• Provide support to the Vice President, New Business in executing the company's new business agenda.
• Support and lead capture planning activities.
• Manage proposal development for bids, including the comprehensive pre-positioning for proposals and managing live proposals, ensuring that proposals meet funder compliance and USAID's quality assurance standards.
• Gather technical input and competitive intelligence from technical teams, partners subject matter specialists, and other resource persons.
• Liaise with technical leads, partners, and consultants to conceptualize and design proposals.
• Work in collaboration with technical recruiters and the pricing team on bids.
• Support bid-no-bid analysis and decision making.
• Support the facilitation of strategic partnerships with other organizations.
• Coordinate teaming agreements, memoranda of understanding, and other institutional agreements with partners; and help negotiate partnership arrangements and budgets.
• Maintain accurate business development opportunities trackers and assist with analysis of proposal development data; maintain accurate and timely electronic files; and ensure that relevant information is accessible to and circulated to the portfolio members.
• Monitor and share information about new opportunities, donor funding trends, and relevant country information from outside sources of news.
• Oversee recruitment efforts for key personnel and other proposal staffing requirements.
• Draft sections of proposals, expressions of interest, sources sought and request for information.
• Prepare cost proposals including detailed budgets and narratives
• Manage complex capture and proposal development efforts.
• Supervise, mentor, and guide direct reports in supporting new business development.
• Mentor and support staff training and orientations on new business best practices, processes, and procedures.
• Provide support to the recruitment of proposed personnel for technical proposals.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and at least 7 years of relevant work experience. Master’s degree preferred.
• At least 5 years’ experience successfully managing USAID-related contract proposal process, including experience in submitting high quality products; developing, analyzing and reviewing budgets; analyzing pipelines.
• Proven experience successfully supporting new business efforts as a technical lead and proposal section writer.
• Experience with integrated health, private sector health programming, capacity building, monitoring and evaluation, and/or knowledge management desired.
• Excellent interpersonal and team building skills.
• Analytically focused and strategic.
• Excellent planning and time management skills. Ability to multi-task with ease, adapting to frequently changing priorities.
• Ability to work efficiently under pressure and maintain quality, detail, and organization across multiple assignments.
• Ability to supervise a team, building strong cross-functional relationships within the home office.
• Excellent writing and budgeting skills.

Benefits