Proposal Coordinator, Associate (Public Sector Sales Operations)-remote
Innosight
- Chicago, IL
- $70,000-95,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Follow and enforce best-practices for proposal development to provide direction to the pursuit team
- Guide the activities of stakeholders to define proposal-specific deliverables, milestones and success criteria
- Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate systems, tools and techniques
- Facilitate project status meetings including color team calls and content writer interviews
- Collaborate across business units to gather proposal inputs, such as case studies, bios, and pricing
- Develop initial template for content writers, coordinates with corporate stakeholders for necessary documentation and graphics to support proposal creation
- Incorporates proposal management best practices into proposal templates, standards and processes
- Effectively communicate proposal expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely manner
- Perform risk management to minimize risks.
- Maintain real-time development status of all proposal text and graphics
- Manage and organizes proposal content and template repository
- Remain current with the company’s solutions, products, and messaging to ensure competitive advantage is clearly communicated
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Current permanent U.S. work authorization required
- Minimum of 1 year of experience managing, writing, and coordinating government proposals preferred
- Understands Huron’s core services and capabilities and informs future deliverables and products for current government market
- Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving and managerial skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and SharePoint, Adobe Acrobat
- Self-starter with high tolerance for ambiguity
- Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with individuals of varying work styles from every level of an organization
- Command of English writing rules and styles; includes the ability to research and synthesize information from multiple sources (e.g., subject matter experts, previous proposals, case studies, etc.) into a cohesive, easy-to-read, and persuasive final product
- Work independently on multiple, sometimes complex writing assignments with tight deadlines with minimal supervision
- Manages and pivots between several proposals in a high-volume, quick-turn environment
- Delivers effective written communications that are concise, information, and provoke action from recipients with the bottom-line up front
- Ability to distill requirements from complex federal documents (RFPs, RFIs, federal schedules)
- Remains current with Huron’s solutions, products, and messaging to communicate competitive advantage
- Shipley Proposal Management/Proposal Writing training preferred