Proposals Specialist Advisor

The Proposals Specialist Advisor directs the proposal development of compliant, high quality, and timely proposal submissions in response to RFPs.

Responsibilities:

• Lead overall proposal process and manage the successful development of compliant, competitive, and compelling proposals through effective collaboration across teams
• Perform detailed analysis of RFI/RFQ/RFP requirements
• Develop the proposal schedule, outline, compliance matrix, and proposal development plan
• Establish and maintain the SharePoint collaboration site and proposal repository
• Prepare and lead efficient Proposal Kickoff meetings and daily status calls, ensuring activities adhere to the proposal development plan
• Determine assignments, integrate win strategy, themes, and discriminators into proposal
• Provide insight, leadership, and work guidance to team members on all proposal content
• Facilitate all proposal reviews with specific recommendations for content improvement and/or compliance.
• Coordinate technical proposal sections as they develop and maintain close liaison with technical/SME staff
• Review submissions from team, ensuring their input meets specified requirements and expected level of quality
• Ensure timely submission of all RFx deliverables
• Coordinate written and oral proposals
• Conduct and document proposal lessons learned and implement actions to improve process efficiency

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of proposal management experience
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and proven experience writing, reviewing, and editing proposals and associated content
• Ability to lead and manage teams including individuals from all levels of the corporate organization, and other proposal participants
• Strong time management skills and ability to manage overlapping proposals