Senior Government Technical Proposal Writer

Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri)

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As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

DESCRIPTION:

Position Summary This position is within the Fisher BioServices business unit of Thermo Fisher Scientific. The Senior Government Technical Proposal Writer serves as a senior writing and proposal-development resource supporting complex U.S. Government business opportunities. The position works closely with Contracts, Business Development, Finance, Operations, scientific and technical subject matter experts (SMEs), and business leadership to develop compliant, technically accurate, persuasive proposal content for federal solicitations and related government acquisition activities.

The Senior Government Technical Proposal Writer has demonstrated expertise developing technical proposals for U.S. Government agencies, with particular experience communicating complex scientific, operational, and technical information to federal evaluators. The individual understands that proposal content must address the requirements, evaluation criteria, mission priorities, and technical perspective of the reviewing agency and can adapt proposal narratives for different government audiences, including scientific and technical reviewers supporting the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Defense/Department of War (DoD/DoW), and other federal agencies.

The position requires the ability to translate complex scientific and operational concepts into clear proposal narratives; independently research and draft technical content from Statements of Work (SOWs), Performance Work Statements (PWSs), specifications, and other solicitation documents; interview SMEs and convert technical discussions into proposal-ready content; identify competitive differentiators; and develop narratives that demonstrate understanding, approach, capability, risk mitigation, and value to the Government.

The Senior Government Technical Proposal Writer also supports competitive intelligence and federal market research within the biorepository, pharmaceutical manufacturing, biopharma, biospecimen management, clinical trial logistics, and related life-sciences markets. The position applies approved artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and other digital tools to improve proposal research, analysis, drafting, editing, compliance, and knowledge management while maintaining appropriate controls for confidential, proprietary, export-controlled, and Government information.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities Government Proposal Development and Writing

• Leads development and writing of technical narratives for complex U.S. Government proposals, responses to Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Requests for Information (RFIs), Sources Sought Notices, white papers, capability statements, technical presentations, and other federal acquisition documents.
• Reviews solicitations, amendments, SOWs/PWSs, technical requirements, instructions to offerors, and evaluation criteria and translates requirements into structured proposal content.
• Develops proposal narratives that provide evaluators with clear evidence of the company’s understanding, technical approach, management approach, capabilities, experience, risk controls, and discriminators.
• Tailors technical content to the mission, acquisition environment, evaluation methodology, and technical perspective of the Government customer.
• Develops scientific and technical narratives appropriate for NIH and HHS reviewers, including content that communicates scientific rationale, technical methodology, operational controls, research support capabilities, biospecimen integrity, quality systems, and public-health or research mission impact.
• Develops technical and operational narratives appropriate for DoD/DoW and other mission-oriented federal reviewers, emphasizing mission requ…