Proposal Coordinator Associate (Public Sector Sales Operations)-Remote

Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Proposal Coordinator to drive the development of compelling proposals in the healthcare sector. This role is pivotal in managing proposal documentation, ensuring deadlines are met, and collaborating with various stakeholders to deliver high-quality submissions. As a key member of the team, you will utilize your strong communication and organizational skills to influence outcomes and support the growth of innovative healthcare solutions. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and have a passion for making a difference, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Medical Coverage

Dental Coverage

Vision Coverage

Wellness Programs

Qualifications

• 2+ years managing, writing, and coordinating government proposals.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead project management efforts for proposal development.
• Coordinate internal flow and review of all proposal inputs.

Skills

Proposal Management

Written Communication

Oral Communication

Project Management

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

SharePoint

Adobe Acrobat

Job description

Huron helps its clients drive growth, enhance performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. We help healthcare organizations build innovation capabilities and accelerate key growth initiatives, enabling organizations to own the future, instead of being disrupted by it. Together, we empower clients to create sustainable growth, optimize internal processes and deliver better consumer outcomes.

Health systems, hospitals and medical clinics are under immense pressure to improve clinical outcomes and reduce the cost of providing patient care. Investing in new partnerships, clinical services and technology is not enough to create meaningful and substantive change. To succeed long-term, healthcare organizations must empower leaders, clinicians, employees, affiliates and communities to build cultures that foster innovation to achieve the best outcomes for patients.

Joining the Huron team means you'll help our clients evolve and adapt to the rapidly changing healthcare environment and optimize existing business operations, improve clinical outcomes, create a more consumer-centric healthcare experience, and drive physician, patient and employee engagement across the enterprise.

Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.

The public sector enabling capabilities organization (ECO) consists of six functions that supports Huron at the enterprise level: sales operations, sales enablement, government and policy relations, contracts management, engagement management and engagement assurance. As part of ECO, sales enablement partners with sellers and business units to architect proposals by reviewing, writing, managing, and developing content for proposals.
The proposal coordinator is responsible for all administrative aspects of proposal development - ensuring integrity of all proposal documentation, coordinating internal flow and review of all proposal inputs, coordinating schedules, and influencing submission of the final proposal. The proposal coordinator is a central point of process management from beginning to end. This position works across Huron business units, the sales team, and the content writers to develop and manage the overall timelines and materials for multiple proposals and/or oral presentations/demonstrations simultaneously. This includes establishing the structure for color team meetings, developing timelines to meet deadlines, and escalating risks/barriers. This position is expected to develop and maintain proposal templates and to support content writing for some proposals.

• Leads the project management efforts to support the preparation of proposals/deliverables by developing the overall project plan, involving all key stakeholders and contributors, facilitating necessary meetings, gathering supporting content, and communicating project status and risks. Typical duties include the following:
  
  • 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
  
  QUALIFICATIONS:
  
  This position requires excellent written and oral communication skills and government proposal management experience. This individual must be deadline and detail oriented, influence key stakeholders toward a desired outcome, and maintain market knowledge. In addition, this individual should understand win themes, proposal concepts, and the business development lifecycle.
  
  Technical Knowledge, Skills, Abilities (KSAs) and Background
  
  • Bachelor's degree required
  • Current permanent U.S. work authorization required
  • Minimum of 2 years of experience managing, writing, and coordinating government proposals required
  • 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

The estimated base salary range for this job is $70,000-$95,000 . The range represents a good faith estimate of the range that Huron reasonably expects to pay for this job at the time of the job posting. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel. This job is also eligible to participate in Huron's annual incentive compensation program, which reflects Huron's pay for performance philosophy. Inclusive of annual incentive compensation opportunity, the total estimated compensation range for this job is $78,400-$112,100. The job is also eligible to participate in Huron's benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs. The salary range information provided is in accordance with applicable state and local laws regarding salary transparency that are currently in effect and may be implemented in the future.

Posting Category
Healthcare-Public Sector

Opportunity Type
Regular

Country
United States of America