RFP Editor

About this role

At T. Rowe Price, we identify and actively invest in opportunities to help people thrive in an evolving world. As a premier global asset management organization with more than 85 years of experience, we provide investment solutions and a broad range of equity, fixed income, and multi-asset capabilities to individuals, advisors, institutions, and retirement plan sponsors. We take an active, independent approach to investing, offering our dynamic perspective and meaningful partnership so our clients can feel more confident.  

We believe doing the right thing for our clients and our associates is good business . With a career at the firm, y ou can expect opportunities to create real impact at work and in your community. Y ou’ll enjoy resources to support your career path, a s well as compensation , benefits , and flexibility to enrich your life. Here, you’ll find a collaborative culture that respect s and valu e s differences and colleagues who share a spirit of generosity .   

Join us for the opportunity to g row and make a difference in ways that matter to you .  

Role Summary The RFP Editor plays a lead role in advancing the strategic sales objectives of T. Rowe Price’s global distribution units. The RFP Editor functions as the primary liaison with key principals from our global distribution units and subject matter experts - in the project management and completion of prospect and client information requests -with the objective of winning and/or retaining business.    The RFP Editor is responsible for overseeing and managing the entire proposal process. Working within stated deadlines, the RFP Editor collaborates directly with senior stakeholders in Sales, Marketing, Investments, Legal and other business units, to strategically and accurately position T. Rowe Price and its products, personnel, policies, and procedures in proposals—broadly defined as RFPs, RFIs and DDQs. The RFP Editor is expected to adhere to internal processes and partner effectively with team members across Global RFP in order to deliver high quality, compelling documents.  The RFP Editor will help drive the adoption of technology and AI-enabled solutions that improve the quality, consistency, and efficiency of proposal development.

Responsibilities   The RFP Editor is responsible for managing the proposal process and the related network of internal and external constituents, which includes:  • Communicating with senior sales, client service and investment professionals to assess prospect and client needs, understand the firm’s strategic advantages in the marketplace, and create proposals and due diligence documents that express these advantages clearly and accurately, in a timely manner.  • Effectively collaborating with all stakeholders required for effective proposal creation and delivery: Where appropriate, mentoring junior members of the RFP team, accurately highlight outliers, ensure information and data is correctly sourced; working with RFP Specialists, SMEs and Content Managers to ensure that original or revised content is vetted and captured.   • Taking the lead on the largest, most complex proposals (both standard and fully custom offers) that are critical to the organization. Responsible for reviewing and owning responses to requests for proposal submitted by top priority clients. • Supporting the adoption of technical solutions: Leverage AI and automation tools to enhance proposal development efficiency and effectiveness. The RFP Editor needs to stay abreast of technical developments at the industry and firm level, demonstrating optimal utilization of the RFP team's technological resources. Active involvement in testing new technologies and defining best practices is crucial, encompassing AI utilization, process automation recommendations, and other innovative solutions.   • Act as a champion for emerging technologies, helping drive the adoption of AI-enabled proposal solutions by testing new capabilities, providing actionable feedback to development teams, documenting best practices, and coaching colleagues on effective use. • Identifying and implementing best practices across the proposal development value chain: working within the agreed protocols and parameters of the T. Rowe Price RFP/DDQ process; including use of RFP Library Responsive, leveraging tech solutions, adhering to process and policy documents, sourcing information internally, and maintaining accurate and up-to-date statistics in the record system.   • Tailoring the firm’s standard responses as needed to ensure that competitive positioning points are communicated relevantly and effectively within each output; ensuring that each proposal exhibits editorial integrity, the firm’s voice, branded strategies and a high degree of readability.  • The RFP Editor will be working on multiple project proposals at any given time so needs to be adept at project management co-ordination to ensure the accurate and timely delivery of deadline-driven tender documents, in addition to continually forwarding the initiatives of the organization.  • The RFP Editor needs to be an active, ongoing contributor to the operational evolution of proposals, both in terms of knowledge dissemination and in process/procedure improvement. This includes:  • Keeping abreast of specific regional business plans; attending meetings and trainings and flagging any potential encounters that could impact RFP Team strategy; understanding of clients/prospects/markets.  • Advising business leadership on proposal processes and library content changes, informed by external market best practices and supporting technology.   • Conducting legal and business reviews for potential projects and collaborate with management on final "go/no-go" decisions.   • Developing best practices and policies to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the RFP process and leading respective projects.  

  Qualifications Required:  • Bachelor's Degree or work equivalent AND  • 8+ years RFP experience (f

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