Senior Marketing Specialist, US Federal - Infrastructure
At Stantec we build communities. Our US Federal clients secure and enhance our communities. Together we live, work, and raise our families in these local, national, and international communities. We are active within the communities we serve and seek those who serve our communities, especially veterans. We place special emphasis on those who have served our nation, because they uniquely understand the effort required to help communities prosper.
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Your Opportunity
We’re marketers, communicators, and strategic pursuit partners who play an integral role in the development and execution of creative vision, innovative solutions, and business strategies. As trusted advisors, we collaborate with designers, engineers, scientists and project managers to pursue projects that advance the quality of life in communities across the globe.
Do you love to strategize? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment and managing multiple initiatives at once? We have an opening for a Senior Marketing Specialist on our diverse team with a focus on the US Federal market and specifically our Infrastructure business line which includes both our transportation and community development markets. This position requires a detail-oriented individual with a strong background in marketing, communications, positioning on major pursuits and proposal preparation, including SF 330 A/E submissions—a team player who can lead pursuit processes and teams, represent Stantec with our strategic partnerships, communicate effectively, manage multiple concurrent initiatives, and thrive in a competitive deadline driven environment.
In this role, you will work with Federal Program Leadership, Infrastructure Leadership, and Capture Managers on opportunities to support the growth of the US Federal Program. You’ll prepare high-impact proposals, SF 330’s and communications that highlight our depth of experience, expertise, and creativity. You’ll be working closely with our technical project managers, capture managers, and account managers to create competitive pursuit strategies and compelling messages that convey Stantec's strengths and set us apart. You will work closely with key business development leaders to coordinate strategic client facing events, materials, win theme development, competitor analysis, SWOT analysis, gap identification, and sales and business development processes.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Plan, organize and direct all elements of a proposal beginning with positioning through proposal submission, interviews and selection - analyze information requested, develop response plan, conduct win strategy reviews, and work with the team to develop and prepare final proposal package.
- Maintain an in-depth knowledge of the US Federal market, including the various US Government acquisition methods and proposals to include preparation of FAR Part 15, Type C, DB MILCON, SF330 and other federal proposals.
- Conduct client, competitor, and market research as required in support of client and/or opportunity strategy development.
- Contribute to client development and account management efforts.
- Help maintain Stantec’s internal systems for information management related to opportunity tracking, people and projects, and promotional activity.
- Provide planning and marketing support for all aspects related to client presentations including the preparation of PowerPoint slides, presentation boards, and print collateral materials.
- Provide input and work closely with Infrastructure federal leadership to support Stantec’s goals for revenue growth, and market leadership in selected regional target markets.
- Act as a contributor toward Stantec’s internal and external communications networks.
- Client event coordination, as well as management of conferences and tradeshows, community engagement, advertising, and general collateral and communications.
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- Proven experience developing responses to detailed requests for qualifications and proposals (RFQs and RFPs), a minimum of 5 years of SF330 experience is required.
- Detail-oriented and organized, with exceptional prioritization skills.
- Must thrive working assertively in a deadline-driven environment.
- Must have the ability to effectively balance conflicting priorities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign in particular), and web-based interfaces.
- Must have the ability to work independently, as well as in cooperation with a larger capture teams, engineers and technical project managers and technologists.
- Candidate should have the ability to effectively communicate with different personality styles and management levels, both in person and across geographies.
- Work may be required after hours and on weekends, and sometimes on short notice. Must also be willing and able to travel.
Education and Experience
- Post-secondary degree in marketing, communications, journalism, English, business, or related area.
- Similar working level obtained through relevant job experience may be accepted in lieu of degree level education.
- Minimum of 5-8 years of experience in professional services marketing in the Architecture/Engineering/Consulting industry.
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
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