The OpportunityWSP has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Consultant, Marketing in any US location where we have an office. A few of many possibilities include DC, Herndon VA , Dallas, Atlanta, San Diego, Denver, Phoenix, Minneapolis, and Chicago to name just a few. This position will be involved in projects with our award-winning Strategic Growth Team (SGT) - a multi-faceted and industry-best sales and marketing organization in support of our Earth & Environment (E&E) business across the US.The Senior Consultant, Marketing will support the business through strategic collaboration with business development and operations teams to plan and lead pursuits and proposals across diverse service offerings and markets i n the environmental and resiliency space including state/local government, energy, water, industrial/commercial, oil/gas and federal.We are looking for a leader who is an experienced and compassionate team player who enjoys working well with others; a strategic thinker; able to captivate an online audience; and is able to thrive in times of change. Come join our team - the rewards are tremendous!Key Responsibilities
Leads complex proposals with general guidance, including scheduling and conducting project kick-off meetings and strategy sessions for a winning proposal
Researches, gathers and edits proposal materials, including writing, verifying, and formatting proposal information.
Ensures the various aspects of proposals and other marketing materials are compliant, accurate and delivered in a timely manner
Works with individual pursuit teams to develop pursuit strategies, including providing business intelligence on clients, competitors and WSP
Organizes and facilitates pursuit strategy meetings
Collaborates with technical staff to write original content and reviews/edits content for clarity, compliance and key messages
Collaborates with graphic design staff to plan and produce materials ensuring all proposal materials are effectively communicating the strategic vision identified for a given pursuit
Organizes and coaches technical staff in presentation phase of a pursuit
Supports client engagement teams by preparing materials for internal and external meetings, as well as participating in client engagement team meetings
May coordinate district communications activities, including creating press releases and announcements, writing articles for newsletters, and coordinating project awards and other special communications-related projects
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent years of relevant experience.
At least 5 to 7 years’ experience in the AEC industry in proposal management, support, and/or writing experience, preferrable for environmental services
Excellent writing, organizational, and communication skills.
Strong ability to guide and effectively influence pursuit teams.
Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to interface with all levels of management, proposal teams, SMEs, peers, and teaming partners.
Ability to meet deadlines while being flexible and adaptable to required changes.
Ability to develop compelling themes, discriminators, and messaging to communicate value proposition.
Ability to work well both in a team and independently.
Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Ability to manage geographically disparate teams who have limited time to support proposal writing.
Ability to create original content using interview and research techniques.
Fluency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), InDesign and SharePoint.
Demonstrated ability to lead large, diverse and disparate teams.
WSP BenefitsWSP 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.CompensationExpected Salary (all locations): $72,800 - $127,380WSP 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.#LI-RC1About WSPWSP 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.www.wsp.comWSP 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.
