FedEx

Deal Strategists Principal

FedEx$101K — $172K *
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Deep understanding of healthcare services, compliance, and commercial risk.
  • Strong facilitation, influence, and executive communication skills.
  • Ability to resolve ambiguity and make decisions under pressure.
  • Experience managing healthcare RFPs from intake through submission.
  • Proven track record coordinating cross-functional proposal teams.
  • Experience writing executive-level proposal responses.
  • Background in bids involving pharmaceuticals, medical devices, or healthcare logistics.
  • Minimum of four years in Marketing or related fields with healthcare preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Set standards for RFP governance and performance measurement.
  • Oversee high-value, complex healthcare bids across regions.
  • Maintain and enhance standardized RFP templates and risk logs.
  • Partner with Sales for pipeline readiness and early MSAs initiation.
  • Analyze RFP performance metrics to implement process improvements.
  • Provide updates and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
  • Coach and mentor team members for consistent performance.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance plans.
  • Retirement savings plan with company match.
  • Wellness programs and resources.
  • Professional development and training opportunities.
  • Hybrid work flexibility with a base location preference.
Full Job Description
Owns healthcare RFP execution strategy and capability development. Drives standardization, pipeline readiness, and continuous improvement to improve win rates, cycle time, and scalability across the healthcare portfolio.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Deep understanding of healthcare services, compliance, and commercial risk.
  • Strong facilitation, influence, and executive communication skills.
  • Proven ability to resolve ambiguity and drive decisions under pressure.
  • Managed healthcare RFPs from intake through submission
  • Coordinated cross-functional proposal teams
  • Written executive proposal responses
  • Supported bids involving pharmaceuticals, medical devices, diagnostics, specialty pharmacy, or healthcare logistics
  • Minimum of four (4) years experience in Marketing or related field. Prior experience in healthcare industry is preferred.


Essential Duties
  • Set standards for healthcare RFP governance, execution, and performance measurement.
  • Oversee complex, high-value, or high-risk healthcare bids across regions and operating companies.
  • Maintain and enhance standardized RFP templates, solution archetypes, vendor and lane databases, and risk logs.
  • Partner with Sales on pipeline readiness, ensuring early initiation of MSAs and Quality Agreements.
  • Analyze RFP performance metrics (cycle time, rework, escalations, win/loss drivers) and drive process improvements.
  • Provide leadership updates and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
  • Coach and mentor Deal Coordinators to build bench strength and consistency.


Location details: The preferred location for this hybrid position is Memphis, TN. However, we will consider candidates based elsewhere within the United States (excluding Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories). Candidates residing within 50 miles of a FedEx campus will be required to work on-site at a FedEx location several times per week.

Minimum Education

Bachelor's Degree/equivalent in business, marketing or related field. In lieu of a degree, nine (9) years of practical experience may offset education requirements.

Minimum Experience

Minimum of five (5) years' experience in marketing or proposal development. Prior experience in the healthcare industry is preferred.

Knowledge & Skills
  • Expert knowledge of healthcare RFPs, pricing governance, and regulatory risk
  • Strong business acumen and ability to balance competitiveness with affordability
  • Capability-building mindset with experience scaling repeatable processes


Preferred Qualifications:

Pay Transparency:

Pay: Memphis range: $8,452.14 - $14,368.63 monthly

Additional Details:

Pay Transparency:
The compensation listed reflects the pay range or rate of pay reasonably expected for this posted position at the posted location or locations. If this opportunity includes multiple job levels, the pay information represents the ranges for each level in that job family. Actual pay is determined by several job-related factors permitted by law and relevant to the position, including, but not limited to, experience relative to the job, tenure, market level, pay at the location for this job, performance, schedule, and work assignment. In California, the compensation listed reflects the range or rate of pay reasonably expected for this posted position upon hire. In New Jersey, any compensable Security and Walk time will be paid to non-exempt/hourly employees at the state minimum wage.

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Industry
Net Income
$2.4 billion
Founded
1973
5 Year Trend
+9.2%
Revenue
$74.7 billion
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