Huron helps its clients drive growth, enhance performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. We help healthcare organizations build innovation capabilities and accelerate key growth initiatives, enabling organizations to own the future, instead of being disrupted by it. Together, we empower clients to create sustainable growth, optimize internal processes and deliver better consumer outcomes.

Health systems, hospitals and medical clinics are under immense pressure to improve clinical outcomes and reduce the cost of providing patient care. Investing in new partnerships, clinical services and technology is not enough to create meaningful and substantive change. To succeed long-term, healthcare organizations must empower leaders, clinicians, employees, affiliates and communities to build cultures that foster innovation to achieve the best outcomes for patients.

Joining the Huron team means you’ll help our clients evolve and adapt to the rapidly changing healthcare environment and optimize existing business operations, improve clinical outcomes, create a more consumer-centric healthcare experience, and drive physician, patient and employee engagement across the enterprise.

Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.

The public sector enabling capabilities organization (ECO) consists of six functions that supports Huron at the enterprise level: sales operations, sales enablement, government and policy relations, contracts management, engagement management and engagement assurance. As part of ECO, sales enablement partners with sellers and business units to architect proposals by reviewing, writing, managing, and developing content for proposals.
The proposal coordinator is responsible for all administrative aspects of proposal development — ensuring integrity of all proposal documentation, coordinating internal flow and review of all proposal inputs, coordinating schedules, and influencing submission of the final proposal. The proposal coordinator is a central point of process management from beginning to end. This position works across Huron business units, the sales team, and the content writers to develop and manage the overall timelines and materials for multiple proposals and/or oral presentations/demonstrations simultaneously. This includes establishing the structure for color team meetings, developing timelines to meet deadlines, and escalating risks/barriers. This position is expected to develop and maintain proposal templates and to support content writing for some proposals.

Leads the project management efforts to support the preparation of proposals/deliverables by developing the overall project plan, involving all key stakeholders and contributors, facilitating necessary meetings, gathering supporting content, and communicating project status and risks. Typical duties include the following:

Follow and enforce best-practices for proposal development to provide direction to the pursuit teamGuide the activities of stakeholders to define proposal-specific deliverables, milestones and success criteriaPlan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate systems, tools and techniquesFacilitate project status meetings including color team calls and content writer interviewsCollaborate across business units to gather proposal inputs, such as case studies, bios, and pricingDevelop initial template for content writers, coordinates with corporate stakeholders for necessary documentation and graphics to support proposal creationIncorporates proposal management best practices into proposal templates, standards and processesEffectively communicate proposal expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely mannerPerform risk management to minimize risks.Maintain real-time development status of all proposal text and graphicsManage and organizes proposal content and template repositoryRemain current with the company’s solutions, products, and messaging to ensure competitive advantage is clearly communicated

QUALIFICATIONS:

This position requires excellent written and oral communication skills and government proposal management experience. This individual must be deadline and detail oriented, influence key stakeholders toward a desired outcome, and maintain market knowledge. In addition, this individual should understand win themes, proposal concepts, and the business development lifecycle.

Technical Knowledge, Skills, Abilities (KSAs) and Background 

Bachelor’s degree requiredCurrent permanent U.S. work authorization required Minimum of 1 year of experience managing, writing, and coordinating government proposals preferredUnderstands Huron’s core services and capabilities and informs future deliverables and products for current government marketStrong analytical, organizational, problem-solving and managerial skillsProficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and SharePoint, Adobe AcrobatSelf-starter with high tolerance for ambiguityDemonstrated ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with individuals of varying work styles from every level of an organizationCommand of English writing rules and styles; includes the ability to research and synthesize information from multiple sources (e.g., subject matter experts, previous proposals, case studies, etc.) into a cohesive, easy-to-read, and persuasive final productWork independently on multiple, sometimes complex writing assignments with tight deadlines with minimal supervisionManages and pivots between several proposals in a high-volume, quick-turn environmentDelivers effective written communications that are concise, information, and provoke action from recipients with the bottom-line up frontAbility to distill requirements from complex federal documents (RFPs, RFIs, federal schedules)Remains current with Huron’s solutions, products, and messaging to communicate competitive advantageShipley Proposal Management/Proposal Writing training preferred

The estimated base salary range for this job is $70,000-$95,000 . The range represents a good faith estimate of the range that Huron reasonably expects to pay for this job at the time of the job posting. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel. This job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s annual incentive compensation program, which reflects Huron’s pay for performance philosophy.  Inclusive of annual incentive compensation opportunity, the total estimated compensation range for this job is $78,400-$112,100. The job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs. The salary range information provided is in accordance with applicable state and local laws regarding salary transparency that are currently in effect and may be implemented in the future. 

Posting CategoryHealthcare-Public Sector

Opportunity TypeRegular

CountryUnited States of America