Senior Pursuit Specialist, Infrastructure

Job Description

Your Opportunity

The Senior Pursuit Specialist collaborates with local Infrastructure leadership and pursuit teams to drive successful pursuit activities for must-win, strategic pursuits. The role leads all aspects of complex pursuits, including coordination with technical teams to brainstorm positioning strategy and messaging, development of win themes and unique value propositions, aesthetic presentation of unique and applicable qualifications, ensuring quality and compliance, and managing pursuit schedules, deadlines, and processes.

The role also includes working with a larger Stantec team of Marketing, Business Development, Public Relations, and Communications professionals to build our brand awareness and identify market opportunities for top line growth.

Your Key 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.
Lead and organize interview preparation (in-person or virtual) to deliver winning presentations and effectively communicate our proposal story
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.

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

Proven experience leading responses to complex and detailed Requests for Proposals (RFPs).
Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across multiple levels of the organization.
Highly detail-oriented and organized, with exceptional prioritization and time management skills.
Strong understanding of proposal strategy, compliance, and quality control processes.
Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, and web-based collaboration and content management tools.
Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with business operating unit and regional teams across multiple geographies.
Comfortable working in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments and managing multiple concurrent pursuits.

Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree in business, Marketing, Communications, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and related experience.
Minimum of five years of related experience in a pursuit role. AEC industry experience preferred.
Experience with and understanding of our Infrastructure business (Transportation and/or Community Development) preferred

About Us

Strong communities don't just happen. They're thoughtfully planned and future-ready. We bring life to urban downtowns, suburban hubs, small towns, and rural areas through master-planned communities, mixed-use developments, parks, and recreation facilities. The result: vibrant economic centers, resilient neighborhoods, and welcoming places that feel like home.

If you're passionate about empowering communities, join us to discover a career with endless opportunities to make communities more equitable, resilient, and livable.

About the Team

Pay Transparency: 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.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements