Proposal and Content Specialist

Stryker; Hamilton; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in healthcare, Stryker is looking for a Proposal and Content Specialist to manage the proposal development process. This hybrid role involves working with various teams to ensure high-quality, compliant proposals while contributing to the company’s growth. Candidates should have a university degree or equivalent experience in proposal management and strong collaboration skills.

Qualifications

• University degree or 5 years of relevant experience is required.
• Bilingual in French and English preferred.
• Experience in proposal management and project management is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full proposal development process from identification to submission.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create compelling proposals.
• Ensure compliance with branding and quality standards for documents.

Skills

Collaboration

Communication

Project Management

Bilingual (French & English)

Education

University Degree or 5 years relevant work experience

Tools

MS Office

Responsive (proposal management software)

Job description

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As a Proposal & Content Specialist at Stryker, you will own and manage the entire proposal development process, from tracking opportunities to submitting proposals and our content development and library. You'll work closely with cross-functional teams including Pricing, Sales, Marketing, Legal, Proposal colleagues and Senior Leadership to ensure our proposals maximize business opportunities. This role is highly collaborative and requires the ability to thrive under pressure and meet tight deadlines. It’s an excellent opportunity to grow your career in proposal management, gain valuable experience, and contribute directly to the company’s success by securing new business. This is a hybrid position, and you are required to come to the office twice per week.

What you will do:

Individual Responsibilities:

• Proactively collaborates with internal teams/departments to promote a culture of inclusiveness and cooperation
• Work with the business to establish a clear understanding of products, sales channels, key accounts, marketing and selling strategies.
• Consistently meets service delivery expectations based on input from the business.
• Responsible to live and exemplify Stryker’s Values: Integrity, Accountability, People, and Performance
  
  

Functional Responsibilities:

• Lead Proposal Coordination: Manage the full proposal process from opportunity identification to contract award, ensuring all deadlines are met.
• Bid Management: Actively seek and evaluate new bid opportunities, driving the bid/no-bid decisions with internal teams.
• Main Point of Contact: Serve as the go-to person for all proposal inquiries, both internally and externally.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with sales, marketing, legal, and other teams to create compelling, compliant proposals that meet and exceed customer needs.
• Content and Document Management: Design, format, and produce professional proposal documents. Ensure all content is accurate, up-to-date, and adheres to company branding guidelines.
• Content Library Management (Responsive)
• Own the organization, governance, and continuous improvement of Responsive (proposal management software),
• Audit and update content regularly to ensure accuracy, compliance, and relevance.
• Tag and structure content to maximize searchability, usability, and version control.
• Partner with SMEs (Marketing, Sales, other proposal colleagues) to create, review, and refine reusable content (e.g., product descriptions, technical responses).
• Train internal stakeholders on Responsive usage and best practices to drive adoption and efficiency.
• Meeting Facilitation: Organize and lead proposal meetings, keeping all stakeholders informed and documenting key decisions.
• Proposal Production: Oversee the final production and submission of proposals, ensuring everything is delivered on time and to the highest standard.
• Procurement Knowledge: Understand and align proposals with procurement processes at various levels, including hospital, regional, provincial, and national buying groups, ensuring compliance with customer and government requirements.
• Continuous Improvement: Contribute to the ongoing development of proposal processes and tools, ensuring continuous improvement and efficiency. Participate in improvement, and execution of standard procedures in the Proposal Team
• Proposal Tracking: Maintain and update the proposal tracker, including a win/loss dashboard, proposal pipeline, and key performance indicators (KPIs) for each division to monitor and report on performance.
• Other responsibilities as assigned by the Manager
  
  

What you need:

• Required
  
  

University Degree or 5 years of relevant work experience in lieu of education

• Preferred
• Proposals management
• Proposal management -APMP certification
• Bilingual French & English
• MS Office application experience
• Project Management experience
• Writing experience
  
  

Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Other

• Industries

  Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing, Industrial Machinery Manufacturing, and Medical Equipment Manufacturing

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