Description
Leidos is seeking a Slide Engineer (SE) to support FEDSIM proposal development within the Center of Excellence (CoE). This role is responsible for creating high-quality oral presentation slides for large federal contracts, which typically range from $100 million to over $1 billion in value. Assigned to Capture Operations and Excellence, this role operates within the FEDSIM Center of Excellence (CoE) and reports to the FEDSIM CoE Vice President.
As a Slide Engineer, you will collaborate with technical experts, graphics designers, volume leads, proposal managers, and other stakeholders to produce clear, compelling presentations. You will translate written content from worksheets, discussions, and strategy sessions into visually engaging slides that integrate win themes, benefits, and proof points.
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You will also document the slide creation process, ensuring alignment with CoE best practices. While this position is primarily remote, onsite work will be required after the Final TOR (solicitation) is released, including in war rooms or classified spaces in Reston, VA, as needed.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development of oral presentation slide decks, collaborating with Capture Managers, Business Development teams, and Solution Architects to meet FEDSIM requirements.
- Ensure slide content aligns with government-provided documents, including RFIs, PWS, eRRs, final RFPs, and other solicitation materials.
- Maintain and refine CoE standard processes for slide development, ensuring consistency across proposal teams.
- Apply Agile delivery methods, incorporating weekly sprints to iteratively enhance slide content.
- Guide and support writers, technical leads, partners, and graphics teams in slide content creation.
- Strengthen messaging within slides, emphasizing key differentiators, proof points, partner roles, and key personnel details.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in communications, technology, business, or a related field (equivalent experience may substitute for a degree).
- 12+ years supporting government programs and technical solutions (16+ years without a degree).
- 7+ years of experience in government proposal development.
- Proven experience creating oral slide decks for FEDSIM proposals within the last 5 years.
- 3+ years in proposal development, including solution planning, color team reviews, editing, compliance checks, production, and responding to evaluator questions (ENs).
- Strong leadership skills, with the ability to guide teams, resolve challenges, and enhance proposal content.
- Ability to manage tasks independently, handling multiple deadlines efficiently.
- Willingness to work onsite during critical proposal periods (especially post-Final TOR release), including potential evenings and weekends.
- Ability to be in Reston, VA office for training and proposal work.
- Active Secret security clearance.
Preferred Qualifications
- Successful leadership of a winning FEDSIM proposal within the last 5 years.
- Experience as a volume lead writer for FEDSIM proposals within the last 5 years.
- Active Top Secret or TS/SCI clearance.
Original Posting:
June 17, 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 $126,100.00 - $227,950.00
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.
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