Proposal Development, Specialist

Acentra Health exists to empower better health outcomes through technology, services, and clinical expertise. Our mission is to innovate health solutions that deliver maximum value and impact.

Lead the Way is our rallying cry at Acentra Health. Think of it as an open invitation to embrace the mission of the company; to actively engage in problem-solving; and to take ownership of your work every day. Acentra Health offers you unparalleled opportunities. In fact, you have all you need to take charge of your career and accelerate better outcomes - making this a great time to join our team of passionate individuals dedicated to being a vital partner for health solutions in the public sector.

Acentra Health is looking for a Proposal Development, Specialist to join our growing team.

Job Summary:

We are looking for a creative writer with a strong background in journalistic storytelling to join our team. This individual will be responsible for leading the narrative strategy, shaping compelling content, and ensuring high-quality, persuasive proposals tailored to U.S. Government agencies-primarily State and Federal healthcare organizations. The ideal candidate combines the curiosity and clarity of a journalist with the precision and compliance awareness of a proposal professional. They will partner closely with capture managers, subject matter experts, and solution architects to translate complex technical, service, and systems solutions into engaging, client-focused stories that win contracts.

Responsibilities:

• Focus on journalistic writing and storytelling.
• Collaborate with Proposal Operations team, Sales team, and Operations team to fully understand client needs, hot buttons, and goals.
• Coordinate with our technology and management specialists to fully understand our proposed solutions and articulate the values and benefits of our solutions in client-focused language.
• Manage the development of highly persuasive and compelling content for critical proposal sections including Executive Summaries, Management and Technical overviews, "Why Acentra" messaging, Staffing approaches, and Key Personnel sections.
• Research management and technology solutions to fully comprehend and articulate the functionality, approaches, value, and benefits of these solutions.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts (SMEs) to gather detailed approach information to produce clear, persuasive, and articulate proposal sections.
• Provide guidance and recommendations to other Proposal Operations team members to improve written narratives by including more compelling narratives, value statements, and win themes.
• Support Proposal Reviews to provide recommendations for authors on improving narrative sections.
• Manage multiple writing assignments and prioritize appropriately to meet strict deadlines.
• Support ongoing maintenance of proposal knowledge center artifacts, including technical and management boilerplate, past performance, executive summaries, and other artifacts.
• Supporting the Marketing and Communications teams with content development for trade shows, white papers, blog posts, case studies, and other materials for public release.
• Provide narrative leadership and story-flow oversight of proposals including providing writing guidance and narrative coaching to other writing staff.
• Produce clear, persuasive, and articulate proposal sections; synthesize technical and other ideas from existing content and input from subject matter experts (SMEs).
• Collaborate with sales leads, capture managers, SMEs, consultants, product leads, and other resources to develop compelling solution-relevant content.
• Research technical or business topics as necessary to ensure complete and accurate content.
• Manage multiple writing assignments and prioritize appropriately to meet strict deadlines.
• Read, understand, and adhere to all corporate policies including policies related to HIPAA and its Privacy and Security Rules.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in communications, English, Journalism, Marketing or a related field.
• At least 7 years of professional writing experience.
• Portfolio of writing samples to demonstrate expertise.

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in journalistic writing and storytelling with a demonstrable ability to create compelling, people-centered narratives.
• Experience with Health IT in Federal and State government
• Experience using AI tools to improve content.
• Any training or certifications in proposal writing.

Why us?

We are a team of experienced and caring leaders, clinicians, pioneering technologists, and industry professionals who come together to redefine expectations for the healthcare industry. State and federal healthcare agencies, providers, and employers turn to us as their vital partner to ensure better healthcare and improve health outcomes.

We do this through our people.

You will have meaningful work that genuinely improves people's lives across the country. We are a company that cares about our employees, and we give you the tools and encouragement you need to achieve the finest work of your career.

Benefits

Benefits are a key component of your rewards package. Our benefits are designed to provide you with additional protection, security, and support for both your career and your life away from work. Our benefits include comprehensive health plans, paid time off, retirement savings, corporate wellness, educational assistance, corporate discounts, and more.

Thank You!

We know your time is valuable and we thank you for applying for this position. Due to the high volume of applicants, only those who are chosen to advance in our interview process will be contacted. We sincerely appreciate your interest in Acentra Health and invite you to apply to future openings that may be of interest. Best of luck in your search!

~ The Acentra Health Talent Acquisition Team

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EEO AA M/F/Vet/Disability

Acentra Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable Federal, State or Local law.

Compensation

The pay range for this position is listed below.

"Based on our compensation philosophy, an applicant's position placement in the pay range will depend on various considerations, such as years of applicable experience and skill level."