Morristown, New Jersey
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Posted: 24-Feb-26
Location: Pittsburh, Pennsylvania
Type: Full Time
Preferred Education:
Internal Number: 9641
Proposal Content Specialist
Federated Hermes Career Opportunity #9641
Boston, MA or Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Hybrid Location (office/remote)
Federated Hermes is seeking a strategic and detail-oriented Proposal Content Specialist to lead the development, governance, and optimization of proposal content within the Responsive content management system (formerly RFPIO). This role is critical to ensuring our Proposal Team has access to accurate, compelling, and up-to-date content that supports efficient and high-quality RFP, RFI and DDQ responses. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in content strategy, proposal development, and knowledge management, with hands-on experience managing content libraries in Responsive or similar platforms.
The annual base salary range for the position is $63,900-$115,000. In determining salary multiple factors will be taken into consideration such as primary work location, experience, education and skill set.
What You’ll Do:
- Own the content lifecycle within Responsive, including creation, review, approval, tagging, archiving, and sunsetting of content
- Develop and enforce content governance policies to ensure consistency, accuracy, and compliance
- Collaborate with subject matter experts, Proposal Team members, and other business units to ensure content reflects current offerings, messaging, and consistent brand voice
- Serve as the primary administrator for Responsive, managing user roles, permissions, and workflows
- Monitor system usage and performance, identifying opportunities for automation using AI, improved tagging, searchability, etc.
- Lead training and onboarding for new users and provide ongoing support to the Proposal Team
- Write, edit, and curate high-quality, reusable content tailored for RFPs, RFIs, DDQs, consultant databases, and other sales enablement documents
- Ensure content is aligned with corporate messaging, marketing collateral, legal/compliance standards, and client needs
- Partner with Sales, Marketing, Legal, Product, and SMEs to source and validate content
- Track content usage, gaps, and performance metrics to inform updates and improvements
- Provide regular reports and insights to leadership on content health and system adoption
- Collaborate regularly with Proposal Team management to ensure system is working for the team and make continual process enhancements where necessary
The Expertise We Are Looking For:
- Bachelor’s degree in English, Communications, Marketing, Business, or related field; related experience also considered in lieu of degree
- Minimum 3 years of experience in proposal writing, content management, or knowledge management
- Minimum 2 years of experience managing content in Responsive or a similar RFP platform
- Exceptional writing, editing, and organizational skills required
- Strong understanding of the proposal development lifecycle and sales enablement content required
- Must have experience with metadata, tagging, and taxonomy best practices
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders in a fast-paced environment required
Our Investment in You
We believe our employees are our most important asset! Therefore, we offer benefits programs designed to help you and your family thrive, training programs to advance your professional development and opportunities for you to give back to the community. Our offerings include:
- A competitive total compensation package, including bonus programs designed to recognize and incentivize our employees to do their best every day.
- Time off programs including paid vacation, parental leave and a volunteer day to help you stay healthy and connected to the things that are important.
- Opportunities to expand your professional network within the firm and the community through participation in programs such as the Women in Investing Employee Resource Business Group and the University Ambassador Program.
About Federated Hermes
At Federated Hermes, our goals are to help individuals invest and retire better, to help our clients achieve better risk-adjusted returns, and to contribute to the positive outcomes in the wider world. We pledge to always putting our clients first and to acting responsibly and transparently. Our commitment to active, responsible investment has enabled us to become a leading investment manager with $902.6 billion in assets under management; serving investors around the world.
We provide career opportunities that enable our employees to grow and meet their career aspirations while balancing the needs of their personal lives. We offer a collaborative environment that promotes doing things the right way and always with integrity, sharing ideas to drive positive change, and following through on our commitments. We are motivated by a higher purpose and always consider the impact of our work. We promote teamwork and foster a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where unique perspectives, ideas and experiences are recognized and appreciated for the contributions they bring.
For consideration, please visit our company website and reference job #9641
For additional information, please visit FederatedHermes.com
Federated Hermes, Inc. offers a competitive salary and benefits package along with a professional environment.
Only those candidates in whom we have an interest will be contacted.
We are interested in qualified candidates who are eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.
EOE – Including Disability / Vets
Federated Hermes is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in all aspects of employment to qualified individuals without regard to the following criteria: race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, mental or physical disability, age, familial or marital status, ancestry, military status, veteran status or genetic information as well as any other prohibited criteria under any local, state or federal law applicable to Federated Hermes. As part of the firm’s equal employment opportunity statement, Federated Hermes will also comply with applicable government contractor obligations, including ensuring veterans and qualified people with disabilities are considered for employment and promotional opportunities consistent with current federal, state and local laws and regulations. Federated Hermes will also make reasonable accommodations for the religious practices of beliefs of applicants and employees, as well as for mental health or physical disability needs.
