Proposal Manager

GP Strategies Corporation is one of the world's leading talent transformation providers. By delivering award-winning learning and development solutions, we help organizations transform through their people and achieve meaningful change. GP Strategies has delivered our innovative consulting, learning services, and talent technology solutions to over 6,000 organizations globally. From our global experience working across thousands of projects and initiatives over the past 55 years, we've learned that relationships, business, work, innovation, strategy, and transformation are all about people. And, to put it simply, GP Strategies is about our people - an extensive global network of learning experts. Additional information can be found at www.gpstrategies.com.Job DescriptionThe Proposal Manager is a multi-faceted professional who drives pre‑RFP strategy, facilitates high‑stakes internal workshops, and manages the proposal lifecycle with ruthless project discipline. You will help set win themes, run color‑team/gate reviews and deliver compelling submissions and presentations. You’ll also deploy generative AI (including light agent creation) to compress timelines, strengthen compliance, and lift quality, while raising the bar on stakeholder engagement and measurable win‑rate improvement.Mandatory: Advanced English fluencyKey responsibilities:Shape pursuits pre‑RFP: help develop communication plans, competitor/stakeholder analyses; translate into win themes and storyboards.Design and facilitate decisive workshops producing clear decisions, actions, and ownership.Own schedule and delivery end‑to‑end: critical‑path planning, dependency and change control, risk management, and on‑time submission.Write, edit, and architect evaluator‑centric narratives; set document structure, look & feel; brief designers and run final quality gates.Operationalise GenAI across the pursuit: prompt patterns, grounded answering/retrieval, critique loops; maintain prompt/answer libraries for reuse.Build/maintain light agents to automate intake triage, boilerplate retrieval, compliance checks, and meeting prep; track adoption and impact.Curate best‑practice content and case evidence for intelligent reuse; maintain versioning and metadata hygiene for rapid assembly.Run post‑pursuit lessons learned and analytics on cycle time, iteration count, compliance/quality issues; feed improvements back into the team.Skills and experience required:Demonstrable previous experience of managing complex pursuits/proposals with mastery of the end-to-end bid lifecycle.Facilitation excellenceRuthless project/programme managementGenAI fluency for proposals (prompting, grounded answer generation, critique/improve loops) and a willingness to build light agentsCompelling writing and editorial discipline; ability to partner with designers to elevate structure, visuals, and brand alignment.Stakeholder influence at senior levels; calm, candid, and data‑driven under tight deadlines.Advanced Microsoft 365 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams); strong habits for version control and secure collaboration.Fluent in English (verbal/written)Desirable skills and experience:Proven experience in working in close collaboration with Marketing and /or Revenue Operations functionsExperience coordinating global, multi‑cultural pursuits and oralsAn interest in and understanding of bid and pursuit best practices and industry developmentsWith more than 4000 employees in over 30 countries, diversity at GP Strategies is second nature! Beyond our locations, our culture focuses on performance and revolves around respect, fairness, and working collaboratively to achieve our goals. We support our People, no matter who they are or where they are from, because we all have valuable and unique perspectives and approaches. That's how great ideas are born, which enable us to work smarter.GP Strategies is committed and proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other federally protected class.