Job Description:
Sharecare is the leading digital health company that helps people – no matter where they are in their health journey – unify and manage all their health in one place. Our comprehensive and data-driven virtual health platform is designed to help people, providers, employers, health plans, government organizations, and communities optimize individual and population-wide well-being by driving positive behavior change. Driven by our philosophy that we are all together better, at Sharecare, we are committed to supporting each individual through the lens of their personal health and making high-quality care more accessible and affordable for everyone. To learn more, visit www.sharecare.com .
Job Summary:
The Senior Proposal Writer is directly responsible for all facets of proposal writing for Sharecare, including working with a diverse, multifaceted team for strategy development and completing and submitting Sharecare proposal responses.
Essential Job Functions:
- Lead development and writing of proposals as assigned
- Coach writers, lead relationship with business leaders, and complete proposal management tasks
- Lead the detailed analysis of all proposal requirements documents, including RFP/RFQ/RFI, SOW, model contract
- Collaborate with sales and subject matter experts to create a win strategy for specific opportunities. Ensure that the strategy and its resultant tactics are infused throughout the proposal
- Schedule and lead discovery sessions with sales and subject matter experts to draft new content and to refine content according to the sales strategy for a specified customer
- Write new content and rewrite existing content to reflect win strategy for a specifical proposal, adhering to writing standards
- Contribute to ensuring database content is up-to-date and correct
- Perform copy edit on other writers’ content as assigned
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- A bachelor’s degree in business, communications, English or related field, or equivalent experience.
- Four to five years’ experience writing health care proposals, including significant experience creating and managing new content in collaboration with SMEs
- Experienced proposal writer (writing samples required), including editing content drawn from a content management database and/or recent proposals to tailor responses to requesting organization’s stated questions, goals and objectives
- Must demonstrate advanced writing skills such as: editing content drawn from a content management database and/or recent proposals to tailor responses to a specific proposal, reflecting the requesting organization’s questions, goals and objectives; conveying complex ideas in a logical sequence that reviewers can understand; writing concisely and clearly; identifying missing information, inconsistencies in tone or audience and taking initiative to correct
- Healthcare experience, including with a payor or provider organization, or employee benefits management with a large employer
- Strong interpersonal skills and experience facilitating group meetings or group projects.
- Familiarity with proposal management tools and willingness to lead proposal developments as assigned
- Preferred: experience in government-sponsored health care
Specific Skills/ Attributes:
- Demonstrates enthusiasm for working in an intensive, deadline-driven and high-profile role.
- Identifies what needs to be done and takes action before being asked, when the situation requires.
- Establishes credibility and rapport quickly across organizational boundaries.
- Ability to build trust with colleagues and customers by:
- Taking responsibility for completion and quality of work.
- Being a self-starter, taking initiative and working efficiently and independently.
- Demonstrating honesty, keeping commitments and behaving in a consistent manner.
- Understanding and responding to customer needs.
- Demonstrates analytical thinking, such as:
- Ability to communicate the customer’s needs and historical context to team members (i.e. SME) to obtain the most complete and relevant information required to develop a response.
- Notice discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information and brings it to light.
- Thinks expansively by combining ideas in unique ways or making connections between disparate ideas.
- Ability to think strategically and offer input on unique ways to solve a problem.
- Demonstrates advanced writing skills such as:
- Convey complex ideas in a logical sequence that others can understand.
- Tailors writing to effectively reach the intended audience.
- Presents information, analysis and ideas in writing in a clear and convincing manner.
- Organizes written ideas clearly and directs the reader (i.e. through an introductory paragraph or use of headings).
- Uses appropriate writing style consistent with organizational guidelines.
- Uses graphics and other aids to clarify complex or technical information.
- Pays close attention to quality and accuracy such as:
- Sets high standards of work performance for self.
- Reviews products or materials for quality.
- Ensures that all details of a task are accomplished.
- Ability to work long hours without losing effectiveness.
- Works collaboratively in a team environment. Values the team and shared success.
- Ability to quickly learn and apply new concepts, processes, etc.
- Seeks out opportunities to improve, streamline and re-invent work processes.
- Uses resources efficiently.
- Continually seeks opportunities to improve skills and expand job-related knowledge.
Sharecare and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers and E-Verify users. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, equal pay, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or other status protected under applicable law.
Sharecare is an Equal Opportunity Employer and doesn’t discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status,or other non-merit factor.