Senior Proposal Manager

About Us

At Cloudflare we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the worlds largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware installing software or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network which gets smarter with every request. As a result they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazines Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the Worlds Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.

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Available Locations

Mexico City MX

About the role

As part of our expanding global proposal management team we are seeking a Senior Proposal Manager to join our Americas function. Based in Mexico City this role will primarily support commercial proposals across the Americas with the opportunity to contribute to complex or strategic bids in other regions occasionally.

The ideal candidate is a hands on proposal manager who thrives on delivering high quality compliant and compelling responses whether that means juggling a high volume of proposals or managing a large complex submission with many contributors. We are also looking for someone who is excited to help refine scale and continuously improve processes within our team.

You will work closely with sales solution engineering product legal and other cross functional stakeholders to ensure each response meets customer needs aligns to business strategy and is delivered with clarity and impact. Success in this role requires independent drive excellent project management skills and the ability to flex between structured project execution and providing consultative guidance depending on the situation.

Responsibilities

• Manage the end to end development of RFx responses (RFPs RFIs vendor questionnaires etc.) ensuring compliance quality and timely delivery
• Partner with Sales and other stakeholders to scope requests confirm requirements and set clear plans for delivery
• Build strong trusted relationships with Sales teams flexing between project manager and consultant roles depending on support needs
• Drive proposal schedules track inputs and hold contributors accountable to deadlines
• Draft edit and tailor proposal content by synthesizing SME input into clear compelling narratives
• Manage multiple opportunities at different stages of the proposal cycle ensuring steady progress with minimal oversight
• Apply judgment to determine when full service project management is needed versus when to provide supplemental or consultative support
• Provide guidance and mentoring to junior proposal team members sharing best practices and elevating overall team capability
• Contribute to continuous improvement by refining templates updating knowledge libraries and sharing best practices
• Participate in lessons learned reviews and feedback to enhance future responses

Qualifications

What Makes Cloudflare Special

Were not just a highly ambitious large scale technology company. Were a highly ambitious large scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.

Project Galileo

Since 2014 weve equipped more than 2400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work technology already used by Cloudflares enterprise customers at no cost.

Athenian Project

In 2017 we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project weve provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.

1.1.1.1

We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster more secure and privacy centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Heres the deal - we dont store client IP addresses never ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.

Sound like something youd like to be a part of Wed love to hear from you!

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Key Skills

Business Development,Time Management,Microsoft Office,Adobe Acrobat,Microsoft Word,Technical Writing,Visio,Microsoft Powerpoint,Sharepoint,Proposal Writing,Contracts,Writing Skills

Employment Type

Full Time

Experience

years

Vacancy

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