Adelphi Research seeks a Pharma Market Research Proposal Manager to lead the development of winning proposals that drive their growth strategy, requiring a blend of hands-on proposal leadership and strategic business development insights.
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience writing both qualitative and quantitative market research proposals.
- Strong understanding of the pharmaceutical industry, market research methodologies, and client needs.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to craft clear, persuasive, and strategic narratives.
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel); experience with proposal management software is a plus.
- Leverage AI to drive efficiencies in proposal effort
- Coordinate activities for collaboration among, BD teams, subject matter experts, and budgeters to shape, finalize, and tailor proposals for maximum impact.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the proposal development process from start to finish by developing and writing persuasive messages, based on information from RFPs, and meetings with client service professionals, subject matter experts, budgeting and information designers.
- Serve as the central point of contact and lead/co-lead for assigned proposals while simultaneously managing multiple proposals and other deliverables
- Draft, develop, and refine strong first drafts of customized proposals for qualitative and quantitative pharmaceutical market research projects.
- Write, edit and format persuasive proposal content and executive summaries tailored to client priorities
- Ensure proposals comply with client requirements, meet branding standards and pass quality reviews
- Coordinate cross-functional teams for select opportunities from proposal kickoff through delivery and debrief meetings
- Coordinate prep for and participate in client intake calls to ensure capture of detailed client requirements, needed to drive drafting of proposal story flow.
Other
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Life Sciences, Marketing, Communications, English, or a related field.
- 3 - 5+ years of experience in proposal writing, business development support, or a similar role within the pharmaceutical, biotech, or healthcare market research industry.
- Team player with strong collaboration and interpersonal skills.
- Follow industry trends – therapeutic, technology, etc. – to understand business issues emerging in the healthcare field and how Adelphi can help address these issues.
- Attend quarterly earnings calls for Core Accounts and key pharma conferences (JP Morgan, ASCO, ESMO, ASH) summarize relevant findings back to the account team.
