Proposals Manager

Everest Clinical Research

Contracts and Proposals Manager at Everest Clinical Research drives proposal development and project contracting. Collaborating with internal teams and external clients to deliver high-quality proposals.

Posted 5/12/2026full-timeRemote • New Jersey • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $95,000 - $145,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

owns the end-to-end intake and delivery of project/opportunity proposals, enabling responsive and customer focused solutions
driving cross functional collaboration, input and review, and ensuring organizational goals and strategies are reflected
interacts closely with both external customers and internal stakeholders to analyze clinical research protocols and opportunity and client requirements
drive and develop on-time, high quality, functionally and technically sound proposals comprising of project/opportunity budgets, written proposals, responses to Request for Information questionnaires, and ongoing iterations of budgets and contracts through to contract finalization
acts as a central bid leader to plan, notify, coordinate and follow up with internal Everest solutions teams and external parties such as clients and third-party vendors to provide customized and proposal specific budgets, responses, and delivery strategies as input to the proposal development process
supports the coordination and execution of bid defense meetings, project contracting, transition of key information to project delivery teams

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelors’ degree in health, physical/biological/chemistry sciences, pharmaceutical sciences, or business fields with substantial experience in the subject matter
6 years or more in related proposal writing and/or clinical research budget analysis roles in contract research environments
Hands-on experience for the development of clinical trial services budgets, their key estimating factors that drive costing, and effective quality check processes
Strong customer-facing communication and coordination skills – responsive, high quality, customer-focused, strategic
High quality written communications for proposal writing – good logical orientation, succinct but information business writing, attention to detail for formatting, structure, tone, and quantitative data
Demonstrated experience and ability to persevere and meet tight proposal/submission timelines on an occasional basis
Ability to discern and recommend pricing strategies and approaches based on information gathered independently on a prospective client, as well as information gathered during interactions with the client
Ability to support development of well-planned and effective bid defense PowerPoint presentations, taking input from functional leaders and subject matter advisors.

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, dental, and vision coverage
life & AD&D insurance
short- and long-term disability
tuition reimbursement
fitness reimbursement
employee assistance program (EAP)
401(k) retirement / pension plan
generous paid time off and sick leave
performance based bonus

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Hard Skills & Tools

proposal writingclinical research budget analysisclinical trial services budgetingquality check processespricing strategiesPowerPoint presentations

Soft Skills

customer-facing communicationcoordination skillsattention to detaillogical orientationsuccinct business writingstrategic thinkingperseverancetime management

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in health sciencesBachelor's degree in biological sciencesBachelor's degree in chemistry sciencesBachelor's degree in pharmaceutical sciencesBachelor's degree in business