Senior Proposal Manager - RFP Strategy & Team Lead

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is seeking a Mid-level Manager to own end-to-end proposal responses, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely submissions. You will review content, enforce template standards, and manage risk and processes across the proposal team.

You’ll lead a team of Proposal Writers, guide workload planning, coach staff, and collaborate with Sales, Legal, and Compliance to align messaging on complex, high-profile opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in English, Public Relations, Creative Writing, Journalism, Professional and Technical Writing or related field. Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum five (5) years proposal writing experience required.
• Comprehensive knowledge and experience working in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Snagit, and Proposal Tech, Adobe Pro, Responsive, and Visio.
• Excellent analytical, decision-making, organizational, planning, verbal and written communications skills.
• Possess tact and resourcefulness in establishing and maintaining effective internal and external working relationships.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail/consistency.
• Experience with AI and prompting.

Responsibilities

• Provide end-to-end ownership of all project responses, ensuring proposals are accurate, compliant, strategically positioned, and submitted on time.
• Serve as the reviewer and approver of proposal content prior to market submission, with accountability for quality, consistency, and adherence to Blue Cross template standards.
• Oversee proposal template governance across all responses. Establishing and enforcing standardized processes, templates, review checkpoints, and quality controls.
• Identify and mitigate risks related to compliance, accuracy, and submission readiness, escalating high risk or non-standard items as appropriate.
• Manage workload strategy and prioritization across the proposal team, assigning and reassigning work to balance capacity, meet deadlines, and support high value or time sensitive opportunities.
• Maintain visibility to pipeline volume and complexity to ensure sustainable execution.
• Lead and develop a team of Proposal Writers, providing direction, coaching, and performance oversight to ensure accountability for deliverables, quality standards, and deadlines.
• Address performance issues and supports skill development aligned to business needs.
• Serve as subject matter expert on complex, jumbo or high-profile projects where strategic positioning is critical.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Planning skills

Stakeholder management

AI experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Snagit

Proposal Tech

Adobe Pro

Responsive

Visio

Job description

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is seeking a Mid-level Manager to own end-to-end proposal responses, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely submissions. You will review content, enforce template standards, and manage risk and processes across the proposal team.

You’ll lead a team of Proposal Writers, guide workload planning, coach staff, and collaborate with Sales, Legal, and Compliance to align messaging on complex, high-profile opportunities.