Marketing Manager

Are you a strategic marketing leader who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment? Timmons Group is seeking an experienced Marketing Manager to join our Raleigh, NC office. In this high-impact role, you’ll lead and actively manage pursuits across our seven offices in North Carolina and South Carolina—guiding capture planning, proposal development, and interview preparation from opportunity to award. You’ll also play a key role in developing and executing regional and market sector–specific marketing strategies that position our teams for success and drive growth across the Southeast.

You’ll help position our teams to win work, strengthen client relationships, and advance our presence in key markets. Reporting to the Chief Marketing Officer, you’ll balance leadership and execution—overseeing regional pursuits strategy while also managing your own key proposals. You’ll collaborate closely with technical leaders, firm leadership, corporate marketing and communications, and business development to align strategy, enhance regional marketing efforts, and strengthen our competitive edge across the Southeast.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Lead the full proposal lifecycle—from tracking opportunities and leading go/no-go discussions to crafting winning strategies, content, and presentations.
• Personally manage high-profile, strategic, or complex proposals.
• Partner with technical and business development teams to develop pursuit strategies, capture plans, and client-focused messaging.
• Develop and implement annual regional and market sector marketing plans aligned with firmwide goals and growth strategies.
• Facilitate pursuit and marketing strategy meetings, ensuring strong communication across offices and teams.
• Oversee pipeline tracking, capture planning, and pursuit performance reporting.
• Mentor and manage regional pursuit/marketing staff, fostering collaboration, accountability, and professional growth.
• Collaborate with the corporate marketing and communications team and business development leadership to align and elevate regional marketing initiatives and campaigns.
• Continuously improve pursuit and marketing processes, tools, and strategies to enhance quality, efficiency, and consistency.

Skills/Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience in AEC marketing, pursuits, or a related field.
• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, or a related discipline.
• Strong understanding of the full marketing and pursuit lifecycle, from capture to closeout.
• Proven success managing complex proposals and pursuit teams under tight deadlines.
• Experience developing and executing strategic marketing plans by geography or market sector.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, and Deltek (with the ability to train others).
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and teams with minimal oversight.
• Collaborative leadership style and strong relationship-building skills with technical, marketing, and business development teams.
• Active involvement in the AEC/SMPS community; CPSM a plus.

Why Timmons Group?
We’re known for our winning culture, collaborative spirit, and commitment to excellence. If you’re a strategic thinker who loves to lead, inspire, and win—this is the place for you.

The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

We are looking for high energy, creative, flexible, patient, self-starters who are willing to work at a dynamic pace. Candidates must share a commitment to our company’s Vision, Mission and Shared Values.

Timmons Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.

Timmons Group is a full-service engineering and technology firm recognized nationally as a “Best Firm to Work For” by CE News. With over 15 offices throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast, we provide civil engineering, environmental, economic development, GIS/geospatial technology, landscape architecture, and surveying services to a diverse client base. As one of Engineering News Record’s (ENR) Top 500 Design Firms for over 30 years, we are dedicated to being an employer of choice and providing our people with the best resources, technology, and culture to help them thrive in an engaging career development setting. For more information, visit www.timmons.com.

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