WSP Looking for Team Lead, Proposals – Ontario & Atlantic [Property and Buildings] at Toronto, ON Full Time

GTA, OTTAWA or anywhere in Ontario

Our WSP Property and Buildings (P&B) Proposal team is growing! To support our national strategy and to help position WSP P&B as an industry leader in Canada, we are looking for a Proposal Team Lead to manage our Ontario and Atlantic (ON & ATL) proposals team. Reporting to the Director, Business Development for Ontario & Atlantic, you will work alongside other Regional Proposal Team Leads and P&B leadership, to manage a team of highly efficient proposal professionals, making a direct contribution to achieving strategy enhancements and proposals success, as well as creating, maintaining, and promoting tools and process improvements that support our national proposal team efforts. The role includes direct contribution to win strategy planning, content, theme, and messaging, and serving as an advocate in promoting proposal team best practices, tools and policies.

The Proposal Team Lead – ON&ATL must be business-focused, have strong relationship and team building skills, maintain a strong work ethic, a positive attitude, and excellent project management, time management and communication skills. Your strongest asset will be your ability to lead by example, develop staff, and build teams with positive organizational health.

Why WSP?

• Our Flexible Work Policy – we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours. We will support you on and off the job so you can be fully present in both your work and home lives.
• A Canadian success story – we’re proud to wear the red and white of this beautiful country and show the world what Canada has to offer,
• Enhance the world around you – from the environment to the highways, to the buildings and the terrain, WSP is the fabric of Canada.
• Outstanding career opportunities – we’re growing and pushing ourselves every day to be greater than yesterday – we’re open to your ideas and trying new things.
• A phenomenal collaborative culture and a workforce filled with genuinely good people who are doing humbly important work. Come find out for yourself what it’s like to be a part of our journey.

We offer attractive pay, a great corporate culture, comprehensive and employee-focused benefits including virtual healthcare and a wellness platform as well as great savings programs, and a clear vision for the future. We offer flexible work options including remote work.

#WeAre WSP

A day in the life…

· Lead a team of proposal professionals regionally, while staying connected to the larger National proposal team, business development and strategy

· Team management includes reviewing and analyzing in-bound proposal requests and develop a resourcing strategy, structure and necessary means to respond

· Assist with the creation and application of proposal development tools, evaluation criteria, standardized content and templates, including capture and pre-positioning plans, proposal bidding tools, proposal reporting and tracking tools, and others

· Assist with managing, monitoring and maintaining the proposal database, files, and systems through appropriate information management systems, and keep accurate records on proposals in progress, completed, wins, losses, etc.

· Supports the strategy, input and maintenance of P&B pursuit pipeline of opportunities for the business regionally, as well as nationally in specificized markets

· Support the P&B Top Client Program and its initiatives

· Compile internal intelligence such as history with the client for proposal decisions and strategy

· Assess and execute proposal win strategy and assist staff in developing capture plans

· Working on select, strategic proposals, develop a proposal outline document, schedule/facilitate contributions of all parties, ensure RFP compliance, draft standard proposal sections, facilitate reviews, and perform quality control on final document

· Working on select, strategic proposals, be responsible for managing all aspects of proposal creation ensuring required timelines are met.

· Compile, edit, and write standard proposal components in adherence to requirements; compiling disparate content elements from a distributed group of authors into a cohesive and responsive proposal document

· Provide senior proposal review quality assurance and quality control

· Serve as a subject matter expert and participate in the development of proposal team best practices, tools, and policies

· Effectively communicate with proposal teams and colleagues, as well as other stakeholders

· Think and act in WSP’s best interest and actively promote our core values

· Promote efficient work practices remotely, and in a collaborative office setting

We’d love to hear from you if you have…

· Bachelor’s or post-graduate degree in journalism, communications, sciences, engineering, business, marketing or related discipline

· Strong verbal and written communication skills in French and English are a must

· 7-10 years’ relevant experience

· Experience leading a team with excellent interpersonal skills

· Ability to work in a team environment, working towards common goals and objectives.

· Superb team player able to excel in a multi-task, deadline-driven environment

· Ability to work overtime and under pressure to meet deadlines

· Project Management skills (prioritizing, scheduling, follow up, etc.)

· Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

· Proficient in Adobe Creative Cloud suite (InDesign and Acrobat) is preferred

· Attention to detail and excellent proofreading/grammar skills

· Experience working on Federal Government and Public Works proposals is desirable

· Experience in the professional services consulting industry (engineering and sciences an asset), with an emphasis on proposal management and/or writing is ideal

· Experience working with both internal and external client groups, and distributed (virtual) proposal teams

· Comfortable working and interacting at all levels in a multidisciplinary environment