Pursuits Project Manager

Greenberg Traurig (GT), a global law firm with locations across the world in 15 countries, has an exciting employment opportunity for you. We offer competitive compensation and an excellent benefits package, along with the opportunity to work within an innovative and collaborative environment.

Join our Marketing Team as a Pursuits Project Manager. This role can be based in our Los Angeles, Denver, Atlanta, Houston or New Jersey office.

We are seeking a professional who thrives in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. The ideal candidate possesses strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities, ensuring efficiency and accuracy in every task. With a dedicated work ethic and a can-do attitude, you will take initiative and approach challenges with confidence and resilience. Excellent communication skills are essential for collaborating effectively across teams and delivering exceptional client service. If you are someone who demonstrates initiative, adaptability, and innovation, we invite you to join our team.

This role will be based in one of our various offices on a hybrid basis and reports to the Senior Client Pursuits Manager.

This role works closely with the firmwide Marketing and Business Development team and other operational departments, as necessary. This is a newly created position that is expected to evolve over time. It presents an excellent opportunity for a proactive, self-motivated candidate to contribute to shaping the role by identifying and implementing new processes.

Position Summary

The Pursuits Project Manager will be the lead project manager for the firm’s global RFP team, ensuring that the portfolio of RFPs and high-value pitches are managed efficiently and strategically by the team. This role focuses on intake management, resource allocation, process oversight, and performance reporting. The Pursuits Project Manager will act as the central point of coordination for proposal-related activities, ensuring the appropriate resources are assigned based on opportunity requirements and skillsets, and providing leadership with actionable insights through regular reporting and trend analysis. Solve issues, and generate reports. This role requires a strategic thinker with deep hands-on technical expertise in IT infrastructure, security operations, automation, and cloud security. This role also requires individuals who are trustworthy, reliable, and uphold strict ethical standards in all professional dealings.

Key Responsibilities

• Manages the overall proposal pipeline: Oversee intake of new RFPs, ensuring accurate scoping and prioritization

• Assigns resources strategically: Align RFPs with the appropriate team members based on practice and industry knowledge, complexity, and skillset

• Monitors progress and ensures quality: Track timelines and deliverables across all active proposals, elevating issues as needed to maintain standards and deadlines

• Develops and maintains reporting systems: Provides regular updates to marketers and firm leadership on RFP activity, including win/loss outcomes, trends, and performance metrics

• Demonstrated ability to assess business issues, problems, and challenges and quickly turn that information into action (e.g., defining next steps, developing action plans, mitigation plans or preliminary workplans, etc.)

• Self-starter, highly motivated, and influential at all levels of the organization

• Analyzes data and identifies improvements: Uses reporting insights to recommend process enhancements and strategies to increase success rates

• Maintains and optimizes proposal resources: Oversee the development and upkeep of templates, content libraries, and tools to support efficient and consistent responses

• Works on additional marketing and business development projects as assigned across various time zones and offices

Qualifications

Skills & Competencies

• Strong project and operations management skills, with experience overseeing multiple concurrent initiatives

• Excellent organizational, prioritization, and time management abilities

• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills for effective collaboration

• Strategic thinker with analytical skills and attention to detail

• Ability to remain calm and adapt in a fast-paced environment

Education & Prior Experience

• Bachelor’s degree required

• Minimum of five years of experience in proposal management, project management, or business development operations in a professional services environment (law firm experience preferred)

• Demonstrated success managing teams and processes for RFPs or similar large-scale projects

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent preferred

Technology

• Experience with data analytics and reporting tools for performance tracking

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and familiarity with project management

Actual pay will be adjusted based on experience, location, and other job-related factors permitted by law.  Full time employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus, health insurance with an optional HSA, short term disability, long term disability, dental insurance, vision care, life insurance, Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, 401K, vacation, sick time, and an employee assistance program.  Additional voluntary programs include:  voluntary accident insurance, voluntary life, voluntary disability, voluntary long term care, voluntary critical illness and cancer insurance and pet insurance.  Commuter and Transit programs may also be available in certain markets.

Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment.

GT is an EEO employer with an inclusive workplace committed to merit-based consideration and review without regard to an individual’s race, sex, or other protected characteristics and to the principles of non-discrimination on any protected basis. ​