Proposal Manager Job in Tampa 33607, Florida US
Progressus Therapy, the nation's leading education solutsions provider, is currently seeking a Proposal Manager. The Proposal Manger will have the responsibility of coordinating all phases of the company’s proposal process in response to local, state, and federal government requests for proposals (RFPs). The ability to meet deadlines, a commitment to teamwork, and detailed follow-through will be the key to success in this role.
To win more competitive bids for our company, the RFP Specialist will create and manage overall processes, improve efficiencies and interdepartmental communications as it relates to RFP management, ensure consistent messaging of proposals, proactively drive each RFP project to ensure time commitments are met, and continuously develop relevant, updated, and attractive content to promote Progressus Therapy as the reliable leader in school-based therapy services.
Competitive salary and benefits!
Tasks include:
- Exercising full responsibility and authority for complex government proposals and bid preparations.
- Work with key stakeholders to develop, research, and write concise, compliant, persuasive responses to both narrative and technical requirements.
- Coordinating proposal efforts with the division operators, business development, contracts department, subcontractors, finance department and human resources.
- Overseeing the proposal team; coordinating efforts and ensuring all timelines are met.
- Ensuring proposals are in accordance with technical requirements.
- Identify new opportunities
- Maintain timetable for current and prospective clients
- Organize the response effort
- Format the completed response
- Complete bid forms and templates with corporate information
- Compile response to comply with technical requirements (format, pagination, tabulation, original, copies, electronic data, etc)
- Analyze bid tabulations and evaluations scores
- Request competitor proposals for review and competitor analysis
- Client research including current and previous RFP awardees, tabulations, competitor proposals, etc.
- Reporting to senior management to include RFP pipeline, award status, and analysis
- Vendor registrations
- Ongoing development of our proposal content, managing updates and changes as necessary
- Work with marketing and key stakeholders to ensure the content of our proposals is accurate, relevant, attractive, and competitive
- Work with business development to help write and prepare proposals as needed
- All other duties as assigned.
Knowledge and Skills
- A working knowledge of government contracts is required.
- The skill to independently define, schedule, and manage the proposal preparation process, including the ability to understand and analyze the details of an RFP.
- Demonstration of the necessary personality and leadership skills to engage and motivate a diverse group of department leaders, project managers, and consultants is required.
- Outstanding communication skills (written and oral); including a strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite is a necessity. Ability to work independently and within a collaborative team environment
- Highly detail-oriented with exceptional organizational skills
- Ability to handle multiple projects and meet rigid deadlines
- Highly proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat
- Salesforce.com experience a plus
- Entrepreneurial spirit to keep the pace of a growing company advancing into new markets.
Education and Work Experience:
- This position requires a minimum of a 4 year degree from an accredited University
- 5 years experience leading multi-million dollar government proposals.
Founded in 1989, Progressus Therapy is the leading provider of speech-language pathology, occupational therapy and physical therapy services to school districts and communities around the country. With over 600 pediatric therapists on staff providing services to over 30,000 children with special needs each year, Progressus is one of the largest and most experienced providers of related services in schools. Beyond traditional staffing, Progressus is transforming related services through The Progressus Way™ by:
- Developing and implementing customized programs and solutions for our district partners to meet their related services needs
- Identifying opportunities for districts to improve the quality of their therapy programs while producing meaningful cost savings
- Matching the right student to the right interventions, the right service delivery options and the right providers to achieve positive outcomes
Please visit our website at www.progressustherapy.com to learn more about Progressus Therapy.