Lead Director – Proposal Writing

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🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

💵 $100k - $231.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

📄 Proposal Manager

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CVS Health

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1963

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

🛒 Retail

🧘 Wellness

Healthcare Insurance • Retail • Wellness

CVS Health is a leading American healthcare company dedicated to improving health access and affordability. The company focuses on a comprehensive approach that includes health services, health insurance, and pharmacy benefits management. Through its subsidiaries, such as Aetna and CVS Caremark, CVS Health offers a range of services that facilitate wellness, condition management, and affordable prescription drug coverage. CVS Health operates neighborhood pharmacies, provides mail-order pharmacy services, and manages specialty medication programs, aiming to make healthcare convenient and accessible for everyone. Driven by a mission to connect people with essential care services, CVS Health is committed to fostering healthier communities and supporting the wellbeing of all individuals.

📋 Description

• Lead enterprise proposal writing strategy and align execution with capture priorities and business goals • Support the writers and lead any efforts in kick-off meetings, color team reviews, status meetings, and critical milestones throughout the entire proposal process as defined by the proposal timeline • Partner with cross-functional leaders to drive alignment, strengthen messaging, and improve competitive positioning • Build high-performing proposal teams, motivating and leading employees in a positive manner • Translate capture strategies into clear, persuasive proposal narratives that reflect organizational value • Establish and scale standardized processes, tools, and workflows to improve efficiency and consistency • Own proposal performance outcomes, including quality, timeliness, and continuous improvement across bids • Use data, metrics, and insights to evaluate performance and inform decision-making • Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of proposal writers • Manage capacity, resources, and timelines across multiple concurrent proposals to ensure delivery excellence • Identify and mitigate risks early by proactively addressing gaps in readiness, alignment, or execution • Champion innovation and adoption of tools, including AI-enabled solutions, to enhance proposal quality and efficiency • Empower individuals to problem-solve and identify innovative ways to streamline processes and procedures • Establish trusted relationships across teams and leadership levels, creating a culture of partnership, transparency, and accountability • Stay current in the latest approaches to responding to Medicaid procurements and healthcare industry topics • Learn and build expertise across Medicaid business.

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years of experience leading, developing, and inspiring high-performing teams through effective coaching, mentorship, clear communication, and continuous feedback • 5+ years of experience creating compelling, audience-aware Medicaid proposal responses • 10+ years of proposal writing with Federal, Medicaid or Healthcare experience • Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, PowerPoint and Excel • Exceptional communication, collaboration, delegation and organization skills • Experience leading and guiding proposal strategies and meetings with key stakeholders • Strong team collaboration skills, including SMEs and other contributors, writing team, and production team • Ability to adapt to rapidly changing priorities through the identification and execution on creative solutions • Ability to work nights and weekends during active proposal development timeframes as necessary to meet deadlines, up to 15-30% travel may be required • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience • APMP or Shipley certification preferred.

🏖️ Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision coverage • paid time off • retirement savings options • wellness programs • additional resources based on eligibility