Junior Budget & Proposal Manager

We are looking for a Junior Budget & Proposal Manager who would like to join our Commercial Department (Marketing & Sales Operations) at Veramed. Veramed is a specialist contract research organisation to the pharmaceutical industry, focused on delivering high quality statistics and programming for clinical trials across a variety of areas.

We have a unique approach to the industry and have grown from 2 to over 500 staff in the last 12 years across the UK, Europe, US and India. As we are a fast-growing company there is scope for you to grow and develop your career with us and make a real impact within the company. This role could be fully remote, based in one of our three UK offices (head office is in Twickenham, West London, Alderley Park, Cheshire and Swansea, South Wales) or a hybrid of home and office based.

The Junior Budget & Proposal Manager joining us will be working closely with our current Junior Budget & Proposal Manager and two senior staffto ensure the proactive smooth running of the sales, proposals, and contracts process. You will come from a life sciences background and have at least 2 years experience working in a similar position/team. You will need to have good excel skills and Salesforce (or other CRM system) experience and can manage a number of diverse tasks efficiently.

The ideal candidate for the Junior Budget & Proposal Manager role with us will be proactive, calm, organised, have a great attention to detail and the ability to confidently liaise with people at all levels in the organisation. You will be a self starter, who is diligent. It is essential you have experience of working with budgets as well as proposals.

Key responsibilities of the Junior Budget & Proposal Manager will be:

• Creation of Data Management, biostatistics and programming budgets in line with commercial process.
• Facilitation and build of Data Management, biostatistics and programming proposals using standard company template and with the input of SMEs.
• Setup and maintenance of all opportunities accurately in CRM. Ensure information is complete and up to date.
• Setup of folder structure, opportunity planning documents and associated documentation for new business opportunities.
• Coordinate setup of CDA during initial interactions with new clients.
• Complete necessary strategic client qualification and win plans in collaboration with the sales team.
• Create capabilities presentations and pitch decks following the company template.
• Facilitate responses to requests for information, pre-qualification questionnaires, invitations to tender and requests for proposals.
• Schedule internal and external meetings in relation to commercial opportunities.
• Maintain a content library and repository for historic proposals, pitch decks and RFIs.
• Maintain proposal templates to ensure all new text is updated in standard documents.

Experience were looking for in our Junior Budget & Proposal Manager role:

• BSc or BA preferably in Business or Life Sciences, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 2 years experience of working in a CRO or professional office environment (ideally within the commercial function or similar).
• Experience working within budgets, proposals or commercial functions.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Proficiency in managing CRM solutions, such as Salesforce.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage a number of diverse tasks efficiently
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and manage stakeholders accordingly.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits:

We offer a competitive salary and annual bonus, pension, annual leave and unpaid leave allowance, Leisure travel insurance, business travel insurance, private healthcare, cycle scheme, city bike hire, death in service, season ticket loan scheme, EAP service, healthcare cash plan, charitable contributions, summer and Winter parties as well as company socials.

We are a BCorp accredited company which means that we use the power of business to build a more inclusive and sustainable economy meeting the highest verified standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability.

As an organisation that has people at the heart of it, Veramed is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We foster a working culture where employees have integrity, honesty and respect for one another without regard to race, national origin, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or disability. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment.