Proposal Manager

We are hiring a Proposal Manager I to join Fortrea’s growing Functional Service Provider (FSP) Proposals team in Brazil
. This role is responsible for leading the end-to-end proposal process for FSP opportunities, partnering with Business Development, Operations, Finance, and Subject Matter Experts to develop competitive, high-quality proposals, budgets, and client responses. The successful candidate will support a variety of opportunities across functional service lines, working in a fast-paced global environment while ensuring operationally viable and commercially attractive solutions that meet sponsor requirements and business objectives.

Experience with in CRO, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or life sciences proposal development is highly desirable, along with the ability to manage competing priorities, collaborate across multiple time zones, and contribute to strategic growth initiatives.

• Owns all aspects of the appropriate proposal process (text, quote, budget, and/or response to Requests for Information [RFIs]) for assigned opportunities (inclusive of managing opportunities under general supervision, establishing clear timelines, meeting client requirement, and suggesting solutions for obstacles).
• Responsible for managing opportunities of low to medium complexity.
• Support integrated opportunities (i.e., spanning across multiple Business Units).
• Reviews and analyzes RFI and/or Request for Proposal (RFP) documents to ensure adequate information for budget, proposal and/or response preparation is provided. Follows up with appropriate contact for additional information as required.
• Identifies and resolves issues around client enquiry requirements and Fortrea capabilities with support.
• Organizes and facilitates of strategic and operational calls related to the opportunity.
• Work across the organization in matrix environment across multiple time-zones and locations to lead the process and complete deliverables.
• Liaise with third party vendors/vendor managers for provision of quotations and/or information where required.
• Prepares high quality and accurate documents in accordance with agreed strategy and Sponsor requirements and expectations under the pressure of changing timelines.
• Supports facilitating internal and external opportunity management negotiations (i.e., pricing, process, resources, timelines, etc.) as needed.
• Ensures timely delivery of assigned deliverables.
• Is responsible for resolving issues/challenges and informing Manager; may seek Manager’s advice for complex issues/challenges.
• Performs timely and accurate data entry into departmental and/or corporate databases/systems as appropriate.
• Support client-facing and senior management-facing activities surrounding assigned opportunities as needed, including supporting preparation, attendance, or leading applicable preparation and meetings.
• Maintains appropriate knowledge of the technical and regulatory environments.
• Identifies and participates in ways to improve the efficiency and quality of processes and the resulting deliverables.
• Contribute to assigned client relationship improvement activities and implementation.
• Performs quality control activities per the appropriate process/requirements.
• Support hosting sales-focused inbound client visits.
• Responsible for coordinating on-boarding activities for new starters, including working directly with the management staff to ensure proper on-boarding.
• Expected to contribute to content library by submitting new content or updates to existing content, using the official content submission process.
• Completes other appropriate duties, as assigned by the manager, which require similar skills in accordance with business needs and common sense.

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