Senior Proposals Manager
Designer Fund is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage tech companies using design to improve health, sustainability, or prosperity for people. It backs founding teams, particularly those with design backgrounds, across sectors like fintech, healthcare, climate tech, and developer tools.
About Designer Fund
Designer Fund is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in tech companies leveraging design to drive positive outcomes in health, sustainability, and financial prosperity. Its portfolio spans a wide range of sectors including financial infrastructure (Stripe), preventative health (Omada), collaborative tools (Notion), developer tools (Netlify), product management (Linear), payroll and benefits (Gusto), design tools (Framer), and healthcare infrastructure (Commure), among dozens of other companies across fintech, climate tech, healthcare, EdTech, and AI. The firm also runs 'Designer Founders,' a community and platform highlighting designers who have gone on to found and lead companies, reflecting its focus on backing design-driven founders and design-centric startups from early stages through growth and acquisition.
Skills
About the Role
You will forge and shape new partnerships with public transit providers across the DACH region through thoughtful, exceptionally-written proposals. You will operate with significant autonomy alongside senior leadership, bringing your own strategic perspective to competitive procurements, mentoring junior team members, and setting the standard for proposal quality across the organization. This role suits someone with a keen interest in technology and a genuine passion for writing. It is hybrid and Berlin based.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of relevant experience
- Exceptionally strong writer and communicator
- Highly strategic mindset
- Self-starter who drives process improvements and operates with minimal oversight
- Steady, thoughtful, organized, and solution-oriented
- Fully fluent in German and English, native or bilingual level in German is a must
Responsibilities
- Lead competitive procurements end-to-end with full ownership: evaluation, strategy, creation of exceptional proposal content, review, and submission
- Drive winning strategies for high-stakes procurements in close partnership with Partnerships, Expansion, and Finance teams
- Lead the optimization and AI-driven automation of the proposal response process
- Translate complex product specifications into clear, compelling prose that moves decision-makers
- Generate original, persuasive content by reading what a potential partner really needs
- Manage communications with potential partners and support senior team members in interviews with cities and transit agencies
- Mentor junior members of the proposals team and contribute to hiring and team-building
Benefits
- Weekly team lunch and breakfast
- Urban Sports Club membership
- Company pension scheme (bAV) with a 20% employer contribution
- 30 vacation days a year