Sr Pursuits Specialist

DPR Construction; North Carolina; On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

DPR Construction in North Carolina seeks a Pursuits Lead to drive development of proposals and presentation materials by integrating client insights, market intelligence, and project data into pursuit strategies.

You will collaborate with preconstruction, operations, and estimating teams to create consistent, compelling content and guide junior staff to ensure high-quality submissions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, business, or a related field.
• 5–10 years of experience in marketing, pursuits, or business development within the construction or related industry.
• Certifications and licenses: None required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates with preconstruction, operations, and estimating teams to integrate technical and project information into pursuit deliverables.
• Analyzes client and market information to inform pursuit strategies and messaging.
• Maintains multiple pursuit content libraries, templates, and visual assets to support consistency and efficiency.
• Facilitates post-pursuit reviews to document lessons learned and contribute to best practice development.
• Provides guidance to Pursuits Specialists on document preparation and adherence to quality standards.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, business, or a related field

Job description

Job Description

At DPR, roles and responsibilities are more than describing a job title—they are a commitment to building great things together. The job description(s) below defines core responsibilities and the scope of the role and is a starting point. Every employee is expected to lead from where they are, take ownership of outcomes, and always act in the best interest of the team, customer, project and organization. As a purpose-driven organization on a journey to be most admired, we rely on trust, shared leadership, open communication, disciplined action and a deep respect for the individual to drive exceptional performance. Success is not just about what we build, but who we build and how we build it: with integrity, enjoyment, uniqueness and an ever-forward mindset.

Job Summary: Leads development of proposal and presentation materials while integrating client insights, market intelligence, and project information into pursuit strategies and deliverables.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinates with preconstruction, operations, and estimating teams to integrate technical and project information into pursuit deliverables.
• Analyzes client and market information to inform pursuit strategies and messaging.
• Maintains multiple pursuit content libraries, templates, and visual assets to support consistency and efficiency.
• Facilitates post-pursuit reviews to document lessons learned and contribute to best practice development.
• Provides guidance to Pursuits Specialists on document preparation and adherence to quality standards.

Education Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, business, or a related field, or equivalent experience required.

Work Experience

5-10 years of experience in marketing, pursuits, or business development within the construction or related industry required.

Certifications and Licenses

None required.

DPR Construction is a forward-thinking, self-performing general contractor specializing in technically complex and sustainable projects for the advanced technology, life sciences, healthcare, higher education and commercial markets. Founded in 1990, DPR is a great story of entrepreneurial success as a private, employee-owned company that has grown into a multi-billion-dollar family of companies with offices around the world.

Working at DPR, you'll have the chance to try new things, explore paths and shape your future. Here, we build opportunity together—by harnessing our talents, enabling curiosity and pursuing our collective ambition to make the best ideas happen.

We are proud to be recognized as a great place to work by our talented teammates and leading news organizations like U.S. News and World Report, Forbes, Fast Company and Newsweek.

The DPR family of companies is closing the gap between design and construction with an integrated collection of products and services to build smarter, move faster and achieve strong results. Our approximately 11,000 employees share a commitment to growth, innovation and building great things—great teams, great careers and great projects that change the world.

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