Burns & McDonnell
Proposal Strategist - Onsite Energy & Power (Raleigh)
Burns & McDonnell, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, 27601
**Description**Great proposals are essential to our success, so we are looking for a proposal strategist, experienced in the District Energy / Utilities / Decarbonization market to join our team who will bring outstanding creative, organizational, and interpersonal skills to support pursuit teams nationally through challenging requirements and overlapping schedules. This position will lead proposal efforts for the OnSite Energy & Power Lane of the Global Facilities global practice in collaboration with marketing, pursuit, and project management leadership to develop quality Statement of Qualifications, Proposals, Presentations, and marketing materials.+ Manage proposal development efforts from initial capture through shortlist interview, including developing and documenting proposal management plans, compliance matrices, draft storyboards, proposal outlines, proposal/win themes, proposal team assignments, data call requests, and shortlist interview presentations and leave-behinds.+ Work collaboratively with project management, technical and proposal teams to support and manage the development of marketing and pursuit materials under tight deadlines.+ Write and edit proposal content and participate in proposal reviews to confirm materials stay on message, meet client requirements, and adhere to a firmwide style and branding guidelines.+ Schedule and facilitate go/no-go meetings, proposal kickoff meetings, technical solutioning sessions, and shortlist interview prep meetings as needed.+ Lead the development of graphics, including organizational charts, infographics and presentations/shortlist interviews presentations with visuals that support strategic messaging.+ Plan, coordinate and execute client events, tradeshows, and conferences, working closely with internal business development professionals and external vendors.+ Lead data management activities including maintaining up-to-date project descriptions, knowledge management systems, content libraries, and CRM entries.+ Oversee the closing of project deliverables.+ Manage the submittal completion of industry awards (ACEC, ENR, Topping Out, etc.) for local trade or national trade publications.+ Support internal/external communications.+ Attend professional associations, conferences, and build professional networks.+ All other duties as assigned.**Qualifications**+ Bachelor's Degree in marketing, communications, business administration, or related field and 4 years in marketing, business development, or sales with a professional services firm. Experience at an A/E firm preferred.+ Applicable years of experience may be substituted for degree requirement.+ Excellent written & verbal communication skills.+ Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop experience preferred.+ Certified Proposal Management Professional, APMP or SMPS certification or equivalent preferred.This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filledEEO/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans**Job** Business Development/Sales**Primary Location** US-NC-Raleigh**Schedule:** Full-time**Travel:** Yes, 10 % of the Time**Req ID:** 244383**Job Hire Type** Experienced #LI-JNH #GFS