Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CVS Health, through Aetna, is dedicated to providing a simpler and more meaningful health care experience for its members. The Medicaid Proposal Writer will enhance the quality of RFP responses and collaborate with various stakeholders to ensure compliance and strategic alignment in proposals.
Responsibilities
- Work on writing assignments varying in length and detail supporting strategic, functional, and operational topics across the entire proposal
- Collaborate with Capture and Proposal Managers, Proposal Directors, and Subject Matter Experts to outline and prepare final proposal responses
- Analyze proposal sections and content development to identify connections, ensure alignment, and support a cohesive overall narrative
- Interviews with subject matter experts (SMEs) to identify and collect pertinent information for compliant and compelling responses, update resumes, write past performances, and develop other proposal responses. Leverage past proposals or the proposal library to establish a first draft
- Conducts qualitative and quantitative research and analyze data to help formulate new content focused on client solutions that highlight company differentiation, innovation, and operational strategies
- Collaborate with Graphic Designers on proposal graphics and visual storytelling
- Actively participate in proposal meetings, color team reviews, and varying status meetings through the entire proposal process as defined by the proposal timelines
- Develop a proposal response that aligns with internal quality standards, bid guidance and adheres to proposal requirements in a compliant and compelling manner
- Develop creative strategies that effectively articulate customer needs and win themes critical to generating business goals
- Maintain expert understanding of Aetna Medicaid products and services
- Support the content management lifecycle by working with SMEs to identify new content for the Medicaid Content Library (MCL)
- Actively engage in team meetings and openly accept and share new ideas to drive innovation and creativity
- Develop strong work relationships with health plan leaders, proposal peers and SMEs to support business goals to win and retain business
- Support and drive ongoing development of internal processes and procedures, including scorecards, quality business reports, style guides, and internal measures for performance
- Develop strong work relationships with health plan leaders, proposal peers and SMEs to support business goals to win and retain business
Skills
- Five plus years of experience as a proposal writer (or equivalent experience)
- 3+ years of experience writing healthcare proposals
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills
- Knowledge and understanding of Microsoft Office products including SharePoint, Word, Excel, Teams, and PowerPoint
- Exceptional organizational, project management, analytical, and innovative problem-solving skills
- Ability to travel up to 15%
- Experience collaborating across departments and organizational levels
- Demonstrates the understanding of Associated Press and internal style guides
- Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Writing, English, Communications, Healthcare Policy, or equivalent work experience
- APMP Bid/Proposal Foundation Certification (recommended)
- Knowledge of domain areas or specialty such as provider network, LTSS, Medicare-Duals, etc
Benefits
- CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program
- Award target in the company’s equity award program
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Paid time off
- Retirement savings options
- Wellness programs
- Other resources, based on eligibility
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