Associate Director – Proposals/RFIs
Syneos Health
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: North Carolina • United States
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About the role
- Carries out vision and strategic objectives, motivates and enables the team to perform to a consistently high standard
- Recommends courses of action on salary administration, interviewing and selection, terminations, professional development, performance appraisals, position description preparation, and employee counseling.
- Works with and advises staff on administrative policies and procedures, technical problems, priorities and methods.
- Acts as an ambassador for the team and owns a function (training, smaller therapeutic area, triage, etc.) under the leadership of the Director to drive communications between Proposals and other Departments - influencing, communicating and negotiating.
- Strategically and independently develops long term initiatives based on business unit/team priorities that align with leadership vision to drive ongoing improvement/growth.
- Ensures high quality and timely delivery, through direct involvement on key deliverables, providing strategic input, oversight of the management team, and ensuring that quality control processes are followed.
- Actively participate in training and mentoring of junior staff across team, providing motivation and promoting staff retention.
- Monitors subordinate team's workload ensuring timelines are being met, issue resolution etc. - participates in workload management discussions.
- Communicates and enforces departmental processes, ensuring adequate training is available and that processes are in compliance with corporate policies and local regulations.
- Works with management team and other relevant parties within the Company as required to streamline budget and proposal tools, ensuring accurate bidding and the production of high-quality proposals.
- Continually evaluates and recommends alternative approaches and/or technologies to improve the overall proposal processes.
- Provides updates to management regarding department budget, progress, key performance indicator targets, achievements, and business issues.
- Participates in departmental initiatives and process improvements.
- Attends client meetings as needed.
- Performs other work-related duties as assigned. Minimal travel may be required (up to 25%)
Requirements
- Carries out vision and strategic objectives
- motivates and enables the team to perform to a consistently high standard
- Recommends courses of action on salary administration, interviewing and selection, terminations, professional development, performance appraisals, position description preparation, and employee counseling.
- Works with and advises staff on administrative policies and procedures, technical problems, priorities and methods.
- Acts as an ambassador for the team and owns a function (training, smaller therapeutic area, triage, etc.) under the leadership of the Director to drive communications between Proposals and other Departments.
- Influencing, communicating and negotiating
- Develops long term initiatives based on business unit/team priorities
- Ensures high quality and timely delivery
- Actively participate in training and mentoring of junior staff
Benefits
- company car or car allowance
- Health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision
- Company match 401k
- eligibility to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and individual performance
- flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
salary administrationinterviewingselectionterminationsprofessional developmentperformance appraisalsposition description preparationemployee counselingbudget managementproposal development
Soft Skills
motivating teamsstrategic thinkingcommunicationinfluencingnegotiatingmentoringtrainingproblem-solvingworkload managementprocess improvement