Proposal Writer

Company: Leidos
Location: West Mclean
Posted on: February 13, 2026

Job Description:

Job Description Description Leidos is growing! Join us as we add to our industry best Proposal Operations Team! Our team is looking for qualified proposal writers, this includes experience with traditional U.S. Government, FEDSIM, and commercial proposals. This position is within the Strategy & Business Development’s Capture Operations & Excellence Group, which supports Leidos' largest, most strategic bids across the enterprise. As such, this is an exciting role for those that want to make an immediate impact and be recognized for their contributions to our organization. This role is to support competitive proposal bids as a Proposal Writer, working directly with Capture Team, Solution Architects, and Technical and Management Volume Leads to develop work products to meet solicitation requirements. Candidate will be responsible for providing proposal writing support to all Lines of Business, to include Defense, Intelligence, Civil, and Health. The Proposal Writer should have a proven successful track record on medium to large bids. Primary Responsibilities: Work with Subject Matter Experts (SME’s) to conceive, document, write, and articulate our winning solutions against proposal requirements. Assignments will include, but are not limited to, supporting written responses to technical, management, past performance, staffing plans, and transition sections. Ability to understand RFP requirements and respond with compliant and compelling solutions. Work as part of a collaborative team to clearly articulate solution and strategy, approach to performing the work, experience, win themes, and discriminators. Effectively communicate and employ interviewing skills to gather needed information from internal and external personnel to support writing activities. Write clear, compliant, compelling, persuasive, proposal text. Develop and implement process improvements to help improve proposal quality. Required Qualifications: - Bachelor’s Degree with at least 4 years of related experience. 2 years of experience working as a proposal writer responding to Federal Government solicitations - Experience with Federal Government proposals, including FEDSIM proposals - Experience with traditional video, live orals, and / or demonstration proposals - Evidence of a successful track record of high quality, high scoring proposals - Demonstrated success writing and leading technical, management, transition, staffing, and/or corporate experience & past performance volumes for complex efforts - Excellent writing and communication skills - Excellent organizational and leadership skills - Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint - Strong work ethic and desire to excel and keep growing over time - Candidate must have the ability to travel to support proposal efforts, primarily in the Washington Metro Area (WMA), as needed. Desired Qualifications: - 6 years of experience working in a competitive proposal environment responding to Federal Government solicitations - 1 years’ experience supporting FEDSIM proposals - Active Secret or Top-Secret clearance and eligibility for SCI If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares. Original Posting:November 20, 2025 For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above. Pay Range:Pay Range $87,100.00 - $157,450.00 The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law. About Leidos Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com. Pay and Benefits Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits. Securing Your Data Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos’ name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information during any part of the employment application process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communicate with you through emails that are generated by the Leidos.com automated system – never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at LeidosCareersFraud@leidos.com. If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Commitment to Non-Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

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