Sr. RFP and Proposal Writer (Remote)

The Sr. RFP & Proposal Writer will report to the Sr. Manager, Sales Operations in Health & Benefits Sales. This role provides advanced support to our sales and client management teams by driving initiatives aligned with enterprise goals while ensuring a consistent, collaborative and positive overall experience. The Sr. RFP & Proposal Writer is accountable for managing the request for proposal (RFP) process on high-profile, complex opportunities through cross-functional collaboration. Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to: completing request for quote (RFQ), request for information (RFI), identifying gaps in information, resolving proposal-related issues through research in collaboration with business partners, and managing follow-up requests. Success in this role demands exceptional multitasking abilities, the ability to consistently meet or exceed deadlines, and a commitment to delivering excellence in a fast-paced, dynamic setting.

Additional project work to support the overall sales organization and its members will be required, as needed. This additional work may include product and process training, Salesforce entry and reporting assistance, leading advanced opportunity meetings, and handling internal and external deadline escalations.

 

• Own the end-to-end management of assigned RFPs, ensuring accountability throughout the process, meeting deadlines 100% of the time.
• Provide advanced support to sales and client management teams on high-profile, complex opportunities, with a focus on winning new business and client retention.
• Manage high-volume and deliver high-value RFP support ensuring Inspira becomes an RFP finalist.
• Effectively manage job responsibilities in a dynamic work environment as both an individual and team contributor.
• Use various templates to produce standardized documents (pricing proposals, questionnaire responses).
• Collaborate with internal SMEs and business partners in product development, legal, IT security, implementation and client management.
• Effectively use technologies such as Salesforce and Loopio.
• Ensure all RFP responses follow brand, style, and tone guidelines.
• Review and edit responses provided by SMEs and business partners as necessary.
• Ensure responses effectively address key requirements, hot buttons, and established win theme.
• Proactively seeks opportunities to share expertise, lessons learned, and best practices to support team development and collaboration.
• Support proposal content management by identifying and sharing new content for potential inclusion in the Loopio content library.
• Motivated to discover ways to optimize workflows.
• Support and mentor other colleagues with various facets of the job tasks and skillsets.
• Additional project work to support the overall sales organization. Work may include: product and process training, leading advanced opportunity meetings, and handling internal and external and deadline escalations.
• Actively participate in weekly and monthly team meetings.
• Support other team initiatives and processes as directed which may include advanced knowledge of responsibilities and needs of sales and client management teams.