You will be based in Cairo, Doha or Nairobi office and you will report
directly to Regional Proposal Manager and join our enthusiastic and driven
global Proposal Team and network of proposal professionals. You will be
involved in strategic discussions as you partner with consulting teams and the
sector and practice leaders to expand the firm's impact in the region.
You will serve as a key thought partner with practice leaders and consultants
to expand the firm's impact within EEMA, by playing a key role in generating
proposals in support of new engagements. You will focus on developing high-
quality compliant and compelling proposals in cooperation with the client
service teams (80%) and developing and maintaining knowledge for use in
proposals (20%).
You will understand the objectives and requirements of the RFP and formulate a
view about what it will take for McKinsey to win the procurement and create
workplans and align resources to complete the work of drafting high-quality
proposals on time, ensuring end-to-end coordination and delivery of proposals.
You will facilitate reviews with Risk, Legal, Contracts, and other firm
functions as needed and orchestrate communications/ visual media specialists
to produce high-end proposals.
You will write select elements of proposals (e.g. CV's, case studies, value
proposition, context, and background based on secondary research), review
proposals at different stages of the drafting process, and help the subject
matter experts make course corrections where necessary. This includes
challenging the proposal development team and Partners when appropriate, you
will ensure technical compliance of proposals - prepare and own submission of
all technical compliance documents (e.g. registration certificates). You will
work with leadership to support the preparation of financial proposals
You will lead the creation and maintenance of a repository of ready-to-use
'standard' LOP ingredients, ensure client development best practices are
codified
and lead preparation of high-end LOP materials including 'new-age' documents,
CV books, case studies, videos, references library.