Remote Public Sector RFP Specialist

Location: Canada—Remote (Eastern or Central time zone preferred)

A note on length — this posting is intentionally longer than most. That is deliberate. It gives you a realistic preview of the role and clear guidance on how to present your application, so we suggest reading it in full.

About SOVRA

SOVRA is a leading public procurement platform trusted by more than 7,000 government agencies and over 1 million suppliers across North America. Our work sits at the intersection of technology, public service, and accountability, helping governments operate more efficiently and transparently on behalf of the communities they serve.

What makes SOVRA unique is our deep focus on the public sector. Our solutions are purpose-built to solve real, complex procurement challenges, balancing compliance with usability and innovation. That commitment has been recognized with the Achievement of Excellence in Procurement (AEP) Certification from the National Procurement Institute, reflecting our high standards and impact on the market.

At SOVRA, the work you do matters. Every improvement we make helps public organizations stretch taxpayer dollars further, operate with greater transparency, and deliver better outcomes for millions of people. We're a growing, mission-driven company where smart, curious people come together to build technology that serves the public good.

Learn more at sovra.com.

About the job

SOVRA is looking for a Public Sector RFP Specialist to join its proposal team. This is a newly created role driven by the continued growth of SOVRA and the increasing number of high-value, complex solicitations. These opportunities require dedicated ownership to ensure a strategic, compliant, and competitive response process that supports SOVRA's growth objectives.

The role serves as the lead for SOVRA's strategic public-sector proposal responses, driving response strategy, compliance, content development, stakeholder engagement, and submission execution. These opportunities span SOVRA's diverse public-sector customer base, including state and provincial agencies, education institutions, and special districts across North America.

Public-sector solicitations for procurement solutions involve complex requirements, detailed compliance and evaluation criteria, and, at times, tight submission timelines. What the proposal team submits is what an agency evaluates SOVRA on, so every response must meet the high standards of accuracy, clarity, and compliance expected by public-sector buyers and internal stakeholders alike.

What will your main responsibilities look like?

Solicitation Analysis & Response Strategy

• You independently lead the review and analysis of RFx documents, develop the end-to-end response strategy, and determine how key customer requirements should be addressed in the proposal.

• You develop compelling, customer-focused proposal content with integrated win themes that reflect SOVRA's strengths while ensuring all requirements and compliance criteria are addressed

Proposal Management

• You own the proposal schedule from end to end, so every deliverable is tracked, prioritized, and submitted on time and in the form the solicitation requires.

• You run proposal milestone meetings from kick-off through status checks and follow-ups, keeping timelines and accountability visible across every contributing team.

Cross-Functional Coordination

• You act as the proposal to lead across departments, gathering input from subject matter experts, sales, product, services and other teams resolving gaps before they reach the submission.

• You keep every section consistent and accurate, so a response reads one document rather than a set of separate contributions.

Content & Continuous Improvement

• You write and edit propo