Senior Proposal Manager

Tampa, FL - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 102000 - 120000

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Title

Senior Proposal Manager

Job Description Summary

As a central part of the Global Occupier Services (GOS) business development team the Senior Proposal Manager works with sales commercial and platform teams and is involved in every stage of the business development life cycle. This role leads regional or global multi-service pursuits and has a detailed understanding of all GOS service lines and can help build a bespoke solution that interlinks the various elements of a multi-service account. The Senior Proposal Manager serves as the key liaison coordinating all internal workstreams to finalize proposal responses and presentations as well as writes tracks and reviews all proposal content with cross-functional business teams. The preferred candidate is proactive and solution-oriented and is comfortable working with teams in a deadline-driven environment. The ideal location for this role is Atlanta Boston or Chicago but we are open to remote.

Job Description

Core Responsibilities

In this important role you will coordinate with cross-functional internal stakeholders in the preparation of complex proposals and presentations supporting the pursuit process from strategy and content development through review production and evaluation

This high-visibility role calls for a confident and creative professional with excellent strategic-thinking writing project management analytical and collaboration skills

Project manage all aspects of pursuit development including the development of a work plan to ensure RFP responses are submitted clearly concisely and in compliance with all solicitation requirements

Project manage deliverables for meetings proposals and presentations

Partner with client-facing team members to create the story develop content and translate key themes in a visual and engaging way

Identify new ways to present material to improve presentations and proposals and maintain an internal best-in-class library of creative business development materials

Participate in client-facing yellow pad sessions to help diagnose client needs and propose bespoke solutions

Write the executive summary and key themes for major pursuits in association with the pursuit team

Organize attend and contribute to preparation meetings with stakeholders and subject matter experts to ensure alignment and responsiveness

Develop proposal responses comprised of new original content written standard content and input from the core team and subject matter experts

Manage multiple projects simultaneously

Help develop and communicate win themes and work with graphic design team on aesthetic of deliverables

Work with design team to produce relevant impactful graphics that reinforce key messaging

Support the preparation of all deliverables related to the opportunity (e.g. Yellow Pads BAFO etc.)

Upload all final deliverables to proposal and presentation libraries

Facilitate debrief session with pursuit team to document lessons learned

Perform pursuit close-out activities; work with Knowledge Management and design team to ensure revised and new content is uploaded to content libraries

Mentor junior team members and guide proposals and presentations as required

Perform other related duties as required or requested

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Strong organizational and analytical skills. Ability to provide efficient timely reliable and courteous service to internal clients. Ability to effectively present information.

Qualifications

Bachelors degree in marketing communications business or related field preferred

Knowledge & Experience

6 years of experience in proposal management environment; experience in professional services industry preferred

Demonstrated ability to assimilate coordinate and respond to global and regional RFIs and RFPs

Skills & Personal Qualities

High degree of energy assertiveness and creativity

Detail-oriented; strong organizational skills and effective time management

Ability to produce multiple deliverables quickly while maintaining quality and accuracy

Ability to work well and thrive under pressure with a continuous improvement mindset

Ability to maintain strict confidentiality of sensitive information

Technologically savvy

Immediate level skills with Microsoft Office applications (Word Excel PowerPoint) and Adobe Acrobat; InDesign skills are a plus

Experience with Microsoft Teams SharePoint and Salesforce

Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs generally including health vision and dental insurance flexible spending accounts health savings accounts retirement savings plans life and disability insurance programs and paid and unpaid time away from addition to a comprehensive benefits package Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location date of hire total hours worked job type business line and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement the geographic area in which the work will be performed market pay rates in that area and the candidates experience and qualifications.

The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role.

The compensation for the position is: $ 102000.00 - $120000.00

Cushman & Wakefield is an Equal Opportunity employer to all protected groups including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.

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INCO: Cushman & Wakefield

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Job TitleSenior Proposal ManagerJob Description SummaryAs a central part of the Global Occupier Services (GOS) business development team the Senior Proposal Manager works with sales commercial and platform teams and is involved in every stage of the business development life cycle. This role leads r...