Description

Proposal Writer

Syneos Health® is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities.  

Every day we perform better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. We bring a wide range of talented experts together across a wide range of business-critical services that support our business. Every role within Corporate is vital to furthering our vision of Shortening the Distance from Lab to Life®.

Discover what our 29,000 employees, across 110 countries already know: 
WORK HERE MATTERS EVERYWHERE

Why Syneos Health

We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program. We are committed to our Total Self culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people.  We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because when we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives – we’re able to create a place where everyone feels like they belong. JOB SUMMARY 

Creates win strategies highlighting key selling points and execution strategies based on input from business development (BD) and business unit (BU) leadership for strategic partnership, must-win, and/or complex programmatic opportunities. Develops customized executive summaries and targeted proposal text across all therapeutic areas, functions and phases of development. 

Job responsibilities 
•    Works collaboratively with internal stakeholders (e.g., BD, BU, functional, medical, finance, and proposals leads) to develop creative strategies that effectively articulate customer needs and win themes critical to generating new business awards.
•    Conducts qualitative and quantitative research to create customized and compelling business development documents focused on client solutions that highlight company differentiation, innovation and operational strategy.
•    Produces high quality, customer-specific deliverables aligned with Syneos Health corporate strategy, metrics, style and branding parameters.
•    Ensures effective communication among internal stakeholders throughout the process so that the strategy drives the project and the final document achieves its goals.
•    Meets deadlines consistently by establishing priorities and target dates for document contributions, review, and approval by key stakeholders including executive leadership.

At Syneos Health, we believe in providing an environment and culture in which Our People can thrive, develop and advance. We reward and recognize our people by providing valuable benefits and a quality-of-life balance.   The benefits for this position include a 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, and flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time.  Because certain states and municipalities have regulated paid sick time requirements, eligibility for paid sick time may vary depending on where you work. Syneos complies with all applicable federal, state, and municipal paid sick time requirements.

 

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $69,567 to $89,733. The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high of the Syneos Health range for this position.  Actual salary will vary based on various factors such as the candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role.

Qualifications

What we’re looking for
•    BA/BS in life sciences, marketing, communications, business administration or a related discipline. Experience in the CRO, pharmaceutical, or biotechnology industry including technical writing, communications, or marketing experience. Proposal and contract experience strongly preferred.
•    Basic knowledge of the drug development process including functional operations and regulatory guidelines and directives.
•    Demonstrated ability to evaluate scientific and business information (e.g., clinical trial protocols) and use conclusions to write persuasive and technical sales documents.
•    Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft® Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint). Experience with SharePoint and additional industry-related tools preferred. 
•    Excellent oral and written communication skills; fluent in reading, writing, and speaking English.
•    Strong project and process management skills with ability to lead and mentor others.
•    Strong interpersonal, organizational, analytical and negotiation skills. 
•    Ability to work under pressure in a deadline driven environment while maintaining accuracy, quality, and detail.
•    Resourceful and proactive with proven ability to handle multiple competing priorities simultaneously
•    Keen observer, listener, and communicator with problem solving abilities.
•    Strong orientation toward customer service and high level of personal responsibility and quality  

Get to know Syneos Health
Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.

No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health.

Additional Information:
Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive.  The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities.  Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description.  The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above.   Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract.  Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms.  Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees.  The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.