Proposal Specialist (EU)

About the role

DroneShield seeks a Proposal Specialist to own select proposal responses—including tenders, RFIs, RFQs, and others—across European and international defence and security markets in support of regional Commercial Directors.

This role will be in-office or hybrid with an expectation of generally working at least 3 days/week from our Amsterdam European HQ.

This role is ideal for a strategic doer—someone comfortable managing a proposal response while writing the bulk of it.

You will collaborate closely with sales, engineering, legal, finance, and executive stakeholders. You will manage inputs across cross-functional teams to develop compelling, high-quality, compliant proposals. This is a hands-on role suited to someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about delivering winning bids.

Responsibilities, Duties and Expectations 

• Consult and collaborate with Commercial Directors in vetting and critically evaluating inbound opportunities.
• Own and manage the full lifecycle of proposal responses from initial RFP review to final submission—including internal gating reviews, compliance, scheduling, content development, and delivery.
• Lead the writing effort, developing high-quality narrative content across technical, management, and executive sections.
• Coordinate inputs from subject matter experts, commercial, legal, finance, and engineering to deliver complete and compliant submissions.
• Establish and manage proposal plans, timelines, response matrices, and internal review cycles.
• Run internal reviews and incorporate feedback to improve response quality continually.
• Contribute to building and maintaining a library of reusable content, templates, past performance examples, and standard boilerplate.

Qualifications, Experience and Skills 

• 2+ years of hands-on experience in technology proposal development, preferably in defence, aerospace, or dual-use sectors.
• Familiarity with defence and government procurement.
• Exceptional writing, editing, and structuring skills—you’re confident developing core content yourself.
• Outstanding independent organisational and project management skills—you can autonomously manage internal and external stakeholders and multiple bids simultaneously under tight deadlines.
• Skilled at working cross-functionally with local and remote technical and non-technical teams.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), collaboration tools (e.g., SharePoint, Teams, Jira), and Salesforce.

Note for recruitment agencies: We do not accept unsolicited candidates from external recruiters unless specifically instructed.