Description
WSP is seeking a Senior Coordinator, Sales and Business Development in our Tempe, AZ; Tucson, AZ; or Albuquerque, NM offices.
As part of our Strategic Growth Team, you will play an active role in shaping pursuit strategy and helping technical teams tell a clear, compelling story about WSP’s value.
Your Impact:
- Leads standard and complex proposals/qualifications with general guidance, including kick-off meetings, strategy sessions, color reviews, schedules, compliance, and final delivery.
- Researches, writes, edits, and produces proposal content and related materials with a focus on clarity, compliance, and key messages.
- Coordinates with graphics team members, outside vendors, and subcontractors to produce proposal, presentation, and sales materials that support the pursuit strategy.
- Partners with technical, pursuit, and client teams as a strategic voice at the table, helping shape pursuit strategies, client plans, business intelligence, and meeting materials.
- Organizes and facilitates strategy meetings to align teams around priorities, actions, and win themes.
- Leads pursuit presentation efforts, including interview coaching, graphics coordination, and message refinement.
- Maintains sales systems, collateral, resumes, project descriptions, proposal files, and business development databases.
- May support regional communications activities such as newsletters, project awards, visibility campaigns, conferences, and social media.
- Uses technology and emerging tools to improve sales, business development, and client engagement activities.
- May provide oversight of work performed by other team members.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience, with 5–7 years preferred, in proposal development, editing, proofreading, and sales/business development coordination.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- High proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, SharePoint, and related collaboration tools.
- Strong organizational, coordination, liaison, and business development process skills.
- Ability to manage multiple deadlines, facilitate meetings, and coordinate large, diverse teams.
- Demonstrated experience managing standard and complex proposals from kickoff through submission.
- Strategic mindset with the confidence to advise technical teams, contribute perspective, and support pursuit planning and client engagement.