Deloitte

Are you passionate about managing a process related to proposals and business development? Is project coordination in a high-volume, fast paced environment one of your strengths? Are you a self-starter, but also enjoy working with dynamic teams? If so, we’re looking for talent like you to join our team!

While experience providing project management and coordination support on bids/proposals in a business development environment is ideal, it is not necessary. Neither is a background in consulting, accounting, finance or tax. We offer robust onboarding and training that will prepare you to be successful in our organization by focusing on how to leverage the skills and strengths you bring.

To see what it’s like to work in pursuits at Deloitte and how you fit in, please watch this brief video: https://bcove.video/3Df4Pji

The Team

US Pursuit Management is a full-service group of pursuit managers, graphic designers, editors, project managers/coordinators, multimedia specialists, and researchers who directly support client service teams in differentiating Deloitte and winning more business. We deliver support throughout the proposal process, from scoping meetings and written proposal submission through orals preparation and debriefing. This includes developing strategic win themes and written, oral, and visual messaging used consistently in all prospect interactions and pursuit deliverables, as well as facilitating a smooth, rigorous pursuit process.

The successful candidate will possess:

• Ability to work in a matrixed and fast-paced environment and build trusted relationships across a diverse group of stakeholders, across multiple geographies (including the United States, Costa Rica, and India)
• An understanding of how to communicate priorities, mitigate impacts, and manage multiple technical projects with competing deadlines and stakeholders, and where requirements often change.

 

Work you’ll do

The Pursuit Project Management Senior Specialist will provide project management expertise to Pursuit teams to increase the overall efficiency of complex proposal efforts.

Plan:

• Understand RFP requirements and project objectives and appropriately assign tasks
• Assess activity effort and create overall project schedules
• Establish clear and realistic objectives to drive pursuit process efficiency
• Demonstrate leadership and teamwork through active participation in large project/pursuit planning meetings
• Develop project management tools and leverage existing Pursuit Management best practices
• Interact with Knowledge Management group to gather research and competitive intelligence

Implement:

• Manage overall process for the client and internal teams according to schedule to ensure timely completion of key activities
• Gather boilerplate responses that may require slight customization
• Manage issue escalation and response
• Balance priorities and provide regular communication and updates to teams
• Manage deliverables, production, and delivery logistics to ensure pursuit response is received on-schedule in accordance with client requirements

Quality Control:

• Oversee and administer document revision control, review content for accuracy, adherence to brand and legal compliance and editorial guidelines, and consistency in message and style
• Collaborate with team to achieve on-time completion with a high level of quality; conduct quality control reviews throughout the various drafts of the proposal

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of project management experience
• Bachelor’s degree or technical high school equivalent for Costa Rica
• PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills: Exceptional Excel skills and the ability to manage large evolving data sets
• Proficiency with project management tools and methodologies
• Strong English communication, writing, and editing skills, with a keen eye for detail.
• Team-oriented with the ability to work with people at all levels
• Grace under pressure and the ability to thrive in a demanding, deadline-driven environment
• Attention to detail and excellent follow-up skills
• Proven ability to juggle multiple projects simultaneously
• Must be legally authorized to work in the Costa Rica without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in professional services environment.
• Bid/proposal development project management experience.