Proposal Coordinator supporting Vertex’s environmental services proposals and business development team. Coordinating bids, technical content, reviews, submissions, and proposal process improvements.
About the role
- Principal Proposal Leader leading complex infrastructure pursuits for Arcadis’ sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy business. Developing winning strategies, proposals, interviews, and partner collaboration.
Responsibilities
- Lead proposal development for significant and complex pursuits, including alternative delivery procurements, public-private partnerships, joint ventures, and multi-partner infrastructure opportunities
- Manage a portfolio of high-value pursuits at various development stages
- Shape winning strategies and client-focused proposals for transformational infrastructure programs and enterprise-critical opportunities
- Lead pursuits from early planning through proposal submission, interviews, and handover to project delivery teams
- Serve as proposal leader, partnering with Pursuit Leaders and subject matter experts to align strategy, messaging, and client-focused solutions
- Own proposal planning and execution, including proposal plans, content development, response structure, review process, document quality, and submission readiness
- Ensure alignment with client requirements, evaluation criteria, win strategies, and governance processes
- Coordinate multidisciplinary teams including technical, graphic design, external partners, contractors, commercial, finance, legal, risk, and Global Excellence Center resources
- Lead interview preparation, presentation development, message refinement, coaching, and panel rehearsals
- Support pursuit governance, documentation, decision tracking, action tracking, and strategy communication
- Promote proposal best practices, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement
- Mentor and support pursuit and proposal professionals
- Support transition of won pursuits to project delivery teams
Requirements
- Experience leading major, high-value, strategically significant pursuits in infrastructure, transportation, water, environmental, buildings, energy, or related sectors
- Experience managing complex, multidisciplinary pursuits involving multiple business units, sectors, partners, contractors, and consultants
- Experience as a Proposal Lead, Proposal Manager, Bid Manager, or similar leadership role on large, complex pursuits
- Knowledge of alternative delivery and collaborative delivery models, including Design-Build, Progressive Design-Build, CM/GC, P3, DBFOM, or similar approaches
- Knowledge of proposal strategy, answer planning, review management, compliance, proposal storytelling, and bid production best practices
- Success developing pursuit strategies, win themes, proposals, interviews, and client presentations
- Excellent communication, facilitation, writing, editing, and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to influence and collaborate with senior leaders, technical specialists, and client-facing teams
- Ability to manage competing priorities, complexity, tight deadlines, and diverse stakeholder expectations
- Experience mentoring pursuit professionals and contributing to team capability development
- Proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly InDesign, Microsoft Office, and related platforms
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Relevant professional certification and/or chartered status preferred
- APMP Practitioner certification preferred
Benefits
- Equal opportunity and affirmative action employer
- Meaningful work delivering sustainable solutions
- Career development and skills-based career path opportunities
- Inclusive workplace and non-discrimination commitment
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