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Sales Proposal Specialist

Reposted 12 Days Ago
In-Office
New York, NY, USA
85K-110K Annually
Entry level
In-Office
New York, NY, USA
85K-110K Annually
Entry level
The Sales Proposal Specialist will manage the proposal process for enterprise deals, coordinate security questionnaires, and collaborate across teams to ensure successful submissions.
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Profound is the marketing platform for the AI era. As people increasingly turn to ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini to decide what to buy, we give brands the intelligence to see how AI represents them and the Agents to act on it. Today, ~13% of the Fortune 500, plus companies like Ramp, Figma, Chime, Calendly, and DocuSign, use Profound to turn AI Search from a black box into a measurable growth channel.

Backed by Lightspeed, Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, and Khosla Ventures at a $1B valuation, we're a lean, fast-moving team across NYC, SF, Buenos Aires, and London, shipping at a relentless pace and defining a new category at the biggest shift in marketing in 25 years. If you want to do the best work of your career at the frontier of AI, come build it with us.

As our Sales Proposal Specialist, you will play a key role in helping Profound win enterprise deals by managing the proposal process from end to end. You will coordinate responses to RFPs, RFIs, and security questionnaires, ensuring every submission is accurate, timely, and compelling. This is an ideal role for someone who is detail-oriented, process-driven, and excited to learn how complex SaaS deals come together.

What you’ll do
  • Manage and coordinate security questionnaires, RFIs, and RFPs from enterprise prospects

  • Build and maintain a knowledge base of responses, best practices, and reference materials to make future submissions faster and more consistent

  • Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Legal, Security, and Product teams to ensure proposals are accurate, compliant, and persuasive

  • Identify opportunities to improve the deal process, making it faster, more repeatable, and scalable

  • Support the Sales and Solutions Consulting teams with ad-hoc deal enablement and documentation requests

Who you are
  • Detail-oriented and process-minded, with strong written and verbal communication skills

  • Excited to learn how enterprise SaaS deals get done and gain exposure to multiple parts of the business

  • Able to balance multiple priorities and deadlines with precision and professionalism

  • Comfortable working cross-functionally in a fast-paced, high-growth environment

  • Interested in growing into roles in Solutions Consulting, RevOps, or Security as you deepen your understanding of Profound’s business and customers

Location

This is an on-site role based in our Union Square, NYC office, designed for builders who thrive on speed, iteration, and meaningful impact.

For this role, the expected base salary range is $85,000 to $110,000. Profound’s total compensation package is designed to be competitive and includes base salary, equity, and a full range of benefits and perks. Final compensation will depend on factors such as your skills, experience, qualifications, and location, and will be determined during the interview process. Our recruiting team will share more details about the full compensation package and benefits as you move through hiring.

Note: All official communication from Profound will come from a @tryprofound.com email address. If you're contacted by anyone using a different domain, please disregard and report it as spam.

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