Proposal & Strategy Manager
About the job
- Three to five years of experience managing complex, multi-pronged projects with 10–50 stakeholders.
- Be extremely organized and able to think on one's feet and find solutions quickly.
- Be comfortable managing multiple workstreams simultaneously and collaborating with multiple people and personalities.
- Be comfortable and confident communicating with senior colleagues daily, helping them focus as needed, and facilitating timely delivery of their deliverables.
- Develop and execute clear, client-focused win strategies for every request for proposal.
- Ensure submissions are on time, high quality, compliant, and tailored to client requirements.
- Deliver compelling proposals that articulate Assurant's value proposition and competitive differentiation.
- Align stakeholders to defined roles, deadlines, and deliverables.
- Improve proposal efficiency and cycle time through standardized processes, tools, and best practices.
- Manage reusable assets and ensure messaging alignment across responses.
- Embed governance and performance tracking using key performance indicators such as win rate, turnaround time, and quality scores.
- Increase stakeholder engagement through structured collaboration, clear communication, and proactive issue resolution.
- Identify and implement process improvements to scale the proposal function and support business growth.
- Own the development and execution of request-for-proposal win plans aligned to client priorities, competitive positioning, and Assurant's strategic objectives.
- Translate complex requirements into clear, compelling, differentiated narratives.
- Guide stakeholders to ensure their contributions are strategic, relevant, and aligned to the overall value proposition.
- Lead the full lifecycle of request-for-proposal responses, from intake qualification through final submission, with accountability for quality, timeliness, and completeness.
- Ensure requirements are met while maintaining a focus on differentiation and client impact.
- Oversee integrated deliverables, including proposals, presentations, personas, and videos, that reinforce the win strategy.
- Serve as the single point of accountability across Marketing and enterprise stakeholders for request-for-proposal activities.
- Align 10–50+ contributors to roles, deadlines, and deliverables, and hold teams accountable to commitments.
- Facilitate working sessions that drive decisions, resolve blockers, and maintain momentum toward submission.
- Capture and communicate actions, decisions, and ownership, ensuring follow-through and execution discipline.
- Influence senior stakeholders to maintain focus on priorities and deliver high-quality inputs on time.
- Own and evolve the request-for-proposal management process to ensure scalability, efficiency, and consistency.
- Drive adoption of proposal management tools and best practices to improve speed, quality, and collaboration.
- Implement improvements based on performance insights, including cycle time, win rates, and stakeholder feedback.
- Establish and track key performance indicators to measure proposal effectiveness and inform ongoing optimization.
- Build trusted relationships across functions to enable effective collaboration and high-quality contributions.
- Act as a strategic partner to stakeholders by anticipating needs, surfacing risks early, and driving alignment.
- Represent Marketing with credibility and clarity and ensure a consistent, professional engagement model.
- Foster accountability, responsiveness, and continuous feedback across teams.
- Interest in growing into project management and/or organizational dynamics, with a passion for finding efficiencies in how teams operate day to day.
- Interest in marketing, business strategy, and/or persuasive writing.
About the company
Assurant provides risk-management solutions focused on protecting mobile devices, electronics, and other high-value consumer goods through insurance policies and extended service contracts, plus repair services. It underwrites these protection products for individuals, businesses, and financial institutions, with customers paying premiums or service fees while the company delivers repair work when covered items fail. The company combines protection with repair and extra support across a global footprint in North America, Europe, and Asia, emphasizing the connected device ecosystem. Its goal is to minimize the financial impact of unexpected events and keep everyday operations running by safeguarding investments and offering fast, reliable support.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Atlanta, Georgia
Founded
1892
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Q2 2026 revenue reached $3.45 billion, and adjusted EPS jumped 26% year over year.
- Assurant launched Chile financial-services protection, plus Cogeco and Swan partnerships, expanding embedded distribution.
- Management raised 2026 outlook after record second-quarter results and growing mobile protection subscriber gains.
What critics are saying
- Assurant's April 2026 Texas trade-secret lawsuit against iA American Warranty Group exposes dealer-services leakage.
- Apple, Samsung, and carriers can internalize device protection, compressing Assurant's lifestyle margins by 2027.
- Housing catastrophes and lender-placed policy shifts can erase earnings gains within one severe storm season.
What makes Assurant unique
- Assurant embeds protection, trade-in, and repair across devices, homes, and vehicles globally.
- Its carrier and retailer integrations create switching costs that smaller warranty vendors cannot match.
- Assurant's scale spans 325 million consumers across 21 countries, supporting underwriting and servicing economics.
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Health Insurance
Hybrid Work Options
Professional Development Budget
Company News
Assurant has launched a Financial Services Ecosystem Protection business line in Chile, expanding beyond its existing device, home, and automobile protection services. The new offering addresses risks associated with payments, purchases, and fraud, including vehicle financing solutions. Ricardo Laso has been appointed President of the Andean Region to lead growth in Chile, Colombia, and Peru. The launch responds to Chile's digital payments surge, which reached 7.7 billion transactions over the past year, according to the Central Bank. Assurant has operated in Chile for over 15 years. Globally, the company serves more than 325 million consumers across 21 countries, providing protection for 57 million vehicles, 68 million mobile devices, and 128 million appliances worldwide.
Assurant reported second-quarter 2026 results that exceeded revenue expectations, with sales rising 9.5% year on year to $3.45 billion. The insurance services company's non-GAAP profit of $6.41 per share beat analysts' consensus estimates by 23.7%. Net premiums earned reached $2.77 billion, in line with analyst estimates of $2.76 billion, representing 6.9% year-on-year growth. Pre-tax profit stood at $376.9 million, equating to a 10.9% margin. Assurant's revenue has grown at a 6.6% compounded annual growth rate over the past five years. The company, which provides specialised insurance products protecting consumer purchases like mobile devices, vehicles, and homes, has a market capitalisation of $13.99 billion.
Assurant has partnered with Cogeco Communications to launch a digital-first mobile device solution for Canadian customers. The collaboration gives Cogeco mobile users access to network-compatible devices through Assurant's ecosystem, including new, refurbished, and certified Open Box models from Best Buy Canada. Customers can browse and purchase devices on BestBuy.ca with flexible financing options. Assurant handles device lifecycle management, enabling customers to buy, protect, and trade in devices, whilst Cogeco provides connectivity and customer experience. The solution addresses growing Canadian demand for affordability, simplicity, and sustainability in mobile device management. Paul Cosgrove, President of Assurant Canada, said the partnership delivers "a simpler and more connected mobile experience" by integrating device access, protection, and upgrade solutions into a single journey.
Owen, an insurtech specialising in embedded insurance, has partnered with Assurant to provide insurance capacity for Swan, Europe's leading embedded banking platform. The collaboration enables Swan to integrate travel insurance and fraud protection directly into its card products across France and Europe. Under the arrangement, Assurant serves as the risk carrier, Owen acts as broker and third-party administrator, and Allianz provides assistance services. The programme launched in April 2026 with Swan, which processes approximately €2 billion in monthly transactions across 30 European countries and serves over 150 companies including Pennylane, Indy and Agicap. The partnership allows Swan's partners to offer embedded insurance natively within their card products, eliminating months of integration work and complex regulatory requirements.
Assurant reported first-quarter 2026 net operating income of $5.95 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 10.2% and rising 76% year over year. Total revenues increased 11.4% to $3.4 billion, surpassing estimates by 4.4%. Results benefited from lower reportable catastrophes, solid performance in Global Lifestyle and Global Housing, and earnings growth across Connected Living and Global Automotive. Net investment income jumped 27.9% to $159.6 million. Global Housing revenues rose 11.5% to $769.8 million, whilst adjusted EBITDA doubled to $236.7 million, primarily due to lower catastrophe losses. Global Lifestyle revenues increased 11.3% to $2.6 billion, with adjusted EBITDA up 20% to $236.7 million, driven by subscriber growth in mobile protection and improved automotive loss experience.