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Manager, Proposal Writer - Consulting

Deloitte, Kansas City, MO


Do you love writing and editing? Are you a skilled strategic writer passionate about influencing business audiences? Can you decode business jargon and create compelling, crisp written content? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment? Then we're looking for talent like you to join our Pursuit Management team!

Work you'll do

As a Pursuit Manager/Proposal Writer, you'll use your writing skills and experience to:
  • Support priority bid opportunities for business pursuits at Deloitte Consulting
  • Collaborate with pursuit leads, proposal managers, graphic designers, pursuit coaches, and client service teams to build creative, innovative material
  • Write executive summaries and pursuit materials that articulate our strategic messaging in a compelling, persuasive manner
  • Capture, shape, and synthesize information to reflect a cohesive message, written in one voice
  • Translate spoken or written technical information and business jargon into clear, consistent, grammatically correct content
  • Demonstrate a finely tuned ability to listen to pursuit strategy discussions and extract significant information and action items
  • Engage with pursuit teams strategically, posing questions that draw out essential messaging
  • Bring one-voice consistency to documents pieced together by multiple authors while preserving the business pursuit strategy and messaging
  • Prioritize in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
  • Work in both virtual and onsite environments, at times traveling to work with teams in various Deloitte offices
The successful candidate will possess:
  • Exceptional written and oral communication skills
  • Agility and speed in executing strong writing
  • Ability to summarize complex concepts in documents for executive audiences
  • A quasi-journalistic ability to quickly grasp specialist knowledge and make it clear
  • Strong executive presence
  • Ability to come up with and present pitches for creative themes, metaphors, taglines, and other text
  • Ability to prioritize in a fast-paced, challenging, deadline-driven environment
  • Exceptional project management skills
Qualifications

Required:
  • Undergraduate degree in English, journalism, communications, humanities, liberal arts, or a related discipline
  • 8+ years of relevant experience (such as writing proposals or grants)
  • Limited sponsorship may be available
  • Ability to travel up to 25%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve
The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $93,000.00-$191,000.00.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

Information for applicants with a need for accommodation: https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/careers/articles/join-deloitte-assistance-for-disabled-applicants.html

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