The purpose of this role is to apply a standard approach to opportunity management, coordinating/supporting pitch teams to enable time savings and higher win rates. Project manages 2-5 deals at one time, depending on complexity, from qualified to close as prioritized by the Growth Officer. Provides best available content, manages pitch deck versioning, coordinates meetings, deliverables and pitch day logistics to meet deadlines and ensure quality.

Merkle, a dentsu company, powers the experience economy. For more than 35 years, the company has put people at the heart of its approach to digital business transformation. As the only integrated experience consultancy in the world with a heritage in data science and business performance, Merkle delivers holistic, end-to-end experiences that drive growth, engagement, and loyalty. Merkle’s expertise has earned recognition as a “Leader” by top industry analyst firms, in categories such as digital transformation and commerce, experience design, engineering and technology integration, digital marketing, data science, CRM and loyalty, and customer data management. With more than 16,000 employees, Merkle operates in 30+ countries throughout the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.

The Role

As Senior Pursuit Manager, you will lead comprehensive project management, coordinating all elements of the pursuit from initial proposals through to product launch. This unique project opportunity requires you to balance strategic and creative thinking, inspiring the Pre-Sales team to bring forward our most powerful ideas while ensuring alignment with the client’s goals and expectations.

• End-to-end project management on qualified, high-stakes opportunities, aligning with the client’s global launch timeline and objectives.

• Serving as the point person for governing pre-sales lifecycle, ensuring all contractual deadlines are met and maintaining continuous momentum across workstreams to drive project success and client satisfaction.

• Establishing best practices for pre-sales and launch process strategies, contributing to the development of innovative approaches to be shared across the dentsu network.

• Curating and leveraging the project content library to deliver tailored resources for the pre-sales team, continually updating the library with insights gained from each phase of the project.

• Collaborating with the Sales Research Team for in-depth research support and conducting desk research to enrich client interactions and pitch depth.

• Training and Onboarding new pre-sales team members on the unique demands of global product launches and supporting the professional growth of new team members.

This role is for a seasoned Pursuit Manager who thrives in dynamic, high-stakes environments and is excited to contribute to a ground breaking global product launch

Requirements

The role of Senior Pursuit Manager is diverse and busy. It requires you to be highly motivated, an agile worker, and always curious. On top of this, we’re looking for:

• Strong experience working in a similar new business environment.

• Proven project management skills for teams of varying sizes.

• A positive, collaborative and ambitious mindset, with great communication skills.

• Ability to be a team motivator and leader

What we offer

This is a permanent role on a hybrid working basis. As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs which includes

• Competitive Salary

• Company-provided

• Medical Healthcare

• Generous Pension provisions

• Health and Wellness benefits

• Volunteering days

• Life Assurance

• Working in diverse teams where you can make a real impact

• Exciting and rewarding environment.

• Varied work across industries

Inclusion and Diversity

Our diverse and inclusive culture enables our employees to bring their whole selves to work and be proud of doing so. For us, this is the foundation for great innovation which, in turn, generates better outcomes for our people, partners and communities. This is why we encourage applications from people with disabilities, and of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures.

We are happy to discuss flexible and agile approaches to working for all our roles – we can’t promise we will be able to offer you everything you want or need but we do promise to discuss it with you openly and honestly. If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our recruitment teams.