirements
- Experience personally leading proposal submissions across multiple government contracting efforts, from RFP release through delivery
- Strong technical writing skills: you can translate complex engineering into clear, specific narrative without genericizing it
Skills
- Working knowledge of FAR/DFARS and proposal compliance requirements
- US citizenship and eligibility for TS/SCI
- you can translate complex engineering into clear, specific narrative without genericizing it
- Ideally you have:
- Experience with non-standard contracting vehicles such as OTA, SBIR, fixed-price, or anything outside routine cost-plus fixed fee
- 3-8 years in contracting or proposals, ideally at a fast-moving defense company or government contractor
- Worked in or alongside a fast-moving team under unusual time pressure
- Built proposal infrastructure from scratch rather than inheriting a mature process
- Active TS/SCI clearance
- Competitive salary and meaningful early-stage equity
- Relocation support if applicable
- Employee Health Benefit Plans
Compensation
- Competitive salary and meaningful early-stage equity
Benefits
- 6% Retirement matching
Company info
- At Poseidon Aerospace, we value diverse perspectives and are always looking for talented individuals with unconventional backgrounds.
- Written proposals where the contracting structure itself was part of the problem to solve, not just the narrative
Visa & Work Authorization
- US citizenship and eligibility for TS/SCI
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