Proposal and Engagement Manager

Role:
Proposal and Engagement Manager

Location:

Flexible, we have offices in Northamptonshire and London Start:
Flexible

Are you passionate about evidence‑based healthcare? Do you enjoy working in a collaborative, fast‑paced environment where your work helps shape better decision‑making in global health?

Initiate Consultancy is looking for aProposal and Engagement Manager to join our growing team.

Initiate is a global market access and health economics consultancy working with novel products designed to help people living with rare orlife‑limitingdisorders.

Our core values are collaboration, empowerment,integrityandpragmatism. Weseekto recruit exceptional individuals who share these values and have a genuine passion to learn,deliver and grow.

The Proposal & Engagement Manager plays a pivotal role in strengthening Initiate’s commercial performance by leading and driving the development of high-quality, compelling and compliant proposals, and overseeing the visibility of the ‘live’ proposal pipeline.

Sitting within the Commercial team, reporting directly to the Head of Business Development & Commercial Engagement, the role owns the day‑to‑day operational management of the bid pipeline, and the end‑to‑end delivery of all proposals.

Operating beyond process coordination alone, the Proposal & Engagement Manager is responsible for creating structure, pace and clarity across all live opportunities - ensuring that our technical bid teams are mobilised early, aligned to clear agreed priorities, and are working to a defined plan. The role acts as the central point of control for all our bid activity, maintaining pipeline accuracy, enforcing process, and driving accountability across multidisciplinary teams.

By bringing discipline, visibility and proactive management to the bid process, the Proposal & Engagement Manager directly contributes to improving win rate, turnaround speed and overall commercial effectiveness, while reducing reactive working and ensuring the business is consistently prepared and positioned to succeed.

Own our pipeline visibility and accuracy

• Own and maintain a live, accurate bid pipeline (via Synergist and associated reporting tools)
• Provide clear visibility of the overall pipeline position and forward workload
• Regularly update the commercial team on the status, values, and timelines of all opportunities
• Chair and lead regular operational pipeline review meetings, providing clear visibility of status, priorities and forward activity
• Support commercial forecasting through reliable bid data collection and recording

Run our bid process and delivery

• Lead the end‑to‑end bid process from RFP receipt through to proposal submission, and bid follow‑up
• Establish and manage clear plans, timelines, and ownership for each bid individual opportunity
• Ensure timely bid scoping, coordinating strategic and technical inputs from relevant team members
• Act as the central point of control across multiple concurrent bids - proactively driving progress, maintaining pace and momentum
• Ensure all bids are delivered to a high, consistent standard – maintaining strong bid discipline in a deadline‑driven environment, reducing delays and ensuring consistent delivery
• Follow‑up and challenge as necessary to ensure delivery to agreed timelines - holding contributors accountable for their individual inputs and outputs

Shape our proposal content for clarity and impact

• Lead the development and coordination of high‑quality complete proposals, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and alignment with client needs
• Translate technical inputs from HTA, HEOR, Access, and Evidence Synthesis teams into clear, compelling…