RFP Team Member

LeadStack Inc. is an award-winning, one of the nation’s fastest-growing, certified minority-owned (MBE) staffing services provider of contingent workforce. As a recognized industry leader in contingent workforce solutions and Certified as a Great Place to Work, we’re proud to partner with some of the most admired Fortune 500 brands in the world.

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Would you like supplier engagement?: No
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Supplier FAQ's

Aside from the job description, can you provide an overview of what a day for this contractor will look like?
This job requires extreme attention to deal with the ability to pivot to another bid at any moment. Here's what a day in the life looks like for our contractors:
- Start the day by reviewing the list of ongoing RFPs and prioritizing tasks based on deadlines and importance.
- Check Slack and email for any urgent requests or updates from the team or stakeholders.
- Start the day by reviewing the list of ongoing RFPs and prioritizing tasks based on deadlines and importance.
- Assign specific tasks to team members, ensuring everyone is clear on their responsibilities.
- Thoroughly review new RFP documents received, identifying key requirements, evaluation criteria, and deadlines.
- Collaborate with subject matter experts (SMEs) to gather necessary information and content for the proposals.
- Write, edit, and format proposal sections, ensuring clarity, consistency, and alignment with ***’s messaging and branding.
- Conduct internal reviews of draft proposals, incorporating feedback from team members and stakeholders.
- Ensure all content is accurate, compelling, and tailored to the client’s needs.
- Manage the proposal development timeline, ensuring all milestones are met and the final proposal is submitted on time.
- Use ***’s proposal management tools and systems to track progress and maintain documentation.

Please rank your preferred top skill sets:
Must have skills: RFP experience, ideally experience with Public Sector bids. Writing, content management, or editing experience is highly desirable. The candidate must have experience using RFP solutions such as Qvidian or Loopio however we will train this candidate how to use our internal system
Teachable skills: GSuite, Slack

How quickly are you looking to interview/hire? As soon as possible

I understand this is approximately a 12/09/2024 to 06/08/2025 contract. Any possibility of extension or going perm? Correct on the contract timeframe. Extensions are possible as is going perm but at this point all we can confirm is the initial 6 month contract.

This role is located in Texas - Austin Metro - Remote.
Can this position be fully remote? Yes, this is a fully remote role


Any specific time zones this candidate will need to work to accommodate? This person will need to complete an 8 hour day in either the mountain, central or east coast time zones.

How many interview rounds and will there be any assessments? There will be two, possibly three rounds of interviews

Any other critical details to note for our suppliers? The candidate must have prior RFP experience, at least five years of experience is ideal.


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**Actual Job Title:** RFx Bid Manager

*Department Description:*
The Strategic Operations team in ***’s Global Public Sector Business Unit is a growing and cross-functional team. We deliver efficient, proactive, and innovative operational processes, standardization and operational execution for new programs/products, and new go-to-market strategies supporting the growth of the Global Public Sector organization.

*Responsibilities:*

* Be a subject matter expert for all processes unique to the public sector marketplace related to formal RFx responses and other proposals.
* Responsible for supporting the coordination and content response development of public sector tenders, requests for information (RFIs), requests for proposals (RFPs), and other public sector procurement documents and unsolicited proposals for SaaS/PaaS solutions.
* Develop bid/response plan and schedule for all phases of the response development process.
* Manage/track all aspects of content preparation, revision, and submission; collaborate and coordinate inputs from sales, solution engineering, security, legal, and compliance teams; coordinate and communicate with responding partners where required; and coordinate internal content reviews with executive management and legal.
* Structure, write, edit, and format all types of response content (general, functional, technical), tailoring the content around the customer requirements, in a creative, compelling, and compliant manner.
* Participate in the development of written questions to seek clarification from procurement officials throughout the procurement process, and remain current on all amendments and modifications.
* Review and understand customer requirements. Conceptualize and write compelling response content using proposal boilerplate library and developing from scratch as required.
* Help educate the Sales, Solution Engineering and other teams on the RFx process.
* Create and manage RFx boilerplate content repository and library of completed responses in multiple languages.
* Participate in developing and writing proposal win themes and executive summary sections.
* Ability to multi-task and perform in a fast-paced environment, working with a sense of urgency.
* Develop and share best practices with team members to enhance the quality and efficiency.
* Able to manage complex processes, problem solve, adapt to change and communicate effectively with a range of stakeholders.
* Build relationships and work cross-functionally with a diverse set of business partners.


Required Skills & Experience:
* Location: Central and East Coast US Remote
* A broad knowledge of *** applications or transferable job experience for other, similar cloud-based solutions such as Microsoft or Oracle.
* 5+ years of experience in a proposal development/bid management role selling products and services responding to government solicitations under a direct and indirect contracting model
* 5 years of experience in the technology consulting industry in a writing role supporting responses for government organizations
* Experience with technical writing for cloud Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solutions.
* Bachelor degree
* Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point) and Google Suite (Gdocs, Gsheets, Gchat)
* Self motivated to excel in a remote position collaborating effectively with a remote team; possess the ability to work in a fast paced environment with changing priorities and deadlines.
* Ability to work occasional overtime if necessary.

Highly Desirable skills:
* Proven experience with RFPio or similar proposal management software
* APMP certification and/or PMP certification

To know more about current opportunities at LeadStack, please visit us at https://leadstackinc.com/careers/
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