[Hiring] Senior Technical Writer @Ad Hoc

Role Description

The Senior Technical Writer serves as an experienced individual contributor within a team, with the expectation that you will further develop your leadership, guidance, and mentoring skills. With minimal oversight from leadership, you will be responsible for supporting the goal of meeting scope, schedule, and delivery requirements. A Senior Technical Writer impacts the long-term goals of the program while contributing to the development of the program’s technical writing function. You may serve as the discipline’s primary lead when working with stakeholders and utilize strong influential skills to drive improvements in writing and experience processes and practices.

• Exhibits strong influential skills to build relationships with team members, government and company stakeholders, and program management.
• Responsible for both program tactical assignments, as well as strategic initiatives to meet delivery requirements.
• Serves as subject matter expert, interviewing product developers, observing performance of production methods, and referring to technical specifications, blueprints, engineering illustrations, and trade journals.
• Oversees preparation of illustrative materials, selecting drawings, sketches, diagrams, and charts.
• Conducts quality review of materials.
• Translates complex data into user-friendly text for print and electronic publications, such as technical journals, user and training manuals, government proposals, websites, and podcasts.
• Gathers information through research, statistical reports, and interviews with technical staff.
• Develops cataloging systems, and maintains records, files, electronic media, and archiving of information for publications.
• Assists in preparing material for technical seminars and business forums.
• Selects or recommends use of layouts, graphics, drawings, tables, exhibits, illustrations, charts, or storyboards to amplify or clarify publications objectives.
• Collaborates with a multi-disciplined team to facilitate discussions and articulate goals in order to deliver upon requirements.
• Demonstrates the ability to coach and mentor team members, with a focus on providing actionable feedback that helps individuals grow within the experience discipline.
• Ability to identify risks and communicate to leadership; provides recommendations to mitigate identified risks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years of experience.
• Relevant years of experience may be substituted for education.
• Extensive experience with writing principles and relevant technologies, understands roles with which they interact and how their work impacts business goals.

Requirements

• Prior government contracting experience (preferred).

Benefits

• Company-subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Flexible PTO.
• 401K with employer match.
• Paid parental leave after one year of service.
• Employee Assistance Program.