Growth Specialist

Reports to: Growth Manager
Years Experience: 1 - 3 years
Location: Virtual First

What is Virtual First? At BPD we believe in the balance of the digital and the physical. Our virtual first approach means that we lean into the digital connections - Slack, Zoom, e-mail - as the primary means for getting the job done. It also means that we understand the importance of in-person connection for moments of celebration, collaboration, and education in our physical offices locations in Boca Raton and Nashville. The right balance of digital and physical will vary by role. 

The Position:

BPD is seeking a highly motivated, detail-oriented, and adaptable individual who thrives in a fast-paced team environment to serve as a Specialist on the Business Strategy and Growth team. The Specialist will work closely with the team to activate BPD’s growth strategy by supporting complex new business opportunities with potential new clients in health systems, health technology, and health services segments. This person must be comfortable taking initiative and should have the confidence to work with people at all levels of the organization, including the C-suite, to guarantee success in strategic growth processes. 

The Responsibilities:

Includes, but not limited to the following:

• Support on lead-vetting calls as the agency point-of-contact, collaborating with the BS&G manager in translating the prospect’s business challenges and expressed needs into customized RFP responses.
• Lead the development and management of BPD's responses to Requests for Proposal (RFPs). This includes coordinating team involvement, managing the timeline and process of content development, overseeing response strategy in cooperation with pitch lead, coordinating the timely packaging (design/shipment, etc,) and ensuring that the proposal is 100% responsive to the ask in the RFP document.
• Aid in maintaining and updating library of standard RFP response language.
• Support the development of pitches, assisting pitch lead as necessary, and managing the pitch development and prep process. This may include: clearly defining roles & responsibilities, keeping meeting notes & to-dos, holding core team to agreed-upon deadlines/deliverables, coordinating the development of design pieces (leave-behinds, microsite, etc.) and deck changes, bringing forward examples from past pitches, aligning the team on pitch best-practices, and supporting the pitch lead in ensuring the established pitch strategy remains intact throughout the process.
• Provide proactive updates of documented pitch processes based on learnings from opportunity post-mortems and emerging best practices to enhance win rate and efficiency.
• Ensure BPD’s voice, tone, and culture come through in all proposal/pitch materials by aiding in proofing and quality control.
• Update Salesforce with opportunity stages, notes, and other relevant details.

The Essentials:

• Marketing/business development experience preferred
• Experience responding to RFPs preferred
• Healthcare industry experience preferred
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong project management and organization skills
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills
• Flexibility and willingness to work on a wide variety of tasks
• Self-starter

The Vision:

BPD is a marketing services firm that delivers the future to healthcare’s leading brands. We provide fully integrated solutions – branding, marketing, communications and business consulting – which are technology-enabled, AI-infused, and supported by our proprietary data platform. All to ignite greatness in our clients and bring better health
to more people. Our clients range from the largest health systems to prestigious academic medical centers to leading healthcare innovators. For more information on BPD, visit www.bpdhealthcare.com.

Unified BPD unites our diverse backgrounds and perspectives into a stronger collective—one that fosters a more inclusive, impactful future for our people, our clients, and healthcare as a whole. Guided by ongoing reflection and learning, we respect every race, ethnicity, gender expression, sexual identity, ability, and life experience.

As BPDerrrs, we:

• Celebrate and value what makes each of us unique;
• Unite around our shared purpose to ignite greatness in those we serve and, by extension, help them improve the health to the communities they serve;
• Lead through inclusive work that authentically connects with all consumers and champions health equity for all
• Lean into honest dialogue, acknowledging that building a diverse workforce, fostering belonging, and creating the best, most inclusive work for our clients and their communities is an ongoing journey.

This commitment ignites our organization’s greatness and grounds the brilliant work we do for our clients and communities.

BPD is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. BPD recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or citizenship status.