Rfp Team Lead

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We are committed to giving our people - experienced and energetic professionals alike - the opportunities and experiences they seek to thrive and gain personal fulfilment. We will work with you to craft your own career, develop your personal growth, and align your achievements with your ambitions.

**RFP Team Lead**

Our Global RFP function comprises of three regional RFP teams: EMEA, APAC and US, and a global Content Management team. The Global RFP team plays a meaningful role within our business development processes as more and more potential investors request detailed information as part of the tendering process. The RFP team is responsible for answering these requests to a high standard in several languages and ensures that proposals are tailored to the needs of prospective clients. The EMEA RFP team is located in Frankfurt, London, Munich and Paris.

We are looking for a new manager who will lead the team in London.

**Key Responsibilities**

As an RFP Team Lead in London you will:

- Lead the RFP Team in London
- Allocate and review the workload within the team
- Develop and mentor team members
- Write customised, persuasive, and high-quality responses to RFPs and DDQs whilst meeting tight deadlines
- Create and maintain qualitative sections of various investment consultant databases and Standard RFIs
- Contribute to the information management process (e.g. maintaining the RFP content management system and tending to an array of statistics and standard information that serve as a basis for the answering of RFPs)
- Ensure effective cooperation with the numerous internal stakeholders (Management, Distribution, Product Specialists, Subject Matter Experts, etc.)
- Share ideas and collaborate with global counterparts and the Content Managers to help drive continuous improvement of the team’s efficiency, process, and overall contribution to the business

**Key Requirements/Skills/Experience**
- Min. 8 years’ experience in the Investment Management industry writing RFPs across multiple distribution channels
- Experience in leading a team
- Excellent project management skills, the ability to manage multiple tasks and to meet tight deadlines. In addition, a strong attention to detail and commitment to excellence
- Strong working knowledge of MS Word, Excel and content library software Qvidian.
- Ability to interact effectively across multiple cultures and at all levels of seniority
- Language: Excellent English and preferably an additional European language

As much as your professional skills, we value your personality. We are looking for a new team member with:

- A strong team spirit and excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Proven intercultural expertise, a high sense of initiative and flexibility and service-orientation
- A high degree of energy and ambition

**About Allianz Global Investors**

Allianz Global Investors is a leading active asset manager with over 705 investment professionals in 23 offices worldwide and managing EUR 647 billion in assets for individuals, families, and institutions. (Data as of 30 September 2021)

Active is the most important word in our vocabulary. We believe in solving, not selling, adding value beyond pure economic gain. We offer a collegial culture based on strong values, taking individual responsibility, and dedication to mastering challenging tasks. To harness the power of innovation, we invest in the development of our employees. We encourage you to make an impact in a diverse, international, technology-enabled, and increasingly agile environment. If you feel inspired to elevate the active asset management experience, this is the place for you.

We are committed to deliver excellence to our clients, advisors, employees, our parent company and within our industry. Putting our clients' needs first, behaving in an open and transparent way and treating people fairly means acting with integrity. We respect difference and diversity and reward individual performance as well as teamwork.