Proposal Manager

Summary

Panorama Education is seeking a Proposal Manager to join its Revenue team and support the end-to-end proposal writing process. The role involves managing RFPs, coordinating cross-functional stakeholders, developing compelling proposal content, and creating scalable knowledge management systems to improve response speed and quality.

Responsibilities

• Co-own content-writing and knowledge management for Panorama’s responses to RFPs along with others on the RFP team
• Manage complex projects with tight timelines and multiple stakeholders
• Analyze incoming RFPs, RFQs, and RFIs to determine products required, level of effort, necessary team involvement, and any company requirements
• Partner cross-functionally with Client Success, Engineering, Operations, Product, and Research teams to craft compelling, accurate responses that win proposals
• Ensure that our proposals are accurately compiled and submitted, and (if needed)printed, and bound according to specifications; ship and track final copies to ensure their timely delivery
• Coordinate RFP follow up and preparation for presentations to districts and state education agencies that have invited us to demonstrate our products after evaluating our proposals
• Develop a scalable process and knowledge management system with others on the RFP team so that Panorama can respond to RFPs with increasing speed, including creating, updating and storing documentation and collateral (e.g., updating our RFP content library)
• Support Outreach team with content development for sales collateral, as needed
• Manage the completion of compliance forms and vendor questionnaires

Skills

• 3-5 years of experience writing technical proposals, managing end to end RFP processes
• Strong writing ability and love for writing, particularly technical writing
• Excellent collaboration and project management skills
• Ability to communicate key information quickly and effectively at the “headline” and detail level
• Detail-oriented; comfortable following complex instructions and managing other people to deadlines; great proofreading and copyediting skills
• Ability to write persuasively about technical and business products and services
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines
• Ability to work on multiple proposals simultaneously
• A passion for making an impact in education

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 3-5 years of experience writing technical proposals, managing end to end RFP processes
• Strong writing ability and love for writing, particularly technical writing
• Excellent collaboration and project management skills
• Ability to communicate key information quickly and effectively at the “headline” and detail level
• Detail-oriented; comfortable following complex instructions and managing other people to deadlines; great proofreading and copyediting skills
• Ability to write persuasively about technical and business products and services
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines
• Ability to work on multiple proposals simultaneously
• A passion for making an impact in education

Benefits

• Annual bonuses or commission awards
• Equity awards
• 401K with an employer match
• Health, dental, vision, life insurance, and short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• Flexible spending account for health care and dependent care
• Wellness Reimbursement
• Work from Home Reimbursement
• Flexible vacation policy
• Parental leave program
• Company Issued Laptop
• Remote work