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This role can be based in various locations near a Mercer office and offers a hybrid work arrangement, requiring a minimum of three days per week in the office.\nAs a Proposal Specialist, you will play a key role in supporting the organization's business development by targeting new opportunities and managing renewals. Working as an individual contributor within a close-knit team of strategic bid experts, you’ll provide essential support for bid management and proposal development across various business lines. Collaborating with sales professionals, consultants, and subject matter experts, you’ll help craft compelling presentations and proposals that win new business. This is a great opportunity to make a direct impact through teamwork and strategic partnership!\nWe will count on you to:\nCreate proposal and presentation templates aligned with client requirements and company branding\n\nDevelop and drive internal work plans based on external deadlines - and hold pursuit teams accountable\n\nResearch and draft responses to proposal questions in collaboration with subject matter experts\n\nOwn master documents and incorporate multiple rounds of edits through completion\n\nFacilitate strategy discussions to identify client-centered value propositions and differentiators\n\nWrite creative, persuasive executive summaries that follow best-practice approaches\n\nPartner with a graphic designer to develop engaging finalist presentation materials\n\nWhat you need to have:\nBachelor’s degree in Business, Journalism, Marketing, English, Communications, or a related field; or equivalent professional experience\n\n2-4 years in marketing, sales, or related field; experience in professional services or consulting is a plus!\n\nStrong project management, writing, and editing skills\n\nAbility to manage competing deadlines and adapt to shifting priorities\n\nDetail-oriented while maintaining a big-picture perspective\n\nComfortable with ambiguity and frequent change\n\nHigh sense of personal accountability and self-motivation\n\nCollaborative mindset, open to team feedback\n\nProficient in Microsoft 365, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel\n\nWhat makes you stand out?\nAPMP certifications highly desired\n\nA thirst for knowledge and passion for trying new things\n\nExperience strategizing for digital deliverables (microsites, videos, etc.)\n\nFamiliarity with SharePoint, Qorusdocs, or online bid procurement tools (such as Ariba)\n\nWhy join our team:\nWe help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.\n\nWe foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have an impact on colleagues, clients, and communities.\n\nOur scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.\n\nMarsh (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.Marsh is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, veteran status (including protected veterans), or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by contacting  applicable base salary range for this role is $68,500 to $137,000.The base pay offered will be determined on factors such as experience, skills, training, location, certifications, education, and any applicable minimum wage requirements. Decisions will be determined on a case-by-case basis. In addition to the base salary, this position may be eligible for performance-based incentives.We are excited to offer a competitive total rewards package which includes health and welfare benefits, tuition assistance, 401K savings and other retirement programs as well as employee assistance programs.Applications will be accepted until:October 26, 2026","description_format":"text","description_chars":4633,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":2,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"Upper-Intermediate (B2)","optional":false}]},"benefits":["401k plan","Flexible schedule","Hybrid work","Professional development"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-24T01:22:42Z"},{"event":"close","at":"2026-10-27T10:29:29Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":null,"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":137000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/marsh-mclennan-proposal-specialist","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/marsh-mclennan-proposal-specialist.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-31T07:29:09Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":11092,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-01T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1769686},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1769686"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fmarsh-mclennan-proposal-specialist"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fmarsh-mclennan-proposal-specialist"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fmarsh-mclennan-proposal-specialist"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/marsh-mclennan-proposal-specialist\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fmarsh-mclennan-proposal-specialist"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3190111}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"marshmclennan.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3190111},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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