Senior Proposal Manager

System One is seeking a Senior Proposal Manager to join our team for a remote opportunity! We are seeking candidates with a minimum of 8 years of progressive proposal management experience. 

Requirements

• Strong facilitation, leadership, and communication skills to lead capture teams through the pursuit lifecycle
• Excellent written, interpersonal, and communication skills (ability to write executive summaries, cover letters and other non-technical sections)
• Able to inspire outstanding work from team members with a range of experience and technical abilities in the development of proposal documents
• Capable to adapting to changing priorities in a very dynamic work environment and demonstrate the ability to work in stressful situations with critical deadlines (evening and weekend work may be required to meet deadlines)
• Required to work on multiple assignments, with overlapping schedules, and needs to be able to multi-task and delegate responsibilities to team members to accomplish all tasks
• Ensure alignment with corporate strategy, business line strategic goals, promote technologies/innovation, build meaningful relationships, and align with business markets

Responsibilities

• Perform detailed analysis of RFP/RFQ/RFI documents to assess requirements and develop compelling proposal narratives that demonstrate our value proposition
• Facilitate proposal storyboarding sessions, strategic messaging, and creative writing for all levels of pursuits
• Facilitate proposal kick-off meeting and color reviews (pink, red, gold) to ensure we produce quality deliverables that differentiate us from our competitors and provide value to our clients
• Collaborate with our graphics team to establish templates and standards for proposal look and feel, writing style, and layout
• Responsible for writing non-technical portions of the proposal (i.e., cover letters, executive summaries, project descriptions, resumes, team qualifications, various management plans, win themes and discriminators, etc.)
• Review all proposal drafts and final documents to ensure responsiveness, thoroughness, accuracy, and quality
• Establish a production schedule and resource plan to ensure all required proposal documents are produced properly and delivered on time
• Contribute and maintain SalesCloud Opportunity CRM record for accuracy and completeness
• Provide pursuit interview support and preparation of material (coaching a plus)