RFx Specialist

AHEAD builds platforms for digital business. By weaving together advances in cloud infrastructure, automation and analytics, and software delivery, we help enterprises deliver on the promise of digital transformation.

At AHEAD, we prioritize creating a culture of belonging, where all perspectives and voices are represented, valued, respected, and heard. We create spaces to empower everyone to speak up, make change, and drive the culture at AHEAD. 

We are an equal opportunity employer, and do not discriminate based on an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived. 

We embrace all candidates that will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives at AHEAD. 

Support the overall RFx Process and Engagement offering and program initiative. Effectively capture, qualify, coordinate, and manage all company RFx response efforts to ensure thorough, high-quality, AHEAD branded, compliant, winning submissions.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Project manage the completion of RFx requests from intake to submission
• Assist to review and process all incoming RFx related Services Requests in a timely manner
• Continually follow-up on intake action items for sales team members until complete (i.e. provide the Opportunity Amount/Margin/Revenue fields, ensure RFx docs and a completed Intake Scoring Form are provided and attached, a Services Request for OA to Create a Teams Channel has been created, etc.)
• Engage the legal team to assign each response effort to a member of AHEAD’s Corporate Counsel
• Coordinate and facilitate a Go or No Go call, if necessary, before proceeding with providing RFx Team support
• Setup and organize each RFx response effort by performing the following:
• Gather and download all required RFx Docs and organize into their appropriate folders
• Develop a Response Roadmap prior to the initial response call, outline the core response details (opportunity details, team, folder links, etc.), build out a response timeline and corresponding milestones, provide instructions for question submission, outline the required content assignments, notate any specific action items, coordinate the initial call, and drive the response effort moving forward
• Schedule and facilitate the initial response call, communicate all required deadlines and meetings, identify appropriate roles and responsibilities, and assign specific content responsibilities to the appropriate team members
• Schedule and drive subsequent team cadence calls, strategy sessions and/or color reviews throughout the response effort (Yellow and Green), continually monitor progress and escalate to additional resources or leadership as needed
• Work with the Deliverables team to prepare any required AHEAD branded RFx templates and/or working documents needed to develop the response, following specific RFx format instructions and requirements
• Work with the Deliverables team to review, format and assemble final response documents to ensure the response meets and/or exceeds the RFx requirements before submitting
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including customer success, finance, P&C, legal, marketing, operations, practices, security, as well as external subcontractor(s) and vendor specific contacts as needed

 

Qualifications

• 1–3 years training and education experience 
• Experience with Excel and PowerPoint 
• Open to various backgrounds 
• Independent self-starter, effective team player with creative problem solving skills to help the organization achieve its earnings objectives 
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; ability to articulate needs 
• Ability to instantly build rapport 
• Strong interpersonal, organizational and time management skills 
• Adaptable/Ability to react to situations 
• Ability to work independently on projects with minimal supervision 
• Work effectively and efficiently under pressure 
• Understands general business principles 
• Outstanding multitasking skills 
• Desire to learn and understand the business process from beginning to end 
• Strong work ethic with respect for work/life balance and positive work environment 
• Good people skills and strong backbone to stand firm in sales-centric environment 
• Positive can do attitude 

Why AHEAD:

Through our daily work and internal groups like Moving Women AHEAD and RISE AHEAD, we value and benefit from diversity of people, ideas, experience, and everything in between.

We fuel growth by stacking our office with top-notch technologies in a multi-million-dollar lab, by encouraging cross department training and development, sponsoring certifications and credentials for continued learning.

USA Employment Benefits include: 

- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance 

- 401(k) 

- Paid company holidays 

- Paid time off 

- Paid parental and caregiver leave 

- Plus more! See benefits https://www.aheadbenefits.com/ for additional details. 

The compensation range indicated in this posting reflects the On-Target Earnings (“OTE”) for this role, which includes a base salary and any applicable target bonus amount. This OTE range may vary based on the candidate’s relevant experience, qualifications, and geographic location.