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Centene Corporation

Senior Proposal Strategy, Planning Consultant

Centene Corporation

. Manage and support the pre-proposal effort through handoff to the RFP team .

Posted 11/5/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $87,700 - $157,800 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in managing RFP processes and complex projects within the healthcare sector, with a strong focus on quality assurance, strategic planning, and collaboration across functional areas. Proficient in developing and maintaining essential documentation and tools to support proposal development and continuous improvement initiatives.

Highest-signal resume keywords
RFP ManagementProject ManagementHealthcare AdministrationQuality AssuranceStrategic Planning

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Hard Skills
Proposal DevelopmentProgram Catalog DevelopmentCompetitive AssessmentRisk ManagementData Analysis
Soft Skills
CommunicationCollaborationLeadership
Tools & Technologies
Knowledge Capture DatabasesProject Tracking Tools
Industry Keywords
Health PlansMedicaid ProgrammingRFPsGrants Management

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Manage and support the pre-proposal effort through handoff to the RFP team
  • Support strategy discussions and workgroups
  • Develop a basic program catalog and deliver high-quality work products
  • Manage and organize Teams and/or other knowledge capture databases
  • Build, tailor, validate, and maintain pre-release RFP documents and tools, including program catalogs, white papers, and FAQs
  • Provide quality assurance over pre-release activities and documentation
  • Develop and maintain strategy maps, capture plans, win-theme inputs, competitive assessments, risk logs, and executive briefings
  • Manage assigned projects throughout the proposal development lifecycle
  • Track project status, action items, decisions, risks, and project closure
  • Lead workgroups and escalate unresolved issues and risks
  • Support team-wide planning and pre-release meetings
  • Identify differentiators, gaps, risks, proof points, and opportunities for innovation
  • Support knowledge transfer and warm handoff to proposal lead
  • Participate in proposal lessons learned discussions and contribute to continuous improvement of processes, templates, dashboards, and guidance
  • Analyze health plan information, public data, enterprise data, prior RFPs, competitor information, and stakeholder input to produce actionable recommendations
  • Collaborate with health plans, Business Development, and other functional areas
  • Communicate project status in writing and verbally to project teams and leadership
  • Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Communications, Public Administration, Healthcare Administration, or related field or equivalent experience required
  • 7+ years of experience with health plans, managing RFPs/grants, or managing complex projects required
  • Experience with Medicaid programming and Medicaid RFPs preferred
  • Complies with all policies and standards

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Competitive pay
  • Health insurance
  • 401K
  • Stock purchase plans
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Paid time off plus holidays
  • Flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules
  • Additional forms of incentives may be included in total compensation
  • Equal opportunity employer committed to diversity