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What you’ll be doing...

The Consultant of Proposal Management will provide the professional experience and technical writing skills required to manage multiple enterprise-level bid requests for Business Markets and Enterprise customers managed in the Wireless Business Group using independent judgment with little to no oversight.

• Managing and directing all proposal efforts to prepare, revise and submit the response, and establish and enforce the proposal schedule.
• Providing ongoing updates regarding proposal progress to the team, including action items, identified risks, section status, and schedule. Identify risks and develop mitigation plans.
• Capturing legal, technical, management, and financial-specific approvals for final response.
• Leading and facilitating the discussion during proposal strategy sessions at the level required to submit a compelling proposal response.
• Managing proposals, including all aspects of proposal development, including pre-proposal planning activities, kick-off meeting, value proposition conveyance, schedule management, action/issue tracking, proposal structure, compliance oversight, writing instructions and team guidance, review team coordination, and production oversight.
• Collaborating with subject matter experts and other writers to refine proposal sections to ensure accuracy, compliance, consistency, and reflection of win strategies.
• Developing and maintaining proposal management-related articles for each opportunity to include kick-off materials, master outline and compliance matrix, schedule, writing instructions and templates, meeting agendas, proposal team contact list, action items, and review briefings.
• Revising project schedule, outline, and compliance matrix as necessary throughout the proposal life cycle.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams (legal, technical, sales, management, and financial) to obtain adequate resources for accomplishing a high-quality proposal submission in a timely manner.
• Reviewing and analyzing proposal sections for consistency and clarity, compliance with solicitation requirements, and alignment with proposed solutions to deliver a high-quality, winning proposal product.

What we’re looking for...

You work well under pressure and with tight deadlines. You have the leadership and communication skills needed to interact with multiple stakeholders at various levels.

You’ll need to have:

• Four or more years of relevant work experience.
• Experience in using MS Windows, Office, and Google Workspace products.
• Knowledge of telecommunication services sold to Enterprise customers.
• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Willingness to travel up to approximately 25% of the time.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Excellent time management, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent organization and attention to detail, and the ability to successfully manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to produce accurate and timely information in a high dynamic work environment.
• Experience in the use of proposal collaboration tools.
• Four or more years of proposal/contract management related work experience.
• Ability to work efficiently under conditions of multiple deadlines and changing priorities.
• Ability to work successfully in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, both autonomously and as a team player.
• Professional and persuasive written/verbal communication skills to interact with all levels of management.

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days set by your manager.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

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