Senior Marketing Manager – Proposals & Growth (Remote)

Legence; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) Plan

Job summary

Legence in Seattle, WA is seeking a Senior Marketing Manager to lead strategic proposals, qualifications packages, and client-focused submissions for professional engineering, commissioning, and construction management services. You will partner with firm leadership and project teams to translate pursuit strategies into compelling client proposals and maintain high-quality marketing collateral.

The role requires strong writing, project management, and procurement knowledge, with 5+ years in

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, Business, English, Public Relations, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of marketing and proposal management experience within architecture, engineering, construction, environmental consulting, or other professional services industries.
• Minimum 2 years of staff management experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex, high‑value proposals and qualifications packages.
• Strong understanding of public‑sector and private‑sector procurement processes.
• Exceptional writing, editing, and verbal communication skills.
• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Create Suite (primarily InDesign), Microsoft Office Suite. Experience with Hubspot, OpenAsset, Asana is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the pursuit process for high-priority RFQs, RFPs, SOQs, interviews, and presentations.
• Develop pursuit schedules, assignment matrices, compliance checklists, and production plans.
• Facilitate kickoff meetings, strategy sessions, and proposal reviews.
• Collaborate with technical teams to develop win themes, differentiators, and client‑focused messaging.
• Manage proposal development from opportunity identification through final submittal.
• Review solicitation requirements and establish submission strategies that maximize compliance and competitiveness.
• Oversee final quality assurance and quality control reviews prior to submission.
• Ensure all submittals are completed accurately, professionally, and on schedule.
• Collaborate with market leaders and business developers on pursuit strategy and positioning.
• Participate in opportunity planning, go/no-go evaluations, and capture strategy development.
• Help identify competitive advantages, project experience, and staffing approaches that strengthen pursuits.
• Support interview preparation, presentation development, and coaching of presenters.
• Analyze client priorities and evaluation criteria to enhance proposal responsiveness.
• Manage and maintain proposal resources, templates, resumes, project sheets, boilerplate content, and marketing collateral.
• Develop and improve standardized content while ensuring customization for each pursuit.
• Ensure project descriptions, staff qualifications, and firm narratives remain current and accurate.
• Establish best practices for proposal content management and documentation.
• Supervise and mentor proposal staff.
• Promote collaboration across offices, markets, and disciplines.
• Support recruiting, onboarding, and training of marketing personnel.
• Continuously evaluate and improve pursuit workflows, tools, and production processes.
• Track pursuit metrics, win rates, and proposal performance trends.
• Recommend process improvements that enhance efficiency, quality, and consistency.
• Lead implementation of marketing technologies and proposal management systems.

Skills

Writing & editing

Project management

Communication

Proposal management

Public-sector procurement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, Business, English, Public Relations, or related field

Minimum 2 years of staff management experience

Minimum 5 years of marketing and proposal management experience

Tools

Adobe InDesign

Microsoft Office

HubSpot

OpenAsset

Asana

Job description

Legence in Seattle, WA is seeking a Senior Marketing Manager to lead strategic proposals, qualifications packages, and client-focused submissions for professional engineering, commissioning, and construction management services. You will partner with firm leadership and project teams to translate pursuit strategies into compelling client proposals and maintain high-quality marketing collateral.

The role requires strong writing, project management, and procurement knowledge, with 5+ years in