Senior Proposal Writer

Senior Proposal Writer

Syneos Health is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities.

Every day we perform better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. We bring a wide range of talented experts together across a wide range of business-critical services that support our business. Every role within Corporate is vital to furthering our vision of Shortening the Distance from Lab to Life.

Discover what our 29,000 employees, across 110 countries already know.

• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to our Total Self culture - where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people.
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because when we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives - we're able to create a place where everyone feels like they belong.

Creates clear, concise, persuasive, strategic proposals based on input from business development (BD) and operational leadership for strategic partnership, must-win, and/or complex programmatic opportunities. Develops customized and targeted proposals, strategic partnership documents and prospective proposals across all therapeutic areas, functions and phases of clinical development.

• Leads strategy development conveyed in proposal documents, ensuring alignment with Syneos Health style, branding, messaging, and business objectives.
• Collaborates with internal stakeholders (e.g., BD, operational, medical, finance, and proposals) to develop concise, creative strategies that effectively articulate customer needs and win themes critical to generating new business awards.
• Creates high-quality, customized and compelling proposal documents focused on customer solutions that highlight company differentiation, innovation and operational strategy.
• Actively drives the proposal strategy from concept through final delivery.
• Actively engages in shaping study-specific strategy by making recommendations for cross-organizational services, tools, and technology that differentiate the organization from the competition.
• Challenges stakeholders to think creatively, proposing innovative solutions that align with customer and patient needs.
• Researches assigned project indication, applying learnings to inform discussions, as well as strategy and content development.
• Drives actions by clearly communicating project milestones and team member responsibilities, allowing flexibility to adapt as priorities shift while maintaining a balance between acquiring necessary input and customer deadlines.
• Builds strong relationships with stakeholders and decision makers to expedite problem solving and promote seamless collaboration.
• Approaches projects with enthusiasm, supporting ongoing engagement of team members.
• Identifies key content for archiving and proactively fills content gaps, developing new content that enhances Syneos Health competitive position.
• Develops deep knowledge of customers and/or function segmentation to align Syneos Health with customer objectives and needs.
• Serves as the document owner and writer for complex, high-profile RFPs, RFIs, and proactive outreach projects, synthesizing input from multiple contributors into cohesive, persuasive narratives.
• Takes an active role in resolving conflicts and removing barriers to maintain progress toward high-quality deliverables, independently or with support as needed.
• Coaches and mentors junior proposal writers to further develop their skills in writing concise, strategic content and effectively promoting consensus among team members with potentially disparate views.
• Shares best practices and strategic insights across the Strategic Writing and broader proposal development teams to ensure quality and consistent messaging.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• BA/BS in life sciences, marketing, communications, business administration, or a related discipline.
• 3-5 years of experience in the CRO, pharmaceutical, or biotechnology industry including technical writing, communications, or marketing experience. Proposal experience strongly preferred.
• Expert knowledge of the drug development process including functional operations and regulatory guidelines and directives.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate scientific and business information (e.g., clinical trial protocols) and use conclusions to write persuasive and technical sales documents.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft…