Proposal Manager - Transport & Infrastructure

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Managing/facilitating the delivery of bids across the procurement lifecycle including proposal kick off, winning and review meetings.
• Following WSP best practice and complying with governance process including supporting qualification, review and close out procedures (e.g. lessons learned reviews).
• Working with technical authors to convert knowledge into high scoring content.
• Facilitating the development of the winning bid strategy, with supporting win themes and storyboard development.
• Manage interfaces with the wider proposals team, other UK/global business streams and partners/ subconsultants.
• Performs detailed analysis of RFP documents to assess requirements and prepares questions for clarifications sent to the client.
• Writing and supporting impactful, tailored, technically differentiated bid content.
• Identifying and/or re-working existing pre-written content where relevant, and proofreading.
• Supporting project teams in preparation for client interviews including presentation development and coaching.
• Collating market and competitor intelligence and other industry research.
• Tracking pursuits across the bid lifecycle.
• Produce best practice materials such as CVs and project sheets.
• Acting as a hub of best practice and knowledge for proposals.
• Supporting marketing and communications activities as required.
• Ensuring the WSP message and brand is promoted on outward facing material.
• Responsible for conducting a quality review/page turn of the final printed proposal documents and perform a check against the RFP requirements to ensure the submission is of high quality, and accurate.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years of experience with at least 3 years of RFP response and proposal development.
• Degree in English, Business or similar.
• Architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry experience preferred.
• Detail oriented
• Must possess excellent written, interpersonal, and communication skills, as well as outstanding organizational and time management skills.
• The individual is required to work on multiple assignments, with overlapping schedules, and needs to be able to multitask and delegate responsibilities to team members to accomplish all tasks.
• Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.
• Work on landmark projects around the world and embrace opportunities to make an even bigger impact in the communities you care about.
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