Proposal & Bid Manager

Position Title: Senior Manager Bid & Proposal Management
Department: Business Development & Growth
Location: Carmel IN
Reports to: Director of Strategy and CEO

About RADcube

RADcube is a fast-growing digital transformation and AI enablement company that thrives on innovation client collaboration and quality delivery. We believe technology should be intuitive data should be actionable and every business interaction should be guided by insight and empathy. If youre passionate about translating complex capabilities into winning proposals and thrive at the intersection of strategy writing and revenue growth this is your seat.

Position Summary

The Senior Manager Bid & Proposal Management owns the end-to-end response lifecycle for high-value RFPs RFIs RFQs and grant opportunities across RADcubes public sector healthcare managed care services and enterprise technology portfolios. This is a player-coach role: youll personally lead our most strategic pursuits while building the systems expand partnerships and team capabilities that scale our win rate as our pipeline grows.

You will sit at the intersection of strategy capture management technical writing and pricing translating complex AI digital health and enterprise transformation capabilities into compelling compliant and competitive proposals.

Key Responsibilities:

Pursuit Leadership

• Lead 815 concurrent active pursuits across federal state and commercial channels. Drive bid/no-bid decisions capture planning win theme development compliance matrices and final production. Accountable for on-time zero-defect submissions.
  
• Partner with leadership to shape opportunities pre-RFP identifying decision-makers building teaming arrangements drafting Letters of Intent and Letters of Support and positioning RADcube as the obvious choice before the solicitation drops.
  

Public Sector & Grant Proposals

• Lead and drive responses to state and federal solicitations including HHS CMS state Medicaid agencies state health departments NIH NSF ARPA-H and city/county procurement bodies. Maintain working knowledge of FAR/DFARS basics requirements set-aside vehicles and GSA schedules.
  
• Lead narrative development logic models evaluation frameworks and budget justifications for foundation NGO and philanthropic funders (e.g. Gates). Translate program design into fundable propositions aligned with funder priorities.
  

Commercial & Cross-Vertical Proposals

• Manage proposals to commercial payers MCOs PBMs health systems and Fortune 500 enterprise clients. Calibrate tone depth and pricing structure to private-sector procurement norms fixed-fee T&M outcomes-based and hybrid models.
  
• Move fluidly across verticals public health and rural health one week enterprise AI and data modernization the next managed-care services and PBM pursuits the week after. Ramp on new domains quickly without losing rigor.
  

Proposal Operations & Team Management

• Build and maintain the proposal library reusable content blocks past performance database resume bank pricing models and color-team review processes (pink red gold white-glove). Implement and manage proposal management tooling.
  
• Coordinate SMEs technical writers designers pricing analysts and external consultants. Run kickoff meetings drive accountability against the schedule and keep the team on track without burning them out.
  

Qualifications

• Experience: 8 years in proposal management bid management or capture management roles with progressive responsibility across both public-sector and commercial channels.
  
• Direct experience leading grant proposal development for major foundation federal or NGO funders with at least one funded award you can speak to in detail.
  
• Proven ability to pivot across industry verticals ideally healthcare insurance/payer public health and enterprise technology with deep familiarity with the full proposal lifecycle: capture compliance matrix storyboarding color reviews production and debriefs.
  
• Strong command of pricing strategy fundamentals fixed-fee T&M cost-reimbursement milestone-based and outcomes-based and excellent technical writing skills with the ability to translate complex AI data and clinical concepts for non-technical evaluators.
  
• Comfort working in lean fast-moving environments where wearing multiple hats is the norm not the exception.
  
• Preferred: Experience with rural health FQHC CHC or safety-net provider environments; familiarity with healthcare AI or digital health platforms; background with state Medicaid HRSA CDC or state health department procurement; insurer/MCO/PBM RFP experience; APMP certification; and/or existing relationships with regional procurement officers and teaming partners.