Manager, Proposal Services

Manager, Proposal Services

Location: Remote, USA

Employment Type: Full-Time

Compensation: $105,000.00 - $130,000.00 (Range applies to US candidates only) + Benefits/Variable Comp/Equity - Range may vary based on experience.

Benefits Offered: Vision, Medical, Life, Dental, 401K

Summary

OneStream is looking for a Manager, Proposal Services to lead and mentor our proposal writing team in managing high-stakes RFI/RFP projects from start to finish. The ideal candidate will focus on continuous improvement, develop proposal templates, and efficiently manage multiple assignments in a fast-paced environment. Strong attention to detail is essential.

The Manager, Proposal Services is responsible for overseeing a North American based team of Proposal Writers to ensure adequate balance of workload and assignment of incoming RFX requests. Additionally, this position develops and motivates staff maximizing their individual contribution, professional growth, and performance.

The ideal candidate location is based in Central or Eastern time zones.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Mentorship and Project Management: Lead and mentor a team of proposal writers, overseeing high-stakes RFI/RFP projects from initial sales receipt through to final submission, ensuring timely and compliant responses.
• RFX Coordination: Strategically coordinate RFX request assignments and manage internal deadlines to deliver high-quality, compliant responses.
• Strategic Engagement: Actively participate in team alignment calls and strategy discussions to clarify the scope of work, gather business insights, establish internal milestones, identify key messages and differentiators, and develop compelling win themes.
• Collaboration and Efficiency: Oversee internal-facing collateral, fostering alignment and enhancing efficiency within the team.
• Detail-Oriented Communication: Maintain a strong attention to detail while driving effective communication between the Proposals team and other departments, influencing stakeholders, and enhancing collaboration.
• Knowledge Library Management: Help the Content Manager maintain and improve the proposal knowledge library.
• Continuous Improvement: Develop and sustain proposal templates, tools, and knowledge repositories that foster ongoing improvement in our proposal processes.
• Workload Management: Proactively manage multiple proposal assignments and additional tasks as necessary, thriving in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Communications, English, Marketing, or related field, or equivalent work experience as a proposal manager.
• 3-5 years' experience managing complex proposals in a fast-paced, B2B environment - SaaS technology strongly preferred.
• 1-3 years of people management experience.

Preferred Education and Experience

• Understanding of cloud/SaaS technology.
• Experience with salesforce.com.
• Experience with Ombud or other proposal software.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate, mentor, and empower a team of individual contributors to achieve departmental goals and objectives.
• Able to effectively prioritize among multiple, competing, high-priority RFI/RFP responses.
• Self-motivated and self-managed, with an ownership mentality.
• Excellent communicator (written and oral), able to translate complicated ideas into language easily understood by others.
• Exceptional organizational and project management skills.
• Strict attention to detail and accuracy and superior project and time management skills.
• Ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders at a given time.
• Team player, able to work both collaboratively and independently.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position is responsible for managing a North American based team of Proposal Writers to ensure an adequate balance of workload and assignment of incoming RFX Requests, and developing and motivating staff, maximizing their individual contribution, professional growth and performance.

Who We Are

OneStream is how today's Finance teams can go beyond just reporting on the past and Take Finance Further by steering the business to the future. It's the only enterprise finance platform that unifies financial and operational data, embeds AI for better decisions and productivity, and empowers the CFO to become a critical driver of business strategy and execution. Our vision is to be the operating system for modern finance, digitizing core financial functions and empowering the CFO to become a critical driver of business strategy. To learn more visit www.onestream.com.

Why Join The OneStream Team

• Transparency around corporate structure, salary, and benefits
• Core value of customer success
• Variety of project work (not industry-specific)
• Strong culture and camaraderie
• Multiple training opportunities

Benefits at OneStream
OneStream employees are passionate, hardworking individuals who go above and beyond to keep our customers happy and follow through on our mission statement. They consistently deliver the best and in turn, we make every effort to keep them cared for and happy. A sample of the benefits we provide are:

• Excellent Medical Plan
• Dental & Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short & Long Term Disability
• Vacation Time
• Paid Holidays
• Professional Development
• Retirement Plan

All candidates must be legally authorized to work for any company in the country where this position is located without sponsorship.

OneStream is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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