Proposal Manager

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

At LinkedIn, we trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams. This role offers a hybrid work option, meaning you can both work from home and commute to a LinkedIn office, depending on what’s best for you and when it is important for your team to be together.

Are you looking to become an indispensable asset to our global sales team — one who regularly saves the day with a creative knack for building strategic, well-positioned sales proposals? At LinkedIn, the Proposal Manager serves as the hub for each pursuit, injecting strategy, solutions knowledge, and process into the fast-moving, high wire act known as proposal development.

As a core part of the global Deal Desk team, you’ll get to own proposal development, from content creation and design to cross-functional coordination with SMEs and LinkedIn leadership. The ideal candidate will instill confidence throughout the pre-sale process with an ability to craft compelling content, a fierce dedication to the highest quality at every level, a team-driven mindset to partner with the sales opportunity owner, and the ability to manage a high volume of proposals on a flexible schedule to drive success on a global scale.

Responsibilities

• Own pre-sale proposal development from end-to-end — strategy, project management, writing, editing, and delivery
• Management of deliverables in response to RFPs, RFIs, RFQs, PQQs, proactive requests, etc.
• Become an expert on LinkedIn SaaS solutions, including messaging and positioning, product/technical details, competition, methodology, and sales offering (products include LinkedIn Sales Navigator, LinkedIn Learning, LinkedIn Hiring Solutions, and more)
• Forge relationships with subject matter experts to continually build and refresh the content library 
• Leverage and reactively update content within our request for proposal (RFP) management software (Responsive)
• Serve as the go-to point person for agile proposal support across multiple time zones
• Collaborate with a broad team on creative tasks surrounding topics that stretch the limits of your comfort zone

Basic Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience supporting pre-sale and proposal efforts

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in a SaaS software environment (proposal management software experience is seen as a benefit)
• Experience supporting pre-sale and proposal / bid response efforts
• Superior writing and editing skills. Must be able to write and edit concisely, with an ability to quickly grasp and communicate technical concepts.
• Strong sense of ownership over a flawless proposal product, including attention to detail, commitment to deadlines, and a customer-service orientation
• Strong ability to problem-solve and exercise judgment on a regular basis with minimal oversight
• Highly responsive — hungry to meet compressed timelines and multiple, concurrent projects
• Excellent computer software skills (MS Office, OneDrive, Google Suite, Adobe InDesign, MS Dynamics); ability to adapt to new, technology-driven tools and processes
• Experience / familiarity with LinkedIn products is seen as a benefit
• Fluency in a language other than English is seen as a benefit
• Collaborative team player with excellent listening, communication, and organizational skills
• Flexible schedule to accommodate occasional meetings outside of 9-5 hours
• The personality to dream big, get the job done, and have fun!

Suggested Skills: 

• Writing and editing
• Project management
• Software savvy

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