Proposal Manager - Transport & Infrastructure

Description

• Managing/facilitating the delivery of bids across the procurement lifecycle including proposal kick off, winning and review meetings.
• Produce best practice materials such as CVs and project sheets.
• Performs detailed analysis of RFP documents to assess requirements and prepares questions for clarifications sent to the client.
• Supporting project teams in preparation for client interviews including presentation development and coaching.
• Facilitating the development of the winning bid strategy, with supporting win themes and storyboard development.
• Responsible for conducting a quality review/page turn of the final printed proposal documents and perform a check against the RFP requirements to ensure the submission is of high quality, and accurate.
• Acting as a hub of best practice and knowledge for proposals.
• Writing and supporting impactful, tailored, technically differentiated bid content.
• Ensuring the WSP message and brand is promoted on outward facing material.
• Identifying and/or re-working existing pre-written content where relevant, and proofreading.
• Tracking pursuits across the bid lifecycle.
• Working with technical authors to convert knowledge into high scoring content.
• Supporting marketing and communications activities as required.
• Manage interfaces with the wider proposals team, other UK/global business streams and partners/ subconsultants.
• Following WSP best practice and complying with governance process including supporting qualification, review and close out procedures (e.g lessons learned reviews).
• Collating market and competitor intelligence and other industry research.

Requirements

• The individual is required to work on multiple assignments, with overlapping schedules, and needs to be able to multitask and delegate responsibilities to team members to accomplish all tasks.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience with at least 3 years of RFP response and proposal development.
• Must possess excellent written, interpersonal, and communication skills, as well as outstanding organizational and time management skills.
• Degree in English, Business or similar.
• Architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry experience preferred.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance