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About the Role

The Senior Pursuit Specialist collaborates with business leadership and pursuit teams to drive successful proposal, pursuit, and marketing activities for strategic pursuits. This role involves oversight, coordination, and delivery of complex proposals, including strategy development, marketing campaigns, win plans, content creation, compliance assurance, and schedule management. It also includes working with marketing, business development, public relations, and communications professionals to enhance brand awareness and identify market opportunities.

Responsibilities

Plan, organize, and direct all elements of complex RFP and pursuit efforts, including solicitation analysis, response planning, and schedule development.
Facilitate Go/No-Go discussions and lead win strategy development and reviews.
Lead proposal kickoff meetings, coordinate pursuit teams, and manage content development to ensure consistent strategic messaging and compliance.
Conduct progress reviews and manage proposal schedules, deliverables, and quality control.
Prepare final proposal review packages and incorporate team and leadership feedback into final submissions.
Develop high-impact proposals, presentations, and pursuit-related communications in alignment with brand standards.
Collaborate with portfolio leads and business development leadership to support corporate and regional goals for revenue growth, profitability, and market leadership.
Support client development and account management efforts, including opportunity tracking and positioning activities.
Partner with promotions and public relations teams to support thought leadership initiatives, award submissions, conference abstracts, and promotional activities.
Maintain and update internal systems related to opportunity tracking, people and project experience, and promotional activity.
Develop and maintain qualification materials such as project descriptions, experience matrices, resumes, capability statements, and other business development resources.
Leverage local and global internal networks to support marketing processes, pursuit strategies, and value propositions.

Requirements

Reporting directly to the Regional Pursuit Team Manager.

Skills

Proposal development
Pursuit strategy
Marketing campaign development
Content creation
Compliance assurance
Schedule management
Brand awareness
Market opportunity identification
Client development
Account management
Thought leadership support
Internal systems maintenance
Qualification material development
Internal network utilization

Experience Level

Senior

Benefits

Health, dental, and vision plans
Wellness program
Health care spending account
Wellness spending account
Group registered retirement savings plan
Employee stock purchase program
Group tax-free savings account
Life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
Short-term/long-term disability plans
Emergency travel benefits
Tuition reimbursement
Professional membership fee coverage
Paid time off

About the Company

At Stantec, we have some of the world’s leading professionals passionate about enabling our business to be its best.
Our business teams include finance, procurement, human resources, information technology, marketing, corporate development, HSSE, real estate, legal, and practice services.
We bring diverse backgrounds, skills, and expertise and create a caring culture where everyone can thrive.
Through teamwork and collaboration, we’re building a stronger, more resilient Stantec every day.

Equal Opportunity

In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required.
Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location.
At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible.
Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.