Strategic Marketing & Business Development Lead

Beaudin Construction; Oregon (WI); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Beaudin Construction in Portland, OR is seeking a high-energy, self-directed business development professional to lead client relationships, pursue opportunities, and manage the CRM and marketing dashboard. The role blends market outreach with proposal support and event coordination to convert relationships into projects.

Ideal candidates will have a strong local network in the Portland metro and SW Washington construction community, plus experience coordinating with leadership on pursuits and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive success in marketing, business development, sales, or client relations within commercial construction, real estate development, architecture, engineering, or similar professional-services environment.
• Established professional network in Portland metro and/or SW Washington strongly preferred.
• Hands-on experience managing a CRM, a large contact database, professional events, client communications, and winning proposals.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, sound judgment, and a polished professional presence.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office, LinkedIn, email marketing, CRM platforms, website/content management, digital creative software, and related marketing tools.
• Availability for occasional early-morning, after-hours, and off-site networking or client events.

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify and pursue prospective clients, strategic partners, project leads, RFPs, RFQs, and other opportunities.
• Build and maintain relationships with developers, architects, engineers, brokers, property owners, nonprofits, consultants, and referral partners.
• Schedule and attend client lunches, coffees, happy hours, site visits, golf tournaments, association meetings, conferences, and community events.
• Research target organizations and developments, identify decision-makers, and develop thoughtful strategies for getting Beaudin in the room.
• Reconnect with dormant contacts, cultivate new relationships, and maintain consistent follow-up with priority clients and partners.
• Coordinate with leadership and estimating on proposals, interviews, pursuits, and strategies that convert relationships into project opportunities.
• Help plan client entertainment, company events, fishing trips, golf outings, grand openings, and other relationship-building activities.
• Track leads from first contact through active opportunity, award, or loss—and keep the relationship strong regardless of the outcome.
• Own the company CRM and contact database, including relationship status, last contact, next action, priority, opportunities, and follow-up dates.
• Maintain the Marketing & Business Development Dashboard and lead the recurring meeting with clear priorities, owners, deadlines, and recommended next steps.
• Manage email outreach, quarterly newsletters, website updates, social media, project profiles, photography, video, and marketing collateral.
• Develop qualifications packages, project sheets, pitch books, proposals, and other business-development materials.
• Manage memberships, sponsorships, community involvement, volunteering opportunities, industry organizations, and the marketing budget.
• Report clearly on outreach, meetings, opportunities, campaigns, wins, losses, spending, and the activities producing meaningful results.

Skills

Relationship building

Self-directed

Organization & prioritization

Communication

Tools

CRM platforms

Job description

Beaudin Construction in Portland, OR is seeking a high-energy, self-directed business development professional to lead client relationships, pursue opportunities, and manage the CRM and marketing dashboard. The role blends market outreach with proposal support and event coordination to convert relationships into projects.

Ideal candidates will have a strong local network in the Portland metro and SW Washington construction community, plus experience coordinating with leadership on pursuits and