Proposal Solutions Manager – Ellucian Student (Colleague) (Remote)

Ellucian; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, and vision

Flexible time off

401(k) with match

Parental Leave

Employee referral bonuses

Education Assistance Program

Job summary

Ellucian is seeking a highly skilled Proposal Solutions Manager to join the Global Proposals team, focused on the Ellucian Student product family. This individual-contributor role provides significant impact by developing compliant and competitive proposal content in response to RFx requirements.

The ideal candidate will bring deep knowledge in Higher Education systems, strong writing skills, and prior experience with Ellucian offerings. They will work collaboratively across various departments to ensure proposals align with current product capabilities.

Qualifications

• Prior experience with Ellucian Banner or Ellucian Colleague.
• Experience using AI tools to enhance writing and drive efficiency.
• Ability to organize and structure information logically.

Responsibilities

• Support development of compliant, competitive, and accurate content.
• Analyze RFx documents for solution fit.
• Customize proposal materials for impact.

Skills

Deep knowledge of Higher Education business processes, SIS, ERP, and CRM capabilities

Strong skills with prompt writing, AI tools, and proposal automation tools

Deep writing, editing and oral communication skills

Ability to research and solve complex problems

Collaboration and teamwork

Tools

Box

Ombud

ChatGPT

Perplexity

Job description

About The Opportunity

Ellucian is seeking a highly skilled Proposal Solutions Manager focused on Ellucian Student to join the Global Proposals team. Servicing the School Information Systems (SIS), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and entire platform ecosystem, the role requires deep expertise in student‑first solutions with a strong focus on the Ellucian Student product family.

In this individual‑contributor position within the Sales Operations & Strategy organization, you will respond to complex, detailed RFx requirements by translating institutional needs into clear, accurate, and strategically positioned solution responses. Your responsibilities include analyzing RFPs, determining solution fit, and crafting high‑quality functional content that demonstrates how Ellucian’s solutions work together across the student lifecycle and enterprise operations. You will collaborate closely with Product, Sales, Solutions Consulting, Services, Cloud, Compliance, and Sales Enablement to ensure proposals are compliant, competitive, and aligned with current product capabilities and roadmap direction. The role supports North America and reports to the Senior Manager, Proposal Solutions.

Where you will make an impact

• Support the successful development of compliant, competitive, relevant, and accurate modern content for Ellucian Student Signature and Essentials packages.
• Analyze RFx documents to assess requirements and determine SIS and platform solution fit for Ellucian Student Signature and Essentials.
• Identify red flags and issues in RFP requirements based on Ellucian’s portfolio of products, partners and services.
• Influence the quality of the proposal during reviews and final delivery by customizing materials for the greatest impact and performing rigorous quality assurance checks on draft and final documents.
• Engage in consistent release training and partner with Product on solution updates and new product launch information to infuse that information into the content library and RFx responses.
• Participate in RFx retrospectives and provide guidance on actions to improve process efficiency.

What You Will Bring

• Deep knowledge of Higher Education business processes, SIS, ERP, and CRM capabilities, as well as SaaS/cloud architecture.
• Experience using AI tools to research, drive efficiency and enhance writing.
• Strong skills with prompt writing, Box, Ombud (or other proposal automation tool), ChatGPT, and Perplexity.
• Deep writing, editing and oral communication skills required.
• Ability to research, strategically solve complex problems and work independently.
• A logical approach, with the ability to organize and structure information, extract relevant information, and the confidence to ask clarifying questions.
• Ability to collaborate well and work across teams to achieve a common goal.
• Prior experience with Ellucian Banner or Ellucian Colleague.

What makes #Ellucianlife

• Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, and vision
• Flexible time off
• Thrive Flex Lifestyle Account (LSA) that allows you to contribute toward your health, financial or learning interests
• 401(k) with match & BrightPlan – to help you save for the future
• Parental Leave
• 5 charitable days to support the community that supports us
• Telemedicine
• Wellness
• Headspace Care (mental health)
• Wellbeats (virtual fitness classes)
• RethinkCare & Wellthy– caregiver support
• Diversity and inclusion programs which provide access to internal employee resource groups
• Employee referral bonuses to encourage the addition of great new people to the team
• We Foster a learning culture with:
  • Education Assistance Program
  • Professional development opportunities
  • LinkedIn Learning