Staff Enterprise Proposal Writer

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Staff Enterprise Proposal Writer transforming technical details into persuasive narratives at IonQ. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance proposal quality and drive revenue growth.

Responsibilities:

  • Write, edit, and refine proposal content for enterprise RFPs, RFIs, RFQs, compliance matrices, and related response materials.
  • Partner with the Proposal Manager and cross-functional subject matter experts to gather inputs, clarify requirements, and turn technical details into clear, customer-relevant narrative.
  • Translate complex information about IonQ’s compute, networking, sensing, and security capabilities into compelling value propositions for business and technical audiences.
  • Develop high-quality executive summaries, solution descriptions, implementation narratives, company qualification sections, and tailored answers to customer requirements.
  • Ensure every response is accurate, compliant, well-structured, and aligned to IonQ’s positioning, win themes, and brand voice.
  • Interview stakeholders efficiently, identify missing information quickly, and synthesize inputs into polished first drafts with minimal rework.
  • Support the creation and maintenance of reusable proposal assets, boilerplate, proof points, and content-library materials that improve response speed and consistency.
  • Contribute to review cycles by incorporating feedback rapidly, tightening language, and improving clarity, readability, and persuasion.
  • Manage multiple deadlines and shifting priorities while maintaining quality, version control, and attention to detail.
  • Help elevate the overall standard of IonQ’s commercial proposal output by identifying messaging gaps, process improvements, and repeatable best practices.

Requirements:

  • 8+ years of professional experience in proposal writing, technical writing, solutions writing, sales content development, or a related field within enterprise technology, deep tech, cybersecurity, networking, hardware, cloud, or B2B SaaS.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Communications, English, Journalism, Technical Writing, Business, Marketing, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Proven experience writing clear, compliant, and persuasive responses to customer requirements in RFP, RFI, RFQ, questionnaire, or similar structured-response environments.
  • Strong ability to absorb technical input quickly and translate it into language that is understandable, credible, and motivating for mixed audiences.
  • Excellent writing, editing, interviewing, and storytelling skills, with a sharp eye for structure, consistency, grammar, and message quality.
  • Experience collaborating effectively with subject matter experts across technical and commercial teams in a fast-moving, cross-functional environment.
  • Strong organization and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple assignments simultaneously and meet hard deadlines.
  • High ownership, curiosity, and follow-through; a doer who proactively closes gaps and keeps work moving forward.

Benefits:

  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Unlimited PTO and paid holidays
  • Parental/adoption leave
  • Legal insurance
  • Home technology stipend