Senior Proposal Strategy, Planning Consultant

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Arizona, +8 more locations.

📋 Description

• Oversee and facilitate the pre-proposal process until handoff to the RFP team.

• Assist in strategic discussions and collaborative workgroups.

• Create a foundational program catalog and produce high-quality deliverables.

• Organize and manage Teams and other knowledge capture databases effectively.

• Develop, customize, validate, and sustain pre-release RFP documents and tools, such as program catalogs, white papers, and FAQs.

• Ensure quality assurance for pre-release activities and documentation.

• Create and maintain strategy maps, capture plans, win-theme inputs, competitive assessments, risk logs, and executive briefings.

• Oversee assigned projects throughout the proposal development lifecycle.

• Monitor project status, action items, decisions, risks, and project closure.

• Lead workgroups and escalate any unresolved issues and risks.

• Facilitate team-wide planning and pre-release meetings.

• Identify differentiators, gaps, risks, proof points, and opportunities for innovation.

• Support the transfer of knowledge and ensure a warm handoff to the proposal lead.

• Engage in proposal lessons learned discussions and contribute to the continual enhancement of processes, templates, dashboards, and guidelines.

• Analyze health plan data, public information, enterprise data, previous RFPs, competitor insights, and stakeholder feedback to generate actionable recommendations.

• Collaborate with health plans, Business Development, and other functional areas.

• Communicate project status both in writing and verbally to project teams and leadership.

• Perform additional duties as assigned.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's Degree in Business, Communications, Public Administration, Healthcare Administration, or a related field, or equivalent experience is required.

• A minimum of 7 years of experience with health plans, managing RFPs/grants, or overseeing complex projects is required.

• Experience with Medicaid programming and Medicaid RFPs is preferred.

• Must comply with all relevant policies and standards.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation.

• Health insurance coverage.

• 401K retirement plan.

• Stock purchase options.

• Tuition reimbursement assistance.

• Paid time off along with holidays.

• Flexible work arrangements including remote, hybrid, field, or office schedules.

• Additional incentive options may be included in total compensation.

• An equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity.