Pursuit Manager

Norton Rose Fulbright LLP; Montreal (administrative region); Hybride; CAD 93 000 - 118 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Retirement plan

Health benefits

Telemedicine

Wellness allowances

Professional development

Résumé du poste

Norton Rose Fulbright LLP is seeking a Pursuit Manager in Canada to lead proposals through the full lifecycle, collaborating with Canadian and global offices. The role requires strong writing, research, and stakeholder liaison skills, with a focus on best practices and consistent client responses.

The ideal candidate has 5–7 years in marketing/business development, a degree in marketing or business, and bilingual English/French.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or recognized technical college degree in marketing or business is an asset.
• Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in a marketing, business development or related role.
• Bilingual English and French.
• Experience in proposals function, or similar experience, preferably in a legal services firm.
• Strong research and writing skills with superior proofreading and attention to detail.

Responsabilités

• Manage and lead the entire pursuit process for major opportunities from priority clients and new business opportunities.
• Obtain scope of proposal from lawyers, draft, edit and proof content with sign-off for submission.
• Develop relationships and collaborate with practice areas and sector teams.
• Recommend structure and presentation for consistent client responses.
• Prepare preliminary bids, credentials collection and content management.
• Create, source and develop high-quality materials for proposals as standard content.
• Research market, industry, competitive and business information for pitches.
• Review templates and content to benchmark against competitors and feedback.
• Monitor use of standard proposal templates and ensure brand guidelines.
• Provide presentation coaching for lawyers.
• Assist global offices on proposals involving Canada.
• Conduct debriefs and analyses to improve future proposals.
• Support directory and award submissions and matter collection efforts.
• Update and maintain proposal tracking system, precedents and materials.
• Distribute finalized proposal content to relevant mediums and stakeholders.
• Assist with frequent reporting including strategic management reports.

Connaissances

Self-starter

Proactive problem solving

Strong writing skills

Stakeholder liaison

Bilingual English and French

Formation

Bachelor’s degree in marketing or business

Asset: technical college degree

Outils

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Office

Description du poste

4 days a week in office

The Pursuit Manager leads and manages proposals through the full lifecycle, ensuring that proposals are completed in an efficient, consistent and professional manner. This will often involve liaising with our other Canadian and global offices.

The Pursuit Manager leads and manages proposals through the full lifecycle, ensuring that proposals are completed in an efficient, consistent and professional manner. This will often involve liaising with our other Canadian and global offices.

This role will act as an advocate of best practice and a specialist information resource and will work with fee earners across the practice areas and sectors to ensure we are leveraging our experience and capabilities and responding to clients in a consistent manner.

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead the entire pursuit process for major opportunities arising from priority key clients and new business opportunities.
• Obtain scope of proposal from lawyers, draft, edit and proof, including challenge to thinking and obtaining sign off for submission in accordance with protocols, corporate standards and best practice.
• Develop and manage relationships and work collaboratively with practice areas and sector teams.
• Recommend and apply appropriate structure and presentation to ensure consistent response to clients.
• Preliminary bid preparation, credentials collection and standard content management.
• Create, source and develop high-quality materials for use in proposals as standard pitch content
• Research and review relevant market, industry, competitive, and business information for the preparation of successful pitches.
• Review on an ongoing basis proposal templates and content to ensure best practice is benchmarked against competitor activity and proposal feedback.
• Monitor use of standard proposal templates and forms, preserving global brand guidelines.
• Provide presentation coaching support for lawyers.
• Assist global offices on global proposals involving Canada.
• Conduct debriefs and analyses of feedback on our performance on proposals, whether won or lost, and use this intelligence to improve the quality of future proposals.
• Support directory and award submissions and matter collection efforts.
• Update and maintain the proposal tracking system, precedents and standard materials.
• Ensure finalized proposal content is distributed to appropriate mediums (e.g. matter database, standard material, website, etc.) and stakeholders in a timely manner.
• Assist with frequent reporting (weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly) including strategic management reports.

Skills And Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or recognized technical college degree in marketing or business is an asset.
• Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in a marketing, business development or related role.
• A self-starter who can work on their own initiative and is proactive in developing ideas and solutions.
• Experience working in the proposals function, or similar experience, preferably in a legal services firm.
• Strong research and writing skills, as well as superior proofreading skills and attention to detail.
• Proven creative and layout design skills.
• Advanced IT skills including advanced Word and Microsoft Office packages
• Strong project management skills and the ability to multitask and manage competing priorities
• Must be able to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Positive attitude and enthusiasm.
• Ability to liaise confidently and build relationships with people at all levels.
• Bilingual English and French

Why Join Our Team

• Retirement savings plan with employer contribution
• Benefit premiums paid by the firm
• Telemedicine services
• Wellness matters: Flexible health and wellness allowance that covers much more than gym memberships!
• Training and development programs based on your interests and needs

Les échelles salariales indiquées reflètent la plage typique pour ce poste dans la région indiquée. Nous reconnaissons que chaque candidat.e apporte un ensemble unique d’expériences et de compétences, et la rémunération finale sera déterminée avec soin en fonction des qualifications individuelles et des facteurs actuels du marché. Veuillez noter que le salaire sera discuté et négocié lors de l’entrevue.

Toronto: $95,400 - $117,800 Ottawa: $93,100 - $115,100 Vancouver: $93,100 - $115,100

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