Proposal Manager

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Team Overview

The Bids and Proposals team supports TransUnion’s sales growth by developing accurate, compelling, and compliant responses to customer requests, including Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Requests for Information (RFIs), due diligence questionnaires (DDQs), vendor forms, and other customer-facing documents. The team collaborates with Sales, Account Management, Product, Legal, Privacy, Information Security, Marketing, and other subject-matter experts to deliver high-quality proposals and maintain reliable proposal content. This role reports to the Director, Sales Enablement. This is a remote position which may require occasional in-person attendance at work-related events at the discretion of management.

Role Overview And Core Responsibilities

• Manage assigned RFPs, RFIs, DDQs, vendor forms, and related customer-response projects from initial intake through final submission.

• Develop clear, persuasive, and compliant proposal responses that support TransUnion’s sales, revenue, and booking objectives. 

• Build project plans and response schedules based on proposal complexity, submission deadlines, resource availability, and required stakeholder approvals.

• Coordinate productive cross-functional proposal teams that may include Sales, Account Management, Product, Legal, Privacy, Information Security, Marketing, subcontractors, teaming partners, and other subject-matter experts.

• Monitor milestones, risks, dependencies, action items, and deliverables; identify barriers and implement corrective actions to support on-time completion.

• Maintain and continuously improve reusable proposal content, knowledge repositories, and related governance practices.

• Review, update, and retire proposal content in response to product, regulatory, legal, security, privacy, and corporate changes.

• Apply standardized proposal-development processes and drive improvements that increase response quality, consistency, efficiency, and compliance.

• Communicate proposal status, risks, and escalation needs clearly while independently managing assigned work in a deadline-driven environment.

Required Knowledge And Experiences

• At least three years of experience in proposal management, sales operations, sales support, or a closely related discipline, with experience managing deadlines and cross-functional deliverables.

• Strong business writing, editing, proofreading, and document-management experience used to produce accurate customer-facing materials.

• Experience applying standardized proposal-development processes to manage complex responses and maintain consistency across deliverables.

• Bachelor’s degree in English, Business, Marketing, Engineering, or a similar discipline, or equivalent professional experience in place of a degree.

• Strong project-management, interpersonal, and team-leadership capabilities, including the ability to establish productive relationships and coordinate contributors across multiple functions.

Required Technical Skills

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word styles, document formatting, and publishing practices.

• Proficiency with Adobe Acrobat Pro and electronic document-management practices.

We’re also looking for the preferred skills below. Whether you are proficient or could use some brushing up, we’re happy to support your career development and growth in:

• Proposal writing, formatting, editorial practices, and formal proposal-management training, such as training offered by Shipley Associates.

• SharePoint, OneDrive, Microsoft Teams, Salesforce, and proposal automation or content-management platforms such as Responsive, Qvidian, or Loopio.

• Corporate procurement portals such as Ariba or Scout.

• Content-governance frameworks and support for vendor due diligence, privacy, security, compliance, or procurement questionnaires.

• AI-assisted writing and content-development tools used to improve proposal efficiency and response quality.

TransUnion Overview:

At TransUnion, we encourage and are committed to creating a real, positive impact and shared sense of purpose within our Workforce for Good, which empowers our people to grow, innovate and contribute to a better future for our communities and customers. We strive to build an environment where our associates are in the driver’s seat of their professional development— while having access to help along the way. We recognize that success comes when our associates thrive both professionally and personally; that’s why we prioritize work/life flexibility and offer resources for our teams across the globe to collaborate and drive excellence.

 

Be a part of our Workforce for Good – you’ll work with great people, pioneering products and cutting-edge technology.

TransUnion Job Title

Advisor, Sales Operations