Senior Proposal Manager

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Responsibilities include managing the overall RFP process flow for assigned projects, developing proposal schedules and timelines, coordinating with key personnel, maintaining draft version control, reporting upon proposal status, ensuring compliance with RFP/RFI requirements, and managing the proposal through to completion. The Senior Proposal Manager will conduct self-reviews of their own work and if requested by management team, reviews of their peers' work, to ensure quality, accuracy, formatting, consistency, and adherence to firms' compliance, style, branding, processes, and quality/performance standards. The ability to work well under pressure, simultaneously manage multiple project timelines, work efficiently, and move fluidly between responsibilities is critical to performing successfully in this role. The Senior Proposal Manager must develop and foster effective partnerships throughout the organization and work well in a team-oriented environment. 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title: 'Senior Proposal Manager'
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# Senior Proposal Manager

- Location: Pittsburgh, PA (Remote)
- Employment type: Full-Time
- Category: Marketing, Comm., & Sales
- Shift: Day Job
- Business unit: ST Health Health Plan
- Pay: $38.12–$65.95 / hr
- Organization: SFX Demo
- Posted: 2026-03-13T12:30:29.32Z

## Description

ST Health Health Plan has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Proposal Manager in the Marketing Communications department! This is a remote position. Travel to office may be needed based on business needs.

The Senior Proposal Manager is responsible for overseeing activities related to RFP/RFI development for a specified line of business, as assigned. They will utilize existing content and templates to craft high quality standard proposals that showcase the firms' products, services, and value propositions. The Senior Proposal Manager will be responsible for responding to the most complex strategic proposals/RFPs/RFIs for high profile/high revenue/high value clients/prospects that utilize prospect/market intelligence, subject matter experts (SMEs), positioning, messaging, brand management, differentiation and our content library. Responsibilities include managing the overall RFP process flow for assigned projects, developing proposal schedules and timelines, coordinating with key personnel, maintaining draft version control, reporting upon proposal status, ensuring compliance with RFP/RFI requirements, and managing the proposal through to completion. The Senior Proposal Manager will conduct self-reviews of their own work and if requested by management team, reviews of their peers' work, to ensure quality, accuracy, formatting, consistency, and adherence to firms' compliance, style, branding, processes, and quality/performance standards. The ability to work well under pressure, simultaneously manage multiple project timelines, work efficiently, and move fluidly between responsibilities is critical to performing successfully in this role. The Senior Proposal Manager must develop and foster effective partnerships throughout the organization and work well in a team-oriented environment. They will also serve as a consultant and resource to Proposal Development's management team (director, senior manager/manager or team leads). The Senior Proposal Manager is responsible for supporting ongoing process improvements and reporting on key proposal metrics for their specified product lines. In addition, the Senior Proposal Manager also exercises leadership responsibilities by mentoring members of the team about their specified product lines. The Senior Proposal Manager must be able to balance the responsibilities of strategic proposal development, serve in a leadership capacity, and support departmental process improvements.
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