[Hiring] Commercial Proposals Business Partner @Haemonetics

Role Description

The Commercial Proposals Business Partner is responsible for leading Haemonetics’ end-to-end commercial proposal, RFP, RFI, and tender response capability, focusing on building a scalable, compliant, and technology-enabled response model. This role will manage complex proposal and tender responses while designing and maintaining a centralized commercial proposal content library/repository, ensuring responses are accurate, current, legally approved, and aligned with Haemonetics’ commercial, regulatory, compliance, and brand standards.

The position will partner closely with various stakeholders to streamline response processes, improve governance, reduce cycle time, and drive automation across proposal intake, content reuse, approvals, and submission workflows.

While not titled as a project management role, the position requires strong project-management discipline, including:

• Establishing timelines
• Coordinating deliverables
• Driving accountability
• Ensuring completeness
• Managing risks and dependencies
• Delivering high-quality responses within required timeframes

Responsibilities/Essential Duties

• Commercial Proposal Intake, Planning & Execution:
  • Lead the end-to-end lifecycle for commercial proposals, RFPs, RFIs, and tenders.
  • Coordinate cross-functional response teams by establishing clear timelines, owners, deliverables, review gates, escalation paths, and decision points.
  • Monitor customer, GPO, IDN, health system, and public tender portals to identify opportunities.
  • Provide proactive status updates on progress, risks, dependencies, decisions, and next steps to stakeholders and leadership.
• Proposal Content Library & Knowledge Management:
  • Design, implement, and continuously improve a centralized commercial proposal content library.
  • Establish content governance processes to ensure repository materials remain accurate and aligned to approved messaging and business standards.
  • Partner with subject matter experts to develop, update, approve, and maintain standard responses.
• Compliance, Legal & Risk Review:
  • Establish and manage review processes to ensure proposal responses are accurate and compliant.
  • Partner with various departments to review response language and supporting documentation before submission.
  • Evaluate commercial, contractual, compliance, legal, and operational risks within proposal requirements.
  • Research applicable public tender requirements and industry expectations.
• Process Optimization, Automation & Reporting:
  • Identify, recommend, and implement automation opportunities.
  • Develop standardized playbooks, templates, intake criteria, metrics, dashboards, and reporting routines.
  • Maintain current knowledge of Haemonetics’ products, services, standards, and industry trends.
  • Lead or support related commercial operations and process improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience required, including experience in complex tender handling.
• 5-7 years Professional experience leading complex cross-functional processes, proposal operations, or commercial operations.
• 5-7 years Prior experience in the healthcare, medical device, life sciences, GPO, IDN, health system, or public tender environment strongly preferred.
• 3-5 years Experience designing or administering proposal content libraries, knowledge repositories, or workflow tools preferred.

Requirements

• Strong response management skills, including planning, timeline management, and execution discipline.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders without direct authority.
• High degree of integrity, professionalism, discretion, and judgment.
• Excellent written communication skills.
• Strong verbal communication, facilitation, and meeting leadership skills.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Excellent collaboration and team-building skills across various stakeholders.
• Maintains composure under pressure.
• Ability to influence internal and external constituents and drive alignment.
• Working knowledge of public tender requirements and healthcare procurement processes.
• Solid understanding of proposal/tender management in healthcare or life sciences.
• Experience with knowledge management, database design, workflow optimization, or proposal management platforms preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office applications required.
• Process improvement orientation with strong analytical and decision-making skills.

Benefits

• Competitive pay range: $90,100.00-$153,300.00/Annual.
• 401(k) with up to a 6% employer match and no vesting period.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Flexible time off for salaried employees.
• Accrual of three to five weeks’ vacation annually for hourly employees.
• Accrual of up to 64 hours of paid sick time annually.
• Paid and/or floating holidays.
• Parental leave.
• Short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Tuition reimbursement and health and welfare benefits.