This Opportunity
Make an Impact. Grow Your Career. Help Shape a More Sustainable World.
WSP is seeking a full-time Pursuit Leader in any U.S. city where WSP has an office (including-but not limited to-Chicago, Irvine, Austin, Redmond, Seattle, Tampa, Atlanta, Buffalo, New York City, Minneapolis, and many more) to join our award-winning Strategic Growth Team (SGT) -a best in class, multi disciplinary marketing, sales, and business development organization supporting our Earth & Environment (E&E) business across the United States.
This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated marketing professional who wants to do meaningful work at global scale, collaborate with top talent, and build a career in one of the most dynamic and impactful industries in the world. WSP's Earth & Environment business is the largest of its kind globally, and we're just getting started.
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At WSP, you'll work on projects that matter-helping communities adapt, infrastructure evolve, and the planet thrive-while being supported by a culture that values collaboration, innovation, and career growth. We're looking for a proactive, organized, and creative marketing professional who is eager to grow and make an impact. If you're curious, collaborative, and ready to learn, we want to hear from you.
Your Impact
Collaborates with business leadership to drive WSP's business development process for pursuits and proposals, sales pipeline development, and industry visibility plans
Supports client account teams in developing client-focused strategies and action plans to enhance WSP's visibility and reputation, understand WSP's position with clients, and solicit feedback on existing work
Leads and supports pursuit teams pre-RFP through proposal and interview phases including partnering with all WSP resources to drive overall strategy and sales approach, providing business intelligence on clients, competitors and WSP
Develops key sales messages, themes, and differentiatorsCollaborates with technical staff and writes/reviews/edits original content for clarity, compliance, and key messages
Works with graphic design staff to plan and produce materials to effectively communicate the strategic visions
Coaches and leads presentation teams, facilitate interview strategy meetings, coach, and provide feedback to presenters, and prepare teams for Q&AWorks with minimal oversight, demonstrating strong interpersonal and persuasive communication skills
Oversees proposal workload, prioritizes assignments, monitors proposal team progress and quality, and takes corrective action when necessary
May directly manage a team of professionals including day-to-day supervision of staff, performance reviews, mentoring, training, sharing best practices, and challenging individuals to deliver their best work
May participate in professional development activities (e.g., SMPS, WTS) to enhance business acumen and industry relationships
Exercises responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources, and conduct, and adhere to WSP's Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures
May serve as a quality control review for sales and business development material
Ensures compliance with sales and business development policies and procedures, including audit requirements, Go/No-Go facilitation, and proposal quality
Assists in the ongoing development and refinement of sales and business development procedures and processes
Performs additional responsibilities as required by business needs
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of applicable experience
7 + years of experience
Mentoring experience a plus
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Possesses a strategic mindset and sound judgment
Ability to build trust and influence others
Demonstrated ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects and deadlines
High proficiency with Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, SharePoint, and other software programs
Excellent organizational and coordination skills along with liaison capabilities and knowledge of business development procedures is required
Must have demonstrated experience managing standard and complex proposals from onset to conclusion with general guidance
Demonstrated ability to facilitate meetings and coordinate large, diverse teams
Must possess a strategic mindset
WSP Benefits:
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee's career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation:
Expected Salary (all locations): $88,300.00 - $157,410.00
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant's sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
Expected Salary (Colorado only): $88,300.00 - $147,730.00
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant's sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
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About WSP
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee's career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation - no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
