Proposal Support Advisor – Evernorth Health Services

The Cigna Group; United States; Hybrid; USD 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

The Cigna Group is seeking a Proposal Support Advisor to manage RFP and proposal development for high-complexity bids. You will work with sales, account management, and cross-functional leaders to craft market-specific bid strategies and ensure compliant, well-supported responses.

You will lead projects, mentor teammates, and coordinate with SMEs on custom responses while upholding Express Scripts' branding and contractual obligations.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years of relevant experience or a Bachelor's with 3+ years relevant experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
• Proficient with MS Office, Skype and Webex.
• Strong data analytics capability and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in managing high-visibility projects, sometimes independently.
• Resourceful with good judgement in problem solving.
• Able to manage multiple tasks and shift priorities quickly.
• Adheres to SOP and follows best practices.

Aufgaben

• Manage RFP and proposal development strategy and process for high-complexity bids.
• Engage sales, account management and cross-functional leadership to craft bid strategy.
• Format RFP responses according to Express Scripts’ brand guidelines.
• Incorporate responses from response database and collaborate with SMEs.
• Develop custom responses for questions needing research or buy-in.
• Coordinate pricing responses with client pricing teams.
• Ensure compliance with RFP requirements and contractual obligations.
• Review contracts with legal and cross-functional SMEs up to senior levels.
• Lead cross-functional projects and build process documentation library.
• Mentor and train new team members; lead initiatives and share thought leadership.

Kenntnisse

Communication

Data analytics

Project management

Multitasking

Problem solving

Presentation skills

Interpersonal skills

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS Office

Skype

Webex

Jobbeschreibung

The Proposal Support Advisor is responsible for managing RFP and proposal development strategy and process for higher-complexity, strategic bids from receipt of the RFP through submission. This individual will have specialized knowledge of their primary business segment, with the ability to support other segments as needed. The Proposal Support Advisor is responsible for concurrently managing multiple proposals with aggressive deadlines. They support follow-up, finalist, and contracting activities, as needed.

The RFP process includes: appropriately engaging sales, account management, and other cross-functional leadership to review and develop a market-specific bid strategy and working together to understand and resolve any bid challenges; formatting RFP response documents in accordance with Express Scripts’ brand; researching and incorporating responses from our response database and working with subject matter experts to develop custom responses for questions that need further research or buy-in; working with client pricing to provide a pricing arrangement and responses to pricing-specific questions; and submitting our proposal response externally. In all cases, this position is responsible for ensuring the responses to requests and questions are compliant with RFP requirements, instructions, and Express Scripts’ contractual obligations. This includes facilitating negotiations amongst cross-functional partners to increase compliance rates, while appropriately mitigating business risk. The Proposal Support Advisor may review contracts and be accountable for working with legal and other cross-functional SMEs, up through the VP and Senior Staff level, as appropriate, to ensure proper positioning of, and responses to, contract terms in our proposal responses, including redlining of contracts, as required. Specifically, this role is responsible for reviewing bid requirements, assessing associated risk, and making preliminary recommendations regarding eliminating low-risk deviations.

Additionally, the Proposal Support Advisor is responsible for leading cross-functional projects, process enhancements, and departmental initiatives. The position supports developing best practices across the team, building the process and procedures documentation library to ensure compliance and consistency. The Advisor also mentors and trains new team members. They solve complex problems; take a broad perspective to identify solutions. May lead functional teams or projects. Provides and coordinates client presentations. Focuses on providing thought leadership and technical expertise across multiple disciplines. Recognized internally as “the go-to person” for the most complex Proposal Support assignments.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience or Bachelor's degree with 3+ years relevant experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills
• Proficient with MS Office suite, Skype and Webex
• Strong data analytics capability and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated ability in managing high visibility projects, sometimes independently
• Resourceful with a proven ability to exercise good judgement in problem solving
• Able to manage multiple tasks simultaneously; shift priority quickly as needed
• Adheres to SOP and follows best practices when available

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

About Evernorth Health Services

Evernorth Health Services, a division of The Cigna Group, creates pharmacy, care and benefit solutions to improve health and increase vitality. We relentlessly innovate to make the prediction, prevention and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

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