Job Summary
The Proposal Support Advisor is responsible for managing Evernorth RFP, and proposal development strategy and process for higher-complexity, strategic bids from receipt of the RFP through submission. This individual will have specialized knowledge of the Health Plan business segment, with the ability to support other segments as needed. The Proposal Support Advisor is responsible for concurrently managing multiple proposals with aggressive deadlines. They support follow-up, finalist, and contracting activities, as needed.
Essential Functions
The RFP process includes:
The Advisor will be responsible for ensuring the responses to requests and questions are compliant with RFP requirements, instructions, and Evernorth contractual obligations. This includes facilitating negotiations amongst cross-functional partners to increase compliance rates, while appropriately mitigating business risk.
The Advisor may review contracts and be accountable for working with legal and other cross-functional SMEs, up through the VP and Senior Staff level, as appropriate, to ensure proper positioning of, and responses to, contract terms in our proposal responses, including redlining of contracts, as required.
Specifically, the Advisor is responsible for reviewing bid requirements, assessing associated risk, and making preliminary recommendations regarding eliminating low-risk deviations.
Additionally, the Advisor is responsible for leading cross-functional projects, process enhancements, and departmental initiatives. The Advisor supports developing best practices across the team, building the process and procedures documentation library to ensure compliance and consistency. The Proposal Support Advisor also mentors and trains new team members.
Qualifications
If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.
About Evernorth Health Services
Evernorth Health Services, a division of The Cigna Group, creates pharmacy, care and benefit solutions to improve health and increase vitality. We relentlessly innovate to make the prediction, prevention and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.
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