Proposal Specialist

Collaborate with each of our Practice Leaders, business development and operations team members, as well as others to achieve the following:

• Collect and assist with the development of proposal responses both collaboratively with regional pursuit team as well as being empowered to develop responses on your own
• Review and measure the quality of proposals written by others.
• Draft proposals using industry best practices, technical writing skills, and language specifically suited for proposals.
• Assist with continuous process improvement duties, including participating with proposal after-action-review meetings, proposal process scoring, identification of lessons learned and improvements.
• Responsible for a variety of response types including detailed RFP responses in proposal form, Requests for Information, Cost Opinions, and Statements of Qualification.
• Lead the overall the proposal development from creation to bid submission.

• BA or BS in English, liberal arts, business, engineering, marketing, or equivalent experience required.
• Minimum 3 years of experience developing and producing proposals.
• pharmaceutical industry or providing professional services to the pharmaceutical industry (preferred).
• Technical experience related to the services is highly desired.
• Strong interpersonal skills and experience collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Ability to work flexible schedules (e.g., extra hours to meet deadlines, etc.) and able to shift priorities frequently while maintaining attention to detail, meet deadlines, and achieve high quality standards.
• Ability to understand and organize large volumes of information
• Effective proposal coordination skills, including planning, organization, communication, and resource management skills.
• Exceptional English written and verbal communication skills and professional demeanor – speaks clearly and concisely, listens and asks for clarification.
• Must have strong Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint skills. Customer relationship management database experience is also desired.
• Ability to work within Adobe and Microsoft program templates and comply with our corporate standards to present a consistent appearance/style.
• Team player willing to step in an assist team for a range of tasks
• Initiates and maintains communications with supervisors and team members