Description
The Senior Proposals Manager supports the Europe Communications Growth Group to optimise and sustain growth of the Region Europe Communications organisation - partnering with operating company leadership to help convert new and organic business opportunities. They work closely with all Europe Growth and Business Development team members to support new business and organic growth opportunities ensuring all activities are captured in relevant reporting.
Foundational Competencies
1. Ownership & Accountability: Manages large projects with a solution orientated approach.
2. Collaboration: Actively builds strong team dynamics and unites stakeholders around common goals.
3. Growth Mindset: Is an expert in client's business, continuously seeks ways to add value client projects.
4. Innovation Mindset: Leads the incorporation of new technologies into current workflows.
Functional Competencies
A. Discipline Specific: Ability to develop strong and differentiating responses and proposals. Plays a crucial role in executing the strategic growth plans developed by senior leadership, focusing on both new and organic business opportunities. Acts as a key liaison for BU communications during the proposal phase, through proactive engagement and understanding of client objectives.
B. Committed to customers, always: Has a strong understanding of the wider network and how to partner to solve client needs. Is excellent at actively listening and communicating transparently. Is able to distinguish what is most important in a clients request from that which is not.
C. Strategic Thinking + Leadership: Fluent in strategies that drive business growth. Is commercially minded and demonstrates strategic thinking beyond individual responses.
D. Commercial Acumen: Establishes and embeds a consistent proposal development approach across Europe Communications, championing streamlined reporting and efficient resource allocation. An expert and 'go to' for internal financial and reporting process, including Paprika, Wrike and Salesforce.
Key Responsibilities and Requirements
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Offers business conversion and growth support to all Region Europe Communications offices and affiliates
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Collaborates with leaders in Advertising, Public Relations, Medical Communications to drive growth and fosters relationships across the business
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Leverages a standard process from RFP assessment to pitch, ensuring consistent proposal quality and efficient onboarding
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Ensures every proposal tells a clear, compelling story and highlights our differentiated value
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Uses broader Syneos Health's resources to provide clients with unique and valuable solutions
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Early adopter of digital technologies, leveraging them to drive innovation, efficiency and to build bespoke recommendations for clients
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Develops clear and compelling client-ready capabilities presentations
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Liaise with business units to update or develop new client ready case studies and experience to build upon the knowledge library
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Point of contact for all incoming knowledge requests to Europe Communications agencies
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Champions accurate and streamlined sf.com reporting, supports in delivery of performance updates to the Region Europe Communications organisation
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
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Energetic, supportive and contributes to team goals
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Driven by personal and team goal achievement
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Responsible and takes task ownership for consistent high quality delivery
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Stakeholder management skills working across areas outside of BD
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Project management and organisation skills; proactively manages and communicate deadlines of self and wider team
At Syneos Health, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. At times, we will consider transferable skills from previous roles. We also encourage you to join our Talent Network to stay connected to additional career opportunities.
Why Syneos Health Communications? We are powered by Syneos Health, a global professional services organization designed to help the biopharmaceutical industry shorten the distance from lab to life®. We have a proven pedigree in health, with industry titans in every facet of healthcare. This eliminates guesswork and fuels our passion for total, life-changing solutions. At the heart of health, we’re uniquely poised to predict what’s next and respond to the market’s demand for smarter and faster answers. We are able to help our customers make important decisions within their business due to our unique understanding of the complexities that come along with working in the healthcare industry. Syneos Health Communications is able to make the complex, simple.
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