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Responsibilities
- Be a subject matter expert for all processes unique to the public sector marketplace related to formal RFx responses and other proposals.
- Responsible for the bid management and content response development of tenders, requests for information (RFIs), requests for proposals (RFPs), and other procurement documents and unsolicited proposals for SaaS/PaaS solutions covering public sector, education, and nonprofits lines of business.
- Support large-scale, complex RFx efforts that include multiple cross-functional teams and team members internally as well as multiple bidders and bid team processes.
- Participate in the analysis of opportunities as a team and Go/No Go decision process.
- Develop bid/response plans and schedules for all phases of the bid/proposal development process, juggling multiple RFx response efforts and deadlines.
- Handle/track all aspects of content preparation, revision, and submission; collaborate and coordinate inputs from sales, solution engineering, security, legal, and compliance teams; coordinate and communicate with responding partners where required; and coordinate internal content reviews with executive management and legal.
- Structure, write, edit, and format all types of response content (general, functional, technical), tailoring the content around the customer requirements, in a creative, compelling, and compliant manner.
- Participate in the development of written questions to seek clarification from procurement officials throughout the procurement process, and remain current on all amendments and modifications.
- Review and understand customer requirements. Conceptualize and write compelling response content using proposal boilerplate library and developing from scratch as required.
- Create proposal response policies and process and enable the Sales, Solution Engineering and other teams on the process.
- Curate and create RFx boilerplate content to ensure content is current and fit for local market requirements. Plus maintain library of completed responses.
- Participate in developing and writing proposal win themes and executive summary sections.
- Work with our global RFx shared services model to support and manage overflow requirements when needed.
- Conduct regular post bid After Action Reviews and post-mortem lessons learned debriefs and work cross-functionally to identify RFx process efficiencies and opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Ability to multi-task and perform in a fast-paced environment, working with a sense of urgency.
- Develop and share best practices with team members to enhance the quality and efficiency.
- Build relationships and work cross-functionally with a diverse set of business partners.
Required Skills & Experience
- Overall 12+ years of experience with the last 5+ years of experience in a proposal development role selling products and services responding to government solicitations under a direct and indirect contracting model.
- 5 years of experience in the technology consulting industry as a Technical Writer writing responses for government organizations.
- Experience with technical writing for cloud Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) or Platform as a Service (PaaS) solutions.
- Degree or equivalent relevant experience required. Experience will be evaluated based on the core proficiencies or the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.)
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