Senior Proposal Specialist

Proposal and SOW Development (30-40%)

• • Work with BD Managers and operational teams to determine strategy on a particular proposal.
  • Understand and share proposal requirements internally.
  • Work on more complex proposals and in line with RFP, develop the document content.
  • Ensure a thorough understanding of all requirements and assumptions (i.e., endpoints, PROs, demographics).
  • When required, conduct market research/literature reviews to strength accuracy of proposals.
  • Provide support to BD Manager on RFIs when required.
  • Support/provide content for Statement of Work (SOW) development.
  • Act as a project manager of internal resources to ensure all parties are contributing content and completing “to dos” when needed.

Costing Support (40-50%)

• • Generate initial costing assumptions.
  • Generate/populate initial CRO costings in Alimentiv tools then work with clinical experts to refine and finalize.
  • Obtain pre-award budgets from vendor and site partners.
  • Ensure rolled up costing is correct prior to sending for executive review.
  • Support amendments or updates during the process.
  • Thoroughly understand final costing and be able to explain to either internal or external stakeholders.
  • Support the project team with change orders.

General BD Support and Special Projects (10-20%)

• • Attend and facilitate internal bid/no bid, strategy, and project hand-off meetings for awarded projects/sponsors. Some occasional support for bid defenses.
  • Provide support to BD Managers with presentations and attend client meetings as needed.
  • Support internal project teams related to client or contract issues, questions etc.
  • Coordinate with clinical team, site feasibility if required.
  • Provide feedback and/or develop BD tools to ensure continuous improvement.
  • Generate BD reports as needed.
  • May be asked to attend conferences to provide booth and meeting support. 
  • All employees are expected to complete training on time and maintain a minimum level of 90% training compliance at all times. 

Qualifications

• • Minimum of a post-secondary certificate / diploma (bachelor's degree in health/life sciences or business specialty is preferred)
  • 1 - 3 years of related experience (4 - 6 years of related experience is preferred)
  • Fluent in English (Verbal and Written)

Additional knowledge/skills

• • Science degree/diploma preferred
  • Previous budget building experience in CRO and clinical trials mandatory
  • Advanced user ability with Excel and proficient with other MS Office tools
  • High degree of detail orientation
  • Logical and process thinking mindset
  • Good written and verbal communication skills and project management skills.

Working conditions

• • Remote