Proposal / Orals and Sales Support Associate, Education and Research Growth Enablement Team, Remote

remote type

Remote

locations

Chicago - 550 Van Buren

time type

Full time

posted on

Posted Today

job requisition id

JR-0013122

Huron helps its clients drive growth, enhance performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. We collaborate with education organizations to develop strategies and implement solutions that enable the transformative change our clients need to own their future. Together, we empower clients to drive innovation, create sustainable funding streams and deliver better student outcomes. Today, leaders of higher education institutions and academic medical centers are spending too much time reacting to market forces, rather than focusing on the essential priorities that help students, faculty and staff thrive. The most productive path forward requires an intentional approach and innovative thinking, whereby stakeholders across the entire institution rally around a shared vision and embrace the hard work of effecting change. You'll help our clients to achieve organizational effectiveness, improve student outcomes, implement new technologies and align resources and investments to ensure long-term sustainability. Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.

The purpose of this role is to support Education and Research business leaders in their sales efforts by leading the preparation of proposals, presentation materials, and other sales content. Acting as a strategic partner, this individual will help improve overall quality, drive alignment and accountability across pursuit teams, and ensure all deliverables are completed on time and to the highest standard. With a primary focus on managing the proposal and orals (PowerPoint) development process in response to RFI / RFP opportunities, this individual will work efficiently, apply strong project management discipline, and leverage additional resources when appropriate (e.g., shared services, bench, or contractors). This role will also apply AI-driven tools and data insights to optimize pursuit processes, enhance content quality, streamline production, and improve win rates. In addition, the individual will contribute to content management for the Education and Research industryharvesting new materials, tagging and uploading assets into the content management system, and ensuring sales materials remain current, easily searchable, and ready for use by pursuit teams.

Key Responsibilities :

• Manage Education & Research RFP and orals pursuits : Lead the end-to-end pursuit processfrom kick-off through submission and client presentation. Coordinate pursuit teams, manage timelines, and ensure strategic alignment and delivery of professional, brand-compliant materials.
• Leverage AI and technology : Use AI-driven tools and data insights to streamline pursuit management, enhance proposal / orals quality, and improve win rates. Identify opportunities to automate, analyze, and optimize content and processes.
• Facilitate strategic deal discussions : Partner with leaders to define win themes, capture differentiators, and incorporate competitive intelligence into pursuit strategies and deliverables.
• Ensure Salesforce data accuracy : Manage workload effectively while maintaining data integrity, compliance, and timely updates in Salesforce to support accurate pipeline tracking and reporting.
• Govern sales content and best practices : Curate, tag, and maintain proposal content in Seismic; help establish review cycles and drive adoption of best practices and tools across the team.
• Drive continuous improvement : Gather feedback, develop tools and training, and champion process improvements to enhance pursuit effectiveness and team performance.
• Assist in triaging requests, aligning support, replying and interfacing with our internal clients on a timely basis.

Related Experience & Core Competencies

Central Time Zone Work hours are strongly preferred

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The estimated base salary range for this job is $70,000-$90,000. The range represents a good faith estimate of the range that Huron reasonably expects to pay for this job at the time of the job posting. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel. This job is also eligible to participate in Huron's annual incentive compensation program, which reflects Huron's pay for performance philosophy. Inclusive of annual incentive compensation opportunity, the total estimated compensation range for this job is $80,500-$103,500. The job is also eligible to participate in Huron's benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs. The salary range information provided is in accordance with applicable state and local laws regarding salary transparency that are currently in effect and may be implemented in the future.

Position Level

Associate

Country

United States of America