Proposal Director

JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way.  

Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people and empowering them to thrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong.  Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward.

• Manage the successful development of compliant, competitive, cogent, and compelling proposals through effective collaboration across teams that include sales, pricing, solution management, leadership, internal SMEs and in-country teams across the region.
• Apply experience and best practices in proposal team management to ensure the timely delivery of proposal submissions that are fully compliant with solicitation instructions.
• Lead and analyze RFI, RFQ, RFPs and other bid documents for requirements.
• Develop the proposal schedule, outline, compliance matrix, and proposal development plans.
• Establish and maintain the Teams collaboration site for each proposal.
• Work with the core pursuit team (sales, solutions, and pricing) to determine author assignments and integrate win strategy, themes, and discriminators into proposal.
• Provide insight, leadership, and work guidance to authors on all proposal content.
• Take ownership of the quality of the proposal for reviews and final delivery by performing rigorous quality assurance checks on draft and final documents.
• Prepare and lead efficient Proposal Kickoff meetings and daily status calls
• Conduct activities required to successfully perform reviews and debrief to authors.
• Manage the development of oral presentations, discussions, and proposal revisions.
• Ensure the high-quality content and appearance of final proposal deliverables.
• Conduct and document proposal lessons learned and implement actions to improve process efficiency.
• Coordinate and support the production, reproduction, binding, and packaging in finalizing the proposal submission and response processes.

• Either personally own or work with creative teams to enhance visual impact of tender responses / presentations

What are the key responsibilities associated with this job?

• Coordinate the development of clear, articulate, and winning  proposals and presentations to our prospective clients.
• Partner with sales leaders, functional/technical subject matter experts and marketing to put forth a tailored, competitive proposal for each qualified prospective client.
• Participate as part of the Sales Enablement Team with their peers across the globe to ensure that there is an ongoing exchange of solutions best practices across the business. 
• Ability to question and probe proposed solutions to further refine client offerings
• Ability to work on multiple concurrent projects; ability to adapt to various people and working styles under tight deadlines.
• Possess excellent leadership, communication, prioritization, and organizational skills.
• Editing skills; excellent knowledge of grammar and punctuation.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Teams software and willing to demonstrate this ability through a written task as part of the interview process
• Experience interviewing subject matter experts to support the proposal writing process.

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If this job description resonates with you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all of the requirements.  We’re interested in getting to know you and what you bring to the table!

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