Planning and leading the process for proposals and requests for information (RFx) for KellyOCG solutions is the core of this role. The Proposal Manager handles complex, high-visibility, and time-sensitive opportunities from start to finish, creating high-quality, compliant, and compelling proposals that showcase KellyOCG's MSP, RPO, and related outsourced workforce solutions.
Responsibilities
Lead and project manage the full RFx and proposal lifecycle, from pre-kickoff and requirements analysis through development, reviews, approvals, and final submission
Direct timelines, process flow, review cycles, and SME responsibilities across multiple overlapping, fast-paced proposal opportunities
Ensure overall bid compliance by interpreting client/procurement requirements, managing RFx scope and instructions, and delivering complete and accurate submissions
Partner with sales and account leaders, solution architects, pricing managers, delivery teams, and SMEs across all levels and geographies to gather inputs, and keep contributors and decision-makers moving
Manage collaborative document development, including consolidating extensive tracked changes and stakeholder feedback and using sound judgment to prioritize, reconcile, or challenge inputs when timelines are compressed
Proofread and quality-check proposal packages for clarity, accuracy, consistency, persuasiveness, brand alignment, and solution integrity
Support complex, highly visible, and time-sensitive global bids while maintaining responsiveness, attention to detail, and quality across simultaneous deadlines
Leverage Responsive RFx response software to maintain and optimize the proposal knowledge repository, including approved responses, templates, case studies, proof points, reusable content, metadata, and naming conventions, whilst using its AI functionality to identify and flag outdated, missing, or underperforming content and coordinate updates with appropriate subject matter experts
Champion continuous improvement efforts by identifying and implementing enhancements to proposal processes, content management, technology use, and team workflows
Requirements
Strong project management skills with the ability to proactively lead complex proposal projects from initiation through submission
Adaptable and proactive, with a continuous-improvement mindset and willingness to challenge processes or approaches constructively
Highly organized and composed under pressure, with the ability to manage overlapping, fast-paced deadlines, shifting priorities, and occasional ambiguity while maintaining sound judgment, responsiveness, and quality
Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills, balancing influence, diplomacy, and resolve with a collaborative style that builds trust and drives timely decisions and accountability across levels, functions, and geographies
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A positive, approachable style receptive to immediate and ongoing feedback and suited to a fast-moving, highly collaborative environment
Strong knowledge of MSP and/or RPO solutions, with the ability to quickly understand complex outsourced workforce solutions, client needs, and business strategy is required
Exceptional writing, editing, proofreading, and content-synthesis skills
Experience with content repository technology such as Responsive is preferred; experience with equivalent platforms is acceptable
Strong comfort with approved AI-enabled tools, in accordance with company AI, confidentiality, and data-handling policies
Ability to refine AI-generated content provided by others into clear, natural, human-centered messaging that reflects the appropriate brand voice, audience, tone, and level of nuance rather than relying on generic or formulaic output
Ability to manage large volumes of written content, reusable assets, and metadata
Advanced Microsoft Word skills, with preferred proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel, and other standard business tools
Benefits
Total compensation package including benefits as applicable to the position focused on your total well-being
About the Company
Kelly is a team of experts driven by the belief that the impact of the right person in the right job is limitless. The company values contribution, works with integrity, and always puts people first.
