Senior Proposal Specialist

• Proposal and SOW Development (30-40%)
• Understand and share proposal requirements thoroughly.
• Work with multiple internal stakeholders to develop proposal content in line with RFP/RFI.
• Summarize and prepare (with support of internal stakeholders) key information required to support preparation of proposal responses.
• Document all assumptions.
• Review and ensure the final proposal meets Sponsor expectations and a high standard of quality.
• Assist in maintaining proposal tools – templates, graphics, experience tables etc.
• Assist BD Manager on RFIs.
• Support Statement of Work (SOW) development.
• Costing Support (40-50%)
• Generate initial costing assumptions.
• Generate/populate initial CRO costings in Alimentiv tools then work with clinical experts to refine and finalize.
• Obtain pre-award budgets from vendor and site partners.
• Ensure rolled up costing is correct prior to sending for executive review.
• Support amendments or updates during the process.
• Thoroughly understand final costing and be able to explain to either internal or external stakeholders.
• Support the project team with change orders.
• General BD Support and Special Projects (10-20%)
• Attend and facilitate internal bid/no bid, strategy, and project hand-off meetings for awarded projects/sponsors. Some occasional support for bid defenses.
• Provide support to BD Managers with presentations and attend client meetings as needed.
• Support internal project teams related to client or contract issues, questions etc.
• Coordinate with clinical team, site feasibility if required.
• Provide feedback and/or develop BD tools to ensure continuous improvement.
• Generate BD reports as needed.
• May be asked to attend conferences to provide booth and meeting support.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 - 3 years of related experience (4 - 6 years of related experience preferred)
• Minimum Post-secondary certificate / diploma (College, Training Institute, etc.) (Bachelor's degree preferred)
• Fluent in English (Verbal and Written)
• Experience with budget development within a CRO, clinical trials or a similar regulated/complex environment is highly desirable.
• Additional knowledge/skills
• Science degree/diploma preferred
• previous budget building experience in CRO and clinical trials mandatory
• advanced user ability with Excel and proficient with other MS Office tools
• high degree of detail orientation
• logical and process thinking mindset
• good written and verbal communication skills and project management skills.

To be considered for this role, please ensure your resume is in English.

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