Outstanding Proposal Manager of the Year
This award recognises a Proposal Manager who has demonstrated exceptional leadership, project management, and successful proposal outcomes.
Judging criteria:
The judging criteria for this award encompasses:
- Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire a team throughout the proposal process
- Project management: Effective management of timelines, resources, and stakeholders to deliver high-quality proposals on time
- Problem solving: Ability to navigate and resolve complex challenges during the proposal process
- Strategic alignment: Effectiveness in aligning the proposal’s narrative and solutions with the overarching strategic objectives of the client and the bidding organisation
- Outcome success: Track record of successful proposal outcomes, including wins and positive client feedback
Suggested evidence to be submitted for consideration:
- Leadership: Details of specific challenges the nominee led the team through with a focus on outcomes and/or examples of team achievements under the nominee’s leadership
- Project management: Evidence of on-time, high-quality proposal deliveries including resource allocation, management efficiency and/or examples of managing multiple, complex proposals simultaneously
- Problem solving: Detailed accounts of specific challenges encountered during proposal development and how the nominee resolved them, including feedback from clients or stakeholders on how these solutions positively impacted the proposal
- Strategic alignment: Examples of proposals where the nominee strategically aligned the content with client and organisational goals, including testimonials or feedback from clients and internal stakeholders praising the alignment with strategic objectives
- Outcome success: Data on win rates (e.g. a summary of proposals managed by the nominee and their outcomes) including positive client feedback and any awards/recognitions received
Submission parameters:
Please submit your application (maximum 2000 words) based on the judging criteria for the award you are applying for. You may also upload up to three (3) files of supporting information (combined total size not exceeding 15MB). Each supporting file submitted must be clearly referenced within your application document, indicating which uploaded file corresponds to each relevant section. All commercially sensitive information should be redacted prior to submission.