Position: Senior Proposal Analyst.

Duties & Responsibilities (including but not limited to the following):

· Works on all aspects of proposal development (RFP/RFI) for strategic or high-value sales opportunities

· Ability to publish a winning proposal with a compelling story for a given opportunity. Scope of responsibility includes all required responses to RFP.

· Maintains understanding of bid strategies as they evolve; develops methods for integrating and capturing final bid strategy in the proposal

· Applies proposal process, methodology and best practices

· Maintains compliance with requirements, internal controls, external regulations (e.g., procurement process), and sales methodology

· Coordinates with multiple departments, including but not limited to Marketing, IT, Contracts/Legal, Pricing, etc. to ensure the response is consistent

· Creates, manages and maintains proposal development schedule, proposal design, and executes quality control functions

· Responsible for all daily proposal management activities, including development of work plans, schedules and milestones

· Facilitates development of all written components of the proposal

· Implements processes to manage output from proposal resources specifically to RFP criteria

· Ensures proposal structure complies with RFP requirements

· Edits language provided by other members of pursuit team as needed.

· Contributes to the improvement of proposal processes and resources

The essential attributes for this role are:

• Ability to take ownership of the entire proposal and ensure a compelling and consistent message
• A team player with a ‘can do' attitude, enthusiastic, and motivated
• Thorough and detail oriented, organized, with excellent time management skills
• Strong project management skills
• Strong proposal design skills to communicate information with impact
• Ability to juggle simultaneous bids at various stages and with various complexities
• Ability to manage proposal materials from all members of pursuit team including sales, consultants, subject matter experts, solution architects, modelers, etc.
• Ability to understand customer RFP requirements and ensure they are addressed in proposal
• Command presence to ensure proposal teams remain calm and focused during stressful time constraints

Position Requirements:

• 3+ years in Commercial proposal management role with a strong track record of down-selections/wins
• Bachelor's degree in English, Journalism, Communications, Marketing, Public Relations, Business or a related field preferred
• Expert in Microsoft Word
• Competent in Microsoft Office Suite, SharePoint, Salesforce, and Adobe Acrobat Pro
• Fluent in oral and written English
• Demonstrated ability to successfully collaborate and build relationships in a matrixed organization that achieves shared objectives
• APMP certification and/or involvement preferred
• Must be extremely responsive and be able to meet critical deadlines
• Must be able to work remotely with minimal supervision
• Must be willing to work occasional overtime (evenings/weekends) to meet deadlines