Senior Pursuit Manager

At Anser Advisory, part of Accenture, we strive and succeed by creating smart, dynamic, and professionally skilled teams to deliver extraordinary projects for our clients. You will work on interesting projects that will expand your expertise and hone your technical skills through the ability to access the most advanced technology on the market. Your successful impact will help us obtain our goal of being the nationwide go-to professional services provider. Anser provides our clients with advisory, compliance, program, and project construction management services at the highest level of dedication.

Our relationships are based on our credibility to deliver on our commitments, with unbeatable service levels to our clients which has resulted in our rapid growth, nationwide.

We are a national partner and employer, providing growth opportunities for talented utility workers while also providing construction project leadership for our clients. 

We are looking for a Senior Pursuit Manager to join our growing Utility Services team and to oversee all Utility Services pursuits activities and assignments!

• Manage and mentor a team of Pursuit Managers, Coordinators (I & II), Technical Writers and Assistants.
• Support the ongoing management and pursuits needs of regional EVPs and SVPs.
• Foster growth and development of pursuits staff and technical staff for the betterment of the proposal process and for expanding team members’ knowledge of the pursuit process
• Lead proposal kick-off assignments such as RFP documentation pull, fatal flaw requirement reviews, task list summary development, production schedule and requirements.
• Involved in the go/no go process and will determine the availability of resources, outlining schedules for all pursuits within defined area of supervision.
• Lead proposal review schedule with operations ensuring timely material completion.
• Support the development of competitive analysis and create win strategies to better the firm’s chances of project award.
• Contribute to activities or campaigns leading up to the pursuit such as targeted marketing campaigns, business development activities or public relations campaigns.
• Perform technical training of staff in relation to pursuits, setting the department up for success.
• Accountable for achieving win rates above industry averages and consistently meet or exceed deadlines.
• Identify improvements in processes and departmental efficiency.
• Ability to establish departmental processes and realign staff as necessary to meet ongoing pursuits volume and needs.
• Other duties and tasks as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing or communications or related field
• 6+ years of industry related experience
• Organization and effective time management skills and ability to multi-task (multiple simultaneously occurring projects/initiatives)
• Management skills and experience
• Expert in pursuit-related activities in the utility services space: qualifications, proposal, presentation
• Grasp of technical skills required for database management.
• Professional and proactive work ethic
• Highly collaborative, self-starter with the ability to work in a team environment, with constantly changing demands
• Excellent written, oral and communication skills
• Demonstrated graphic design capabilities.
• Persistent and proactive
• Proficient in Microsoft applications and Adobe Creative Suite

• Must have the ability to occasionally travel for team meetings. 
• Hybrid or Remote work arrangement maybe considered.  Ideally near an Anser Utility Services office location.
• Geographically supporting leadership and team members currently in California, Texas, Pennsylvania, Maryland, DC.  Geographic locations will expand.
• Must complete and pass a thorough background investigation and drug screening

We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds. Each of us contributes to our inclusive environment in how we act, our level of commitment, our encouragement to others to share their ideas, and our everyday, outstanding teamwork to support our clients.

Simply put, our firm is better...because of the people we work with.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Anser Advisory is a drug-free workplace.

Benefits for the whole you!