
Senior Proposals Writer Job at Via in New York
Via, New York, NY, United States
Via is using technology to transform transportation around the world. From changing a single person’s daily commute to reducing humanity’s collective environmental footprint — we’ve got huge goals.
As a Strategic Proposals Writer at Via, you will work to improve mobility by forging new partnerships with public transit providers through thoughtful, exceptionally-written proposals. Working with senior members of the Strategy Team, you will develop a deep understanding of potential partners’ transportation challenges and goals, learn Via’s unique technical and operational strengths, and coordinate high-quality written proposals for effective shared mobility services.
What You'll Do
Hone your strategic thinking skills by coordinating with Via’s Partnerships, Expansion, and Finance teams to develop strategies for winning high-stakes, competitive procurements.
Absorb complex product specifications and distill into clear, easily-digestible prose.
Generate compelling original content by ascertaining a potential partner's needs and deploying your familiarity with Via’s technology and operational capabilities, transit norms, and the latest innovations from across the industry.
Lead competitive procurements from beginning to end -- through evaluation, creation of exceptional proposal content, review, and submission.
Conduct rigorous research on global mobility trends by analyzing news stories, new service announcements, scopes of work, and other forms of information and synthesizing findings into insightful commentary.
Skillfully manage communications with potential partners over the phone and email.
Support senior team members during interviews with cities and transit agencies.
Who You Are
Meticulous and strategic; you can pay attention to every detail in a complex project while, at the same time, relating each of them to the big picture in a coherent way.
An exceptional writer and communicator with an instinctive appreciation for tone and structure; your colleagues have told you that they enjoy reading your work (and maybe you’ve even won awards).
Socially-minded, action-oriented, and passionate about urbanism; you understand the importance of public transit and are motivated to improve worldwide access to mobility.
Able to quickly switch gears to coordinate with teams across the company and team members from associate-level to C-suite.
An academic high-achiever, preferably in the humanities, social sciences, or another field that requires regular long-form writing and argumentation (undergraduate degree required; advanced degree preferred).
It’s a plus if you have created and published an original and thoughtful essay, op-ed, or other piece of content; bonus points if it is on the subject of technology, transit, urbanism, mobility, business strategy, or a related topic.
It’s a plus if you have led (or played a leading role in) the development and success of a business or public sector proposal/pitch/deal/etc.
It’s a plus if you have prior experience at a startup, transportation consulting firm, management consulting firm, or in the public sector.
Compensation and Benefits
All final pay rates will be determined by candidates experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data
Salary Range: $85,000-$160,000
We are proud to offer a generous and comprehensive benefits package, including free medical plans and 401K matching.
We’re Via, and we build technology that changes the way the world moves. We’re driven by a simple mission: to create modern and efficient public transportation systems that provide far greater access to jobs, healthcare, and education. With our best in class suite of products, we make transit thrive.
Our teams of world-class engineers, data‑scientists, product managers, operations specialists, marketers, transit experts and more bring cutting‑edge AI‑powered software and innovative technology‑enabled operations to our partners across the globe. Founded in 2012, Via builds solutions to digitize, automate, and enable data‑driven decision making for entire transportation networks; fixed‑route buses, microtransit, paratransit, school buses, autonomous vehicles, and more.
If you’re excited to be at the forefront of modernizing the future of transportation, are up for solving tough problems, and willing to become/already are a transit nerd, we are the place for you. Even if your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description for this role, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other opportunities.
Ready to join the ride?
Via is an equal opportunity employer.
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In Summary: As a Strategic Proposals Writer at Via, you will work to improve mobility by forging new partnerships with public transit providers . You will develop a deep understanding of potential partners’ transportation challenges and goals, learn Via’s unique technical and operational strengths, and coordinate high-quality written proposals .
En Español: Via está utilizando la tecnología para transformar el transporte en todo el mundo. Desde cambiar los desplazamientos diarios de una sola persona hasta reducir la huella ambiental colectiva de la humanidad, tenemos enormes objetivos. Trabajando con miembros superiores del Equipo de Estrategia, desarrollará una comprensión profunda de los desafíos y objetivos de transporte de socios potenciales. Aprenderá las fortalezas técnicas y operativas únicas de Via, y coordinará propuestas escritas de alta calidad para servicios eficaces de movilidad compartida. Lo que harás perfeccionará tus habilidades de pensamiento estratégico coordinándote con el equipo de via Partnerships, Expansion y Finanzas para desarrollar estrategias para ganar compras competitivas e exigentes. Absorberá especificaciones complejas de productos y distillarlas en ensayo claro y fácilmente digestible. Generar contenido original convincente al determinar las necesidades de un socio potencial y desplegar tu conocimiento de la tecnología y capacidades operacionales de Via ?? , normas de tránsito y innovaciones originales a través de toda la industria. Estamos impulsados por una simple misión: crear sistemas de transporte público modernos y eficientes que proporcionen un acceso mucho mayor a los puestos de trabajo, la atención médica y la educación. Con nuestro mejor conjunto de productos en su clase, hacemos prosperar el tránsito. Nuestros equipos de ingenieros, científicos de datos, gerentes de producto, especialistas en operaciones, comercializadores, expertos en tránsitos y más llevan software avanzado basado en IA y operaciones innovadoras habilitadas con tecnología a nuestros socios de todo el mundo. Fundada en 2012, Via construye soluciones para digitalizar, automatizar y permitir tomar decisiones basadas en datos para redes completas de transporte; autobuses fijos, microtransit, paratransit, autobuses escolares, vehículos autónomos, etc. Si estás entusiasmado de estar a la vanguardia de la modernización del futuro del transporte, ya hay problemas para resolver y estamos dispuestos a convertirte en empleador/nerdal, ¿estamos listos para solicitar esta calificación?