Senior Marketing Manager

Dewberry is currently seeking an experienced Senior Marketing Manager to oversee pursuit and proposal efforts to support our New Jersey operations with a primary focus on the transportation and real estate and commercial development market segments. The ideal candidate can be in our New Jersey offices either Bloomfield, Parsippany or Mount Laurel offices, with a flexible schedule option. This position requires a marketing background in the architecture, engineering or construction (A/E/C) or related management consulting business. The Senior Marketing Manager will supervise proposal marketing staff, with a focus on professional development and leadership. The candidate will direct and QC the work of technical, proposal and graphics staff assigned to the pursuit from Dewberry, joint venture partner firms, and construction partner firms to complete compliant, compelling submittals. 

Our team’s mission is to build office collaboration, leverage key skillsets of our team members, and drive strategy for our regions. This position will be backed by a team of robust marketers who work to collaborate for success, promote strengths, and support each other's growth within Dewberry. The ideal candidate is a dedicated, market-focused professional who understands deadline-driven work and works well within a team environment. You will be required to delegate work on multiple assignments in tandem, with overlapping schedules, holding ultimate responsibility for execution. Experience in strategic pursuits, design-build, heavy construction, or integrated delivery is desired, but not required.

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors are our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than 60 years.

Dewberry offers a comprehensive and very competitive package of insurance programs to regular full-time employees and their eligible dependents the first of the month following their date of hire. The insurance package includes medical, dental, vision, and supplemental life. Additional insurances, at no cost to the employee: life (employee only), accidental death and dismemberment, business travel and accident, and short- and long-term disability are also provided. Employees pay a share of Dewberry’s premium expenses (on a pre-tax basis) for medical and dental insurance plans.

Dewberry offers a wide range of other employee benefits, including: 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan, 529 College Savings Plans, Travel Assistance, Tuition Reimbursement, Flexible Spending Accounts and Supplemental Life Insurance for employee, spouse, and children.

Positions within our officer program are also eligible for an annual bonus and monthly stipend.  Both vary based on level within the program and bonuses are dependent upon company and individual performance. Certain positions are also eligible to receive overtime pay, whereas all non-exempt positions are eligible for overtime (subject to approval).

In addition, a host of discounted purchase programs are available to all employees.

• Supervise a team of marketing proposal staff to allocate workload, foster professional development, and meet written and oral proposal demands.
• Work in tandem with Business Unit Managers, Market Segment Leaders, Project Managers, and subject matter experts to determine forward action decisions, pursuit win strategies, craft sales messages, assemble pursuit teams, manage the proposal process, and develop proposal responses.
• Manage multiple proposal efforts and teams simultaneously within diverse markets and service offerings.
• Manage, develop, and maintain capture plans for critical pursuits.
• Manage, develop, and maintain client action plans for high priority clients
• Support Business Development and operational personnel in market research, competitor analysis, and client intelligence.
• Possess the sales acumen to represent the firm appropriately with teaming partners and subcontractors, at events and business networking opportunities.
• Comply with our corporate standards to present a consistent appearance/style for presentation graphics, proposals, resumes, and collateral materials.
• Write supporting sales materials including project descriptions, resumes, service group overviews, and executive summaries, etc.

• At least 10 years’ experience personally producing proposals and managing proposal efforts.
• Experience in an AE, MEP, Construction service industry is preferred.                               
• Staff supervisory/leadership experience is preferred.
• Strong project management and organizational experience, including delegation skills
• Effective proposal management skills, including planning, organization, problem identification and resolution, and resource management skills.
• Must have extensive MS Word, PowerPoint and Adobe InDesign experience. Other graphics software and CRM database experience is also desired.
• Must be available to work overtime as necessary in order to meet business requirements.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace for our employees. So if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

*At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.

*Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

Notice to Third Party Recruiters:  Dewberry only compensates job placement recruiters that have a valid Dewberry-approved written agreement in place for recruiting services. Dewberry does not compensate third party recruiters for unsolicited job placement candidate information.

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The projected range for this position in the following locations are:

• Bloomfield, NJ: $117,425 - $170,000
• Parsippany, NJ: $117,425 - $170,000
• Mount Laurel, NJ: $112,613 - $163,000 

Depending upon other factors, i.e., skills, experience, location, market conditions, the range may vary slightly.