Senior Proposal Writer

🕒 August 21

🌐 United States, Canada – Remote

🇺🇸 United States – Remote 🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

⛷️ Utah – Remote

⛷️ Utah – Remote

💵 $70k - $80k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Harris Computer

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1993

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Healthcare • Consulting • Logistics

Harris Computer is a company that provides mission-critical software solutions across various industries, including the public sector, healthcare, utilities, and private sector verticals. They focus on acquiring businesses with growth potential, managing them effectively, and building them for future success. Harris Computer serves over 100,000 customers with a global presence in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, employing over 12,000 people. Their mission is to empower customers to deliver on their goals by offering tailored software and services.

📋 Description

• Lead end-to-end proposal development for library system procurements, including ILS/LSP, discovery, digital resource management, and analytics • Analyze RFP requirements from libraries, consortia, and government entities to ensure complete compliance • Develop proposal strategies aligned to functionality, interoperability, accessibility, and total cost of ownership criteria • Manage timelines, schedules, and deliverables across cross-functional teams • Write and edit detailed RFP responses using Loopio and AI tools • Describe library functionality, discovery layers, interoperability, cloud architecture, hosting, security, and data privacy • Translate technical platform capabilities into outcomes for librarians, faculty, and patrons • Develop strategic messaging, win themes, executive summaries, and value narratives • Partner with Sales, Product, Engineering, Implementation, Support, Security, Professional Services, and other teams • Lead proposal kickoff meetings, review cycles, compliance checks, and content strategy • Maintain reusable library-technology content, case studies, templates, methodologies, and training approaches • Develop compliance matrices addressing functional requirements • Customize proposals for institutions and consortia • Support presentations, demos, and oral proposals to library stakeholders • Mentor junior writers on library-specific content and standards • Track proposal success metrics and support win/loss reviews in the library market segment

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, English, Library Science, Information Systems, or related field • 5–10+ years of proposal writing experience, preferably in library technology, EdTech, or SaaS platforms serving public sector or education • Strong understanding of library operations and workflows • Strong understanding of metadata standards and interoperability • Strong understanding of cloud-based enterprise software solutions • Demonstrated experience responding to formal RFPs for public or academic institutions • Exceptional writing, editing, and project management skills • Preferred: Master’s degree in Library and Information Science (MLIS) or related field • Preferred: Detailed knowledge of Symphony ILS • Preferred: Experience working directly with libraries (academic, public, or consortia) • Preferred: Familiarity with accessibility standards such as WCAG and public procurement requirements • Preferred: Knowledge of open access, digital collections, and linked data trends • Ability to communicate complex library technologies in clear, customer-focused language • Strong understanding of librarian personas and institutional decision-making processes • Strategic thinking with a focus on winning competitive procurements • High attention to detail and compliance rigor • Ability to manage multiple large-scale proposals simultaneously • Proficiency with Loopio, RFPIO, Qvidian, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Salesforce or equivalent, library systems and standards documentation, and AI tools