Sr Associate, Proposal Development and Pricing

Brief Description

The Senior Associate position is responsible to develop content/proposal responses and/or pricing for related client Requests for Proposal (RFPs), Revisions, and RFIs (Requests for Information) across multiple UBC business segments. The successful candidate will be cross-trained to support other lines of business, as assigned by management. The Senior Associate will lead and coordinate the associated Proposal Management activities with Sales/Business Development, Senior Management, functional departments, and Contract management.

Specific Job Duties

• Cook up multiple groups and vendors in the preparation of client deliverables
• Develop proposal responses in response to client RFPs and RFIs in various formats as required by our clients (e.g., free form/strategic documents, multi-tab questionnaires, online system submissions)
• Develop applicable budgets responses in response to client RFPs and Revisions including, but not limited to mapping and linking UBC internal pricing model to client-specific pricing grids
• Partner with Client Engagement, Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), Operations, and Senior Management in the finalization of program documents, budgets, assumptions, and specifications
• Ensure all client deliverables are accurate
• Attend, participate and lead meetings as required
• Updates proposals and/or sales management tools, systems and/or forms regarding proposal or rebid status as needed
• Build strategy plans to guide internal team time management
• Contribute to Business Development initiatives, such as content library/database builds and maintenance or costing template maintenance
• Partner with the Contract Management team to coordinate hand-off process of final pricing, assumptions, and as applicable, descriptions of services for won business
• Opportunity for cross-training in other service lines and roles/activities

Desired Skills And Qualifications

• BA/BS degree or equivalent combination of education and experience; plus, experience working in proposal and/or RFI, or budgeting preparation in the CRO/pharmaceutical industry preferred
• Above-average attention to detail, excellent oral/written communication skills along with highly developed interpersonal and strong team orientated skills
• Must be a self-starter with strong time management and analytic business skills and be to work efficiently in a high-paced, dynamic environment
• Proficient in Microsoft Office: (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams) and Outlook
• Minimal travel required

Benefits

• Remote opportunities
• Competitive salaries
• Growth opportunities for promotion
• 401K with company match
• Tuition reimbursement
• Flexible work environment
• Discretionary PTO (Paid Time Off)
• Paid Holidays
• Employee assistance programs
• Medical, Dental, and vision coverage
• HSA/FSA
• Telemedicine (Virtual doctor appointments)
• Wellness program
• Adoption assistance
• Short term disability
• Long term disability
• Life insurance
• Discount programs