Proposal Manager
Partnerships
team
Montreal, QC
Full time
Transit agencies are a miracle on wheels, getting you where you need to go while displacing millions of tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere.
For more than a decade, we’ve been making the lives of these miracle makers a little bit easier. After all, keeping the buses and trains on schedule is a hard enough job as it is! Our team at Transit helps 180+ agency partners deliver a better customer experience to their riders thanks to our beautifully-designed app, our dutiful swatting of bugs whenever they rear their buggy heads in agency data, along with our suite of agency tools like detour detection and rider surveys which show agencies what needs to be fixed in real-time — be it a broken light at a stop, or a persistently crowded bus line.
As the newest member of our partnerships operations™ team, you’ll be our MVP of RFPs, scouring the sky for bat signals any time a transit agency indicates that they’re in need of help.
RFPs come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. And only some are germane to the work we do at Transit. We’re looking for someone with experience in government procurement or sales (B2C? B2B? B2G?) to help us systematically sort through the ocean of RFPs to find leads for our biz team. It could be a ticketing integration, a paratransit service that needs app support, a custom trip planning solution for the Olympics, or something unusual that we’re nevertheless unusually qualified to bid on.
After joining, we’ll get you up to speed on the Transit biz. We’ll then watch in awe as you help us monitor RFPs as they come out, read and summarize the most promising RFPs, and then make the case to the biz team if we should wade through the bog of paperwork, find co-bidders, and submit an actual proposal! You’ll coordinate with internal teams (Partnerships, Service Delivery, Legal, etc.) and wrangle up co-bidders when needed, ensuring all proposal sections, appendices, & compliance checklists have their t’s crossed and i’s and umlauts dotted.
With your organizational chops and writerly flair, you’ll help transit agencies make smarter decisions, improve the lives of riders, and help us modernize city-saving forms of transportation from Quebec to Kalamazoo.
Ready to join? Here’s what we need on our end:
📝 Responsibilities
Find the opportunities. Use traditional channels, and ones of your own clever devising (resellers? cooperative lists?). Read all RFP docs when they come out, whether via BidPrime or elsewhere. Prepare summaries of all important info and questions for the partnerships team to answer, and coordinate across teams on proposals.
Create and maintain Transit’s product glossary. From boilerplate app descriptions to descriptions of our agency products, we apply to lots of RFPs and they often ask us for the same things. You’ll help us suavely slot in the appropriate block of text from a glossary, rather than having to hunt around Slack and emails for PDFs to riff off of.
Write our RFP responses. Thankfully this is much easier now, since you set up boilerplate templates with standard copy. Did we mention we love you already?
Prepare quotes and other materials for non-RFP opportunities so we can slot them in quickly, too.
Assess success (and failure). After a win, make sure our service delivery team is 100% informed on what was promised, and ensure that the handoff is seamless. After a loss (womp womp) figure out why we lost, who won, and why, and use these takeaways to make our next bid all the more irresistible!
Monitor current and prospective partners. Keep an eye on key agency accounts (read, digest, and summarize budgets, board reports, news articles — and whatever other public docs you can dig up — to identify upcoming opportunities, and pass these off to your friends on the partnerships team). Same goes for large events like the Super Bowl, World Cup, or Olympics, which often result in a flurry of RFPs for trip planning apps like ours.
Help the business team centralize all of its partner relationships in one place. You’ll help us build up our CRM, put new agencies in the pipeline, update docs and strategic plans, and take care of various administration tasks to keep the paperwork train running on schedule.
✅ Requirements
You have an abiding love for public transit so profound that not even the most obscure RFP requirement can get you down!
You have 3-5 years of experience in the industry.
Fluent in French and English (95% of our transit agency partners are outside of Quebec)
You have a rough idea of how the sausage gets made in the world of government/agency procurement
You have a second sense for B2B marketing tactics. (That’s what the 2 is for.)
You are organized. How organized? Oh-so-organized. You have the ability to create systems out of semi-organized chaos. You have strong opinions on task-tracking software, and when it comes to conditional formatting in Excel? You… excel… at it…
Meticulous. You spot details others miss, and read long Victorian novels cover to cover, looking up all the definitions along the way.
You have a straightforward, succinct writing style. You like summarizing things.
You are an Owner's Manual reader who loves learning how complicated things work
You’ll remember to add “RFP MVP” to the subject line when you apply
💯 Would be nice if
Multilingual! The more línguas you sprichst the better
You’ve worked in government
You live in Montreal, or are willing to relocate to the reigning bagel capital of the world
Don’t feel like all the requirements apply to you but you still think you’d be a great fit for Transit? Don’t hesitate to apply!
💰 Compensation and benefits
$60,000 CAD - $80,000 CAD per year, based on experience
Stock options
RRSP contributions
Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
5 weeks vacation
Four-day work week at full-time salary (yes, you read that right)
Apple laptop and equipment
$1,600 annual mobility allowance. STM? BIXI? Uber? E-bike? Scooter? Going car-free is free at Transit.
A training and development budget
Generous maternal/paternal/parental leave policy. Gotta fill out our tandem bicycles somehow!
Flexible work hours
Spend your days surrounded by first-rate teammates and the best view of Montreal and/or [insert exotic Zoom background]
When you’re in the office: you’ll be in urbanist heaven, surrounded by Mile End’s urban gardens, bike paths, BIXI docks, bus stops, a metro station, and limitless restaurants… cafés… bars… concert halls… bagel boutiques…
Communal lunch-and-learn with free food in the office each week
👨💻 A note on diversity
Public transit is used by overwhelmingly more women and people of colour than other modes of transportation. We try to make sure the diversity of our users is reflected in the team that serves them. Because when we include people of all races, genders, sexual orientations, ages, and identities — we end up building a better app for everyone who uses Transit.
We encourage candidates of all ages, genders, origins and orientations to apply. If you’d like to specify which pronouns you use, feel free to include that in your application email.
And if your lived experience has given you a unique perspective on all things transportation, mobility, accessibility, urbanism? Let us know, and we’ll make sure your application gets the attention it merits.
📬 How to apply
Send your resume and cover letter to [email protected]
To get our attention: mention any past experience applying to RFPs (or orchestrating other forms of public procurement) in your email
For all the bonus points: include a piece of writing you’re particularly proud of, ideally something transportation-related
PS: When you apply, let us know how you heard about the position! Whispers, grapevines, middle-of-the-night Google searches? We’re dying to know.
PPS: Unfortunately, we don't accept in-person applications or singing telegrams. Make your application sing instead!
📝 Responsibilities
Find the opportunities. Use traditional channels, and ones of your own clever devising (resellers? cooperative lists?). Read all RFP docs when they come out, whether via BidPrime or elsewhere. Prepare summaries of all important info and questions for the partnerships team to answer, and coordinate across teams on proposals.
Create and maintain Transit’s product glossary. From boilerplate app descriptions to descriptions of our agency products, we apply to lots of RFPs and they often ask us for the same things. You’ll help us suavely slot in the appropriate block of text from a glossary, rather than having to hunt around Slack and emails for PDFs to riff off of.
Write our RFP responses. Thankfully this is much easier now, since you set up boilerplate templates with standard copy. Did we mention we love you already?
Prepare quotes and other materials for non-RFP opportunities so we can slot them in quickly, too.
Assess success (and failure). After a win, make sure our service delivery team is 100% informed on what was promised, and ensure that the handoff is seamless. After a loss (womp womp) figure out why we lost, who won, and why, and use these takeaways to make our next bid all the more irresistible!
Monitor current and prospective partners. Keep an eye on key agency accounts (read, digest, and summarize budgets, board reports, news articles — and whatever other public docs you can dig up — to identify upcoming opportunities, and pass these off to your friends on the partnerships team). Same goes for large events like the Super Bowl, World Cup, or Olympics, which often result in a flurry of RFPs for trip planning apps like ours.
Help the business team centralize all of its partner relationships in one place. You’ll help us build up our CRM, put new agencies in the pipeline, update docs and strategic plans, and take care of various administration tasks to keep the paperwork train running on schedule.
✅ Requirements
You have an abiding love for public transit so profound that not even the most obscure RFP requirement can get you down!
You have 3-5 years of experience in the industry.
Fluent in French and English (95% of our transit agency partners are outside of Quebec)
You have a rough idea of how the sausage gets made in the world of government/agency procurement
You have a second sense for B2B marketing tactics. (That’s what the 2 is for.)
You are organized. How organized? Oh-so-organized. You have the ability to create systems out of semi-organized chaos. You have strong opinions on task-tracking software, and when it comes to conditional formatting in Excel? You… excel… at it…
Meticulous. You spot details others miss, and read long Victorian novels cover to cover, looking up all the definitions along the way.
You have a straightforward, succinct writing style. You like summarizing things.
You are an Owner's Manual reader who loves learning how complicated things work
You’ll remember to add “RFP MVP” to the subject line when you apply
💯 Would be nice if
Multilingual! The more línguas you sprichst the better
You’ve worked in government
You live in Montreal, or are willing to relocate to the reigning bagel capital of the world
Don’t feel like all the requirements apply to you but you still think you’d be a great fit for Transit? Don’t hesitate to apply!
💰 Compensation and benefits
$60,000 CAD - $80,000 CAD per year, based on experience
Stock options
RRSP contributions
Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
5 weeks vacation
Four-day work week at full-time salary (yes, you read that right)
Apple laptop and equipment
$1,600 annual mobility allowance. STM? BIXI? Uber? E-bike? Scooter? Going car-free is free at Transit.
A training and development budget
Generous maternal/paternal/parental leave policy. Gotta fill out our tandem bicycles somehow!
Flexible work hours
Spend your days surrounded by first-rate teammates and the best view of Montreal and/or [insert exotic Zoom background]
When you’re in the office: you’ll be in urbanist heaven, surrounded by Mile End’s urban gardens, bike paths, BIXI docks, bus stops, a metro station, and limitless restaurants… cafés… bars… concert halls… bagel boutiques…
Communal lunch-and-learn with free food in the office each week
👨💻 A note on diversity
Public transit is used by overwhelmingly more women and people of colour than other modes of transportation. We try to make sure the diversity of our users is reflected in the team that serves them. Because when we include people of all races, genders, sexual orientations, ages, and identities — we end up building a better app for everyone who uses Transit.
We encourage candidates of all ages, genders, origins and orientations to apply. If you’d like to specify which pronouns you use, feel free to include that in your application email.
And if your lived experience has given you a unique perspective on all things transportation, mobility, accessibility, urbanism? Let us know, and we’ll make sure your application gets the attention it merits.
📬 How to apply
Send your resume and cover letter to [email protected]
To get our attention: mention any past experience applying to RFPs (or orchestrating other forms of public procurement) in your email
For all the bonus points: include a piece of writing you’re particularly proud of, ideally something transportation-related
PS: When you apply, let us know how you heard about the position! Whispers, grapevines, middle-of-the-night Google searches? We’re dying to know.
PPS: Unfortunately, we don't accept in-person applications or singing telegrams. Make your application sing instead!
📝 Responsibilities
Find the opportunities. Use traditional channels, and ones of your own clever devising (resellers? cooperative lists?). Read all RFP docs when they come out, whether via BidPrime or elsewhere. Prepare summaries of all important info and questions for the partnerships team to answer, and coordinate across teams on proposals.
Create and maintain Transit’s product glossary. From boilerplate app descriptions to descriptions of our agency products, we apply to lots of RFPs and they often ask us for the same things. You’ll help us suavely slot in the appropriate block of text from a glossary, rather than having to hunt around Slack and emails for PDFs to riff off of.
Write our RFP responses. Thankfully this is much easier now, since you set up boilerplate templates with standard copy. Did we mention we love you already?
Prepare quotes and other materials for non-RFP opportunities so we can slot them in quickly, too.
Assess success (and failure). After a win, make sure our service delivery team is 100% informed on what was promised, and ensure that the handoff is seamless. After a loss (womp womp) figure out why we lost, who won, and why, and use these takeaways to make our next bid all the more irresistible!
Monitor current and prospective partners. Keep an eye on key agency accounts (read, digest, and summarize budgets, board reports, news articles — and whatever other public docs you can dig up — to identify upcoming opportunities, and pass these off to your friends on the partnerships team). Same goes for large events like the Super Bowl, World Cup, or Olympics, which often result in a flurry of RFPs for trip planning apps like ours.
Help the business team centralize all of its partner relationships in one place. You’ll help us build up our CRM, put new agencies in the pipeline, update docs and strategic plans, and take care of various administration tasks to keep the paperwork train running on schedule.
✅ Requirements
You have an abiding love for public transit so profound that not even the most obscure RFP requirement can get you down!
You have 3-5 years of experience in the industry.
Fluent in French and English (95% of our transit agency partners are outside of Quebec)
You have a rough idea of how the sausage gets made in the world of government/agency procurement
You have a second sense for B2B marketing tactics. (That’s what the 2 is for.)
You are organized. How organized? Oh-so-organized. You have the ability to create systems out of semi-organized chaos. You have strong opinions on task-tracking software, and when it comes to conditional formatting in Excel? You… excel… at it…
Meticulous. You spot details others miss, and read long Victorian novels cover to cover, looking up all the definitions along the way.
You have a straightforward, succinct writing style. You like summarizing things.
You are an Owner's Manual reader who loves learning how complicated things work
You’ll remember to add “RFP MVP” to the subject line when you apply
💯 Would be nice if
Multilingual! The more línguas you sprichst the better
You’ve worked in government
You live in Montreal, or are willing to relocate to the reigning bagel capital of the world
Don’t feel like all the requirements apply to you but you still think you’d be a great fit for Transit? Don’t hesitate to apply!
💰 Compensation and benefits
$60,000 CAD - $80,000 CAD per year, based on experience
Stock options
RRSP contributions
Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
5 weeks vacation
Four-day work week at full-time salary (yes, you read that right)
Apple laptop and equipment
$1,600 annual mobility allowance. STM? BIXI? Uber? E-bike? Scooter? Going car-free is free at Transit.
A training and development budget
Generous maternal/paternal/parental leave policy. Gotta fill out our tandem bicycles somehow!
Flexible work hours
Spend your days surrounded by first-rate teammates and the best view of Montreal and/or [insert exotic Zoom background]
When you’re in the office: you’ll be in urbanist heaven, surrounded by Mile End’s urban gardens, bike paths, BIXI docks, bus stops, a metro station, and limitless restaurants… cafés… bars… concert halls… bagel boutiques…
Communal lunch-and-learn with free food in the office each week
👨💻 A note on diversity
Public transit is used by overwhelmingly more women and people of colour than other modes of transportation. We try to make sure the diversity of our users is reflected in the team that serves them. Because when we include people of all races, genders, sexual orientations, ages, and identities — we end up building a better app for everyone who uses Transit.
We encourage candidates of all ages, genders, origins and orientations to apply. If you’d like to specify which pronouns you use, feel free to include that in your application email.
And if your lived experience has given you a unique perspective on all things transportation, mobility, accessibility, urbanism? Let us know, and we’ll make sure your application gets the attention it merits.
📬 How to apply
Send your resume and cover letter to [email protected]
To get our attention: mention any past experience applying to RFPs (or orchestrating other forms of public procurement) in your email
For all the bonus points: include a piece of writing you’re particularly proud of, ideally something transportation-related
PS: When you apply, let us know how you heard about the position! Whispers, grapevines, middle-of-the-night Google searches? We’re dying to know.
PPS: Unfortunately, we don't accept in-person applications or singing telegrams. Make your application sing instead!