Proposal Quality Assurance Specialist

Leidos has an extensive Proposal Operations team that supports growth objectives for the US Navy & Marine Corps IT Business Area. This Business Area includes the Service Management, Integration, and Transport (SMIT) contract, which is the largest IT services program for the Navy, delivering the core backbone of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet, including cybersecurity services, network operations, service desk, and data transport.

Leidos is seeking an experienced candidate to perform Proposal Quality Assurance within the US Navy & Marine Corps IT Business Area Proposal Operations organization.

The Proposal Quality Assurance role will directly support the US Navy & Marine Corps IT Business Area, including the three domains of the SMIT contract, inclusive of NMCI, ONE-Net, and MCEN. The candidate will support development of quality new business and on-contract-growth/sole source efforts for service orders, program modifications, and project orders and requests. The candidate should have an understanding of Federal contractor bid and proposal management and quality standard practices. The successful candidate must learn and adapt quickly to new processes and technologies and have ability to work in a self-driven manner in a fast-paced environment. In this position, the Proposal Quality Assurance candidate must exhibit strong leadership skills and the ability to work with program and functional teams to drive tasks to closure.

Primary Responsibilities

The Proposal Quality Assurance Specialist is responsible for the following:

• Author, compile, edit, and proof programmatic, deliverable, and proposal documents, workbooks, and presentations using internal approval processes in compliance with customer and business operations schedules.
• Ensure that presentation materials and documents conform to program standards and Data Item Description (DID) requirements and that branding/messaging of documents adhere to program and customer standards.
• Have responsibility for review and delivery of contractually required, time sensitive, program governance materials.
• Work closely with Proposal Managers, Solution Leads, Contracts, and other staff, and be responsible for managing multiple assignments simultaneously.
• Ensure document and version control for all deliverables assigned.
• Work in an internal document Microsoft SharePoint Online library with assigned deliverables.
• Support in developing and updating program style guides.
• Provide or coordinate special documentation services as required, which may include collection, development, editing, and peer review of proposals, training, and other materials, as assigned.
• Support development and management of all document services and quality assurance related activities within the Navy & Marine Corps IT Proposal Operations.
• Participate in continuous improvement of processes and efficiencies that result in high quality documents and deliverables.
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