DescriptionAt GHD we dont just believe in the power of commitment we live and breathe it every day.
Thats why we pledge to support and empower all of our people to make a positive impact when working hand in hand with our business to drive change. Well help you accelerate your career and empower you with the right technology and training as you bring ideas and projects to life.
Together with your colleagues clients and partners youll make an impact that is felt by all. See where your commitment could take you.
Who are we looking for
GHD has an exciting opportunity for a Proposal Manager to support the growth of the West Region. The selected candidate will work from our Sacramento CA San Francisco CA Phoenix AZ or Irvine CA office. The Proposal Manager will support pursuit and proposal activities and the development and implementation of pursuit plans and strategy.
In an ever changing world it requires creativity and innovation to stay ahead.
Were seeking the curious those who are stimulated by fresh thinking and a desire to shape our communities in new positive ways.
As part of a truly global team working on complex and rewarding projects youll be at the forefront of driving change
See what the power of commitment can do for you.
Working with an energetic and high performing team this position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in:
- Manage the proposal efforts for CRM clients throughout North America.
- Lead proposal strategy discussions and kickoff meetings for large pursuits and ensuring strategic win themes are effectively incorporated throughout the proposal.
- Drive development and manage proposal team (technical leader marketing coordinator graphics etc.
- Collaborate with team in the development of various proposal sections including Management Personnel Executive Summaries and/or other Volumes as assigned.
- Review RFPs and lead strategic win plan discussions with Project Managers and Technical Leaders
- Facilitate proposal Go No Go and kickoff meetings
- Facilitate Pink Red team and other reviews
- Facilitate production and delivery of finished products while complying with all RFP requirements
- Lead interview strategy discussions
- Manage the interview development and production process from start to finish
- Leads and engages in project specific and client capture planning
- Engage in the interview process to meet all client needs and align proposal themes and messaging with the knowledge collected throughout the positioning phase
- Attends interview preparation and practice sessions; supports the team with presentation skills and delivery
- Attends client preproposal and debrief meetings; shares lessons learned and best practices across teams
What you will bring to the team:
- Proficient in marketing techniques (layout graphics strategytowin)
- Proficient in Microsoft Word Excel PowerPoint Visio
- Proficient in Adobe Creative Cloud Word Excel Outlook PowerPoint Photoshop InDesign
- Experience with Salesforce is preferred
- Ability to manage and work effortlessly with Technical Leaders in any market and service line
- Proven leadership and strategy development skills
- Confident personality with the ability to think strategically and help teams develop sound marketing pursuit and proposal strategies
- Strong communication skills both written & oral
- Good negotiation problem solving planning and time management skills
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Even tempered in fastpaced highpressure environment
- Consistent personal ethics: integrity dependability initiative and quality
Qualifications:
- Bachelor or Masters degree
- Minimum 5 years of experience leading the proposal process from prepositioning phases through interview and driving teams to develop complaint and coemptive bids for an engineering construction or professional services organization
Salary Range: $91000$137000 based on location and experience
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As a multicultural organization we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race creed religion national origin citizenship color sex sexual orientation gender identity age disability marital status or veteran status.
Required Experience:
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