City : Burnaby

Category : Health Insurance

Industry : Insurance

Employer : Pacific Blue Cross

If you’re someone with a passion for leading the creation of professional proposals and presentations for benefit plan set-up and onboarding and wanting to move into a great career opportunity with a local not-for-profit health insurance provider, we want to hear from you.

Your ability to ensure consistent messaging across all facets of client-facing presentations, proposals and bids, and providing a seamless transition from sales to plan implementation is key to leading to Pacific Blue Cross being able to provide sustainable healthcare.

We offer an attractive compensation and benefits package and work-life balance. Our workplace culture values health and wellness, diversity and equality, continuing education, environmental sustainability and giving back to the community.

We are now recruiting for a permanent Proposal and Implementation Manager in our Group Business team. The role will be working hybrid from our head office in Burnaby, BC. Apply this week if you would like to take on this role.

Key Ways This Position Makes An Impact

The Proposal and Implementation Manager provides demonstrated experience in creating proposals and presentations, can work with sales to build Request for Proposals (RFP), is able to lead design and layout of pursuit documents and be a liaison between business units. In this role, you would manage RFP bids by consolidating stakeholder documentation, ensuring collaboration with sales leaders, and act as a liaison between plan sponsors and internal stakeholders.

This role works with innovation, market research and analytics to inform strategy, retention and group plan management that help develop bids.

In this role, you would run RFP and plan implementation meetings and work to remove challenges for stakeholders, create project plans and timelines with the team, and provide timely updates about implementation progress to all parties.

The Manager analyzes and creates process improvements to better support the RFP, proposal, and implementation processes.

Key Experiences You Bring To This Role

• Minimum three years previous related experience in group benefits sales or service, developing RFP responses and/or implementation experience preferred; including experience of business writing, proofing and editing
• Group Benefits Associate (GBA) designation or willingness to obtain
• Project management experience within the SAFe Agile framework
• Demonstrated planning, organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Exceptional attention to detail; ability to work on tight deadlines without compromising accuracy
• Excellent verbal and written business communication skills
• Advanced PowerPoint and Microsoft Word skills, solid Excel skills

If you’re excited about taking on this opportunity, we invite you to apply today and start the conversation with us about this position.

Together we can create a healthier British Columbia through teamwork, exceptional service and accountability that will help improve sustainable healthcare.

While we thank all applicants for their interest, only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Applications will be reviewed daily and the position will remain open until filled.

We strive to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and employees feel empowered to freely participate and contribute regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ability, education level, parental status, or socioeconomic status. PBC is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates.

To request an accommodation in completing this application, pre-employment testing, interviewing or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to careers@pac.bluecross.ca