Strategic Proposal Architect – CRO & Budgets

MMS Holdings Inc; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

MMS Holdings Inc. is seeking a seasoned professional to lead proposal development, budgeting, and pricing within our Commercial Operations group. You will coordinate with business development and SMEs to craft competitive responses, manage client budgets, and support defense of proposals.

The role emphasizes rigorous process improvement, records management in CRM/SharePoint, and effective communication with sponsors and internal stakeholders. Strong MS Office skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in CRO proposals, pricing, or related roles (3–6 years).
• Bachelor's degree; advanced degree preferred.
• Proficiency with CRM, SharePoint, and compliance processes.
• Ability to map budgets to client grids and systems (Ariba/Workday).
• Strong MS Office skills and proposal lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

• Interpret and assess RFPs/RFIs and craft responses differentiating our offering.
• Coordinate with Business Development leads and SMEs to build the operational strategy.
• Coordinate with SMEs to address Sponsor questions and concerns.
• Collect specifications from SMEs and build budgets with deliverables, pricing, resourcing, and timelines.
• Support defense of proposals and pricing to Sponsors and internal approvers.
• Improve the proposal process with technology to close quality gaps and improve communication.
• Maintain internal proposal and response libraries.

Skills

Proposal development

Budget management

Project coordination

Stakeholder communication

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Scientific discipline/Finance

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Ariba

Workday

CRM systems

SharePoint

MS Office

Job description

MMS Holdings Inc. is seeking a seasoned professional to lead proposal development, budgeting, and pricing within our Commercial Operations group. You will coordinate with business development and SMEs to craft competitive responses, manage client budgets, and support defense of proposals.

The role emphasizes rigorous process improvement, records management in CRM/SharePoint, and effective communication with sponsors and internal stakeholders. Strong MS Office skills are essential.