Business Development Spec - GuideWell Source

Are you interested in joining a team of experienced healthcare experts and have the ability to shape and transform the healthcare delivery system? At our family of companies, everything we do is to help improve the lives of the nearly 12 million Medicare beneficiaries we serve and 700,000 health care providers who care for them. It is our goal to help create a better health experience for all consumers. Join our winning culture and help transform Medicare for the millions of people who rely on its services.

Benefits info:
* Medical, dental, vision, life and supplemental insurance plans effective the first day of the month following date of hire
* Short- and long-term disability benefits
* 401(k) plan with company match and immediate vesting
* Free telehealth benefits
* Free gym memberships
* Employee Incentive Plan
* Employee Assistance Program
* Rewards and Recognition Programs
* Paid Time Off and Paid Sick Leave

SUMMARY STATEMENT
The Business Development Specialist is responsible for the identification, cultivation and successful pursuit of opportunities aligned with our corporate strategy of delivering long-term value to our company and to our clients (e.g., Defense Health Agency (DHA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)). This includes the full spectrum of business development related activities, with an emphasis on corporate growth through the development and maintenance of customer intimacy, understanding market influences and changes, acquisition strategies, budgets and goals, developing and maintaining strategic industry partnerships and development and execution of account and call plans. This is a highly visible role that will lead revenue generation. The ideal candidate will lead and direct cross-functional teams formed to support capture and proposal development and will serve as the voice of the customer in driving growth.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This list of essential job functions is not exhaustive and may be supplemented as necessary.

Business Development - 85%
* Maintains a current and comprehensive understanding of ever-changing market conditions and communicates to Business Development Team and senior leadership the impacts of these changes on federal department, agency and programs
* Develops and executes Account Plans and Call Plans.
* Develops new ideas that align with GuideWell Source strategies and objectives that will guide account activities and yield opportunities for growth.
* Identifies and develops strategic alliances and partnerships, working to execute new markets, new distribution channels, and new products. Conducts competitive analysis, tracks industry trends, and identifies new markets.
* Develops high quality, winning responses to government proposals, ensuring the development and delivery of compelling responses to requests for information and proposal responses.
* Identifies key contract opportunities and maintains the company pipeline; participates in planning sessions.
* Identifies and meets with client stakeholders to determines their goals and objectives specific to each opportunity.
* Develops and regularly updates formal opportunity pursuit reviews/summaries for the Business Development Team and senior leadership.
* Analyzes opportunities to provide leadership with various options and the best strategy to secure large program wins.
* Identifies and secures potential teaming partners with a clear understanding of their complementary value.
* Works closely with various stakeholders throughout the company to assess capability fits for upcoming opportunities.
* Engages with Business Development Team to support the formal capture and proposal process through award to include finalizing teaming agreement, win strategy development per client goals and objectives, and proposal reviews.
* Articulates corporate value propositions to partners and customers.
* Maintains a broad understanding and application of company capabilities and their importance to customers.
* Identifies trends in customer purchasing patterns and enacts plans to help capture emerging business.
* Develops corporate communications articles such as Capabilities Presentations, Marketing Sheets, etc.
 
Proposal Execution -- 15%
* Ensures win strategy, technical solution, win themes, discriminators, voice of the customer, and customer goals/objectives that do not conflict with the RFP, and value proposition are clearly enunciated and understood by the proposal team and are well-articulated and consistent in the proposal response.
* Coordinates and guides stakeholders to include consultants,