Strategic Pursuits Lead

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

WSP is seeking an experienced Strategic Pursuit Lead to join our Clients & Strategy team. This pivotal role involves leading key large scale and complex strategic pursuits across the Middle East. The successful candidate will work closely with senior leadership, technical experts, and cross-functional teams to successfully position WSP for strategic pursuits and deliver high-quality winning proposals.

• Identifying and evaluating potential opportunities and markets
• Leading the positioning, planning, development, and submission of large scale and complex strategic pursuits
• Team leadership of proposal managers and bid writers
• Developing and executing clear win strategies
• Ensuring our proposals meet the highest standard of accuracy, professionalism, and compliance driving high win rates
• Serve as the gatekeeper for work winning governance and processes internally
• Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including clients, partners, and internal teams.

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or a related field
• Proven experience in leading high-value, multidisciplinary engineering, consultancy, and advisory proposals in a similar industry.
• Strong commercial acumen with a good understanding of pricing strategies
• Excellent project management skills with the ability to manage multiple proposals simultaneously.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and negotiate effectively.
• Detailed knowledge of, and experience in, the market and industry trends in the Middle East region.

WSP is one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services consulting firms. Dedicated to our local communities, and propelled by international expertise, we are technical experts and strategic advisors, working together to solve some of the most complex challenges.

Here at WSP, we greatly value your work-life balance, and your requirements for flexibility. Work is only one part of our lives, and making time for other things is important, be that our families, our friends, or ourselves.

As well as rewarding you with competitive pay, WSP offers first class medical cover, generous annual leave, and paid professional subscriptions.

Be you, be happy – we strive to maintain a friendly and inclusive culture which respects and maximises the contribution every individual can bring to WSP. We recognize the value of working with diverse teams of varying backgrounds and experiences, and we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates of all backgrounds.

Our team is made up of technical experts and strategic advisors including engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors, environmental specialists, designers, and program and construction management professionals.

Together we utilise our local understanding, international reach, and global scale to prepare our cities and environments for the future, connect communities, and help societies thrive in built and natural ecosystems.

We design lasting solutions in the Property & Buildings, Transportation & Infrastructure, Environment, Industry, Resources (including Mining and
Oil & Gas) and Power & Energy sectors as well as project delivery and
strategic consulting services.