Senior Proposal Manager

🕒 September 8

🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

💵 $102.5k - $120k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

📄 Proposal Manager

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D2L

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1999

📚 Education

☁️ SaaS

💰 $85M Series B on 2014-08

Education • SaaS

D2L is a company committed to transforming the future of education and work through high-quality learning solutions. Their platform, D2L Brightspace, offers personalized, scalable learning opportunities tailored for various sectors, including K-12 education, higher education, business, training organizations, and government. D2L provides a comprehensive learning management system that incorporates AI-driven tools to enhance teaching and learning experiences. The company emphasizes accessibility and inclusivity, ensuring that their solutions meet diverse learner needs, and supports their users with dedicated customer and learning services.

📋 Description

• Lead end-to-end management of complex, high-impact proposal responses, including RFIs, RFPs, and RFQs • Facilitate complex bid qualification discussions and support pursuit decisions and proposal readiness • Lead proposal planning, timelines, stakeholder coordination, risk identification, escalation management, and cross-functional contributor management • Independently manage multiple complex proposal pursuits in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments • Apply strategic thinking, competitive awareness, and proposal management expertise to create compelling, differentiated, high-quality responses • Support proposal strategy discussions and recommend pursuit approaches, messaging, competitiveness, and proposal effectiveness • Provide leadership guidance and influence across project teams • Identify opportunities to improve proposal processes and operational approaches • Lead proposal development, writing, editing, and refinement • Review executive summaries, cover letters, messaging approaches, and other critical proposal components • Collaborate with Subject Matter Experts and senior stakeholders across D2L’s products, services, value propositions, and competitive positioning • Ensure submissions align with brand, messaging, and style standards • Facilitate proposal reviews and align messaging, positioning, and response strategy • Build partnerships with Sales, Solution Engineering, Services, Finance, Legal, Security, Marketing, and other stakeholders • Act as a trusted advisor and mentor within the Proposal Management team • Contribute to operational improvements, content enhancements, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement • Leverage proposal tools, AI-enabled technologies, and best practices to improve quality, efficiency, and pursuit outcomes

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years experience in a similar role in a fast-paced, high volume proposal writing environment • Direct experience in high-tech industry is preferred • Strong writing, editing, and storytelling skills • Ability to develop compelling, strategically aligned, audience-focused proposal responses and executive-level communications • Proven ability to develop processes and content to support new business areas and growth • APMP certification or equivalent • Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, Salesforce, Adobe applications, and proposal automation software • Demonstrated ability to apply and promote AI-enabled tools and evolving proposal management best practices • Ability to work independently and as part of a team • Ability to adhere to strict deadlines • Experience writing proposals for education or other key verticals is an asset • Bachelor’s Degree preferably in Business, Technical Writing, English, Communications, or Journalism

🏖️ Benefits

• Additional benefits may include a Wellness Subsidy • Equity Grants • Variable Incentive • Flexible work arrangements • Learning and Growth opportunities • Tuition reimbursement of up to $4,000 CAD for continuing education through the SkillsWave Program • 2 Paid Days off for SkillsWave-related activities like exams or final assignments • Employee wellbeing, including access to mental health services, EFAP program, financial planning and more • Retirement planning • 2 Paid Volunteer Days • Competitive Benefits Package • Home Internet Reimbursements • Employee Referral Program • Wellness Reimbursement • Employee Recognition • Social Events • Dog Friendly Office Spaces at HQ locations