Senior Capture Manager – National Strategic Pursuits

CIMA+ is seeking an experienced Senior Capture Manager – National Strategic Pursuits to lead the development and execution of winning strategies for major business opportunities across all sectors and regions in Canada.
In this strategic role, you will collaborate with sector leaders, business development teams, technical experts, and proposal professionals to position CIMA+ for success on complex, high-value, and multidisciplinary pursuits. You will play a key role in strengthening our competitive positioning, driving cross-sector collaboration, and supporting CIMA+'s national growth objectives. The role can be based out of any of our major Canadian offices.
Primary Responsibilities
Capture strategy & Pursuit leadership
Lead the development and execution of capture strategies for major, complex, and strategically important opportunities across all CIMA+ sectors.
Develop comprehensive capture plans incorporating client intelligence, competitive analysis, stakeholder engagement, teaming strategies, and compelling win themes.
Collaborate with proposal teams to ensure capture strategies and competitive differentiators are effectively reflected in major submissions.
Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across sectors and regions to develop integrated, differentiated solutions that leverage CIMA+'s full capabilities.
Client & market intelligence
Partner with sector leaders and business development teams to identify, qualify, and prioritize opportunities aligned with national growth objectives.
Build relationships with owners and procurement authorities before procurement launch to understand priorities, delivery models and evaluation drivers. Maintain competitor intelligence and use these insights to shape positioning and inform the opportunity pipeline
Teaming & partnering strategy
Support strategic partnerships, joint ventures, and alternative delivery opportunities by identifying & assessing the right partners, including contractors, JV partners, specialist subconsultants and Indigenous and local businesses
Support negotiation of teaming agreements that set roles, scope splits, exclusivity and risk allocation.
Pursuit governance & capability building
Monitor strategic pursuits, capture performance, and win rates, pursuit costs, win/loss debriefs, and coach proposal managers to raise pursuit maturity across the business and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.
Run the PMO’s pursuit governance framework, including go/no-go and stage-gate decisions, colour-team reviews and pipeline reporting to leadership.
Commercial, pricing & risk strategy
Participate and support price-to-win analysis and fee strategy, working with the rest of the team to balance competitiveness with margin and risk tolerance
Support contract and liability review, risk registers and executive approval submissions for bid-and-contract decisions
Minimum of 10 years of experience in capture management, strategic business development, or major pursuits, preferably within engineering consulting, infrastructure, or professional services.
Demonstrated success in leading capture strategies for complex, high-value, and multidisciplinary opportunities.
Strong understanding of the Canadian engineering consulting market, competitive procurement processes, and major infrastructure projects.
Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead cross-functional teams in a matrixed organization.
Strong commercial acumen, strategic thinking, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
Excellent communication, presentation, facilitation, and project management capabilities.
Experience with alternative delivery models, strategic partnerships, and public-sector procurement is considered an asset.
Strong preference for candidates with ability to communicate in French.
Willingness to travel within Canada as required.
Integrity, team spirit, and a commitment to excellence.
Why Join CIMA+?
At CIMA+, you'll have the opportunity to shape the pursuit of major projects across Canada, collaborate with industry-leading professionals, and contribute directly to our strategic growth. Join a collaborative, entrepreneurial environment where your expertise will help us win transformative projects and engineer a better world.
At CIMA+, we value diversity of talent and perspective. You think you can add value, but don't meet all the job requirements? We invite you to apply, because everyone has something unique to offer. The outstanding talents that choose to join us at CIMA+ soon realize that we go all out to encourage them to grow. We look forward to hearing how you can contribute to our success.
Why choose CIMA+? Because we offer you:
Comprehensive Group Benefits available from day one for all permanent employees working at least 20 hours per week
Employee and Family Assistance Program
Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with up to 4% employer contribution
As an employee-owned company, an annual opportunity to purchase shares for all eligible employees
Flexible work schedule in a hybrid work mode
Work/Life balance policy across Canada
3-5 weeks of vacation, based on years of relevant experience
Tailored training to improve your existing skills

Skills
Project Management, Business Development, Negotiation, Procurement

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
Hybrid