Senior Project Manager / Pursuit Lead

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Job Title: Senior Project Manager / Pursuit Lead

Location: Lenexa, KS

Position Overview

We are seeking a Senior Project Manager / Pursuit Lead to join our team and spearhead our effort to secure and deliver an alternative delivery infrastructure package for a high-end mixed-use revitalization project in Kansas City. This role combines preconstruction pursuit leadership with owner’s representative project management, ensuring seamless coordination between our firm, ownership, the Kansas City metro, and our alternative delivery partners.

The ideal candidate will be well-connected in Kansas City’s development ecosystem, with proven experience leading complex civic or mixed-use infrastructure projects and winning major pursuits.

Responsibilities

• Lead our design-build pursuit strategy for the infrastructure work, including proposal preparation, presentations, and stakeholder engagement.

• Serve as the primary liaison with ownership and the Kansas City metro, ensuring alignment of private redevelopment and public infrastructure efforts.

• Build and manage relationships with key city agencies (Public Works, Water Services, Planning, and Economic Development).

• Assemble and coordinate the design-build team (civil, structural, MEP, architecture, and landscape partners).

• Manage pursuit schedule, budget, and resources from RFQ through project award.

• Support contract negotiations and help structure agreements with design and engineering partners.

• Transition into an execution role post-award to manage project delivery, phasing, and ongoing city-owner coordination.

Qualifications

• 10–20 years of experience in project management, preconstruction, or pursuit/capture management in construction or infrastructure.

• Proven success leading alternative delivery, design-build or CMAR pursuits, preferably in mixed-use redevelopment or civic/public-private projects.

• Strong local Kansas City relationships with public agencies, developers, and civic stakeholders.

• Familiarity with TIF, CID, GO Bonds, and other incentive/public financing tools.

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, Civil Engineering, Architecture, or related field (master’s ).

• PMP, CCM, or DBIA certification .

Key Skills

• Strategic thinker with strong business development acumen.

• Excellent communicator and relationship builder.

• Able to balance owner advocacy with technical project oversight.

• Skilled at aligning multiple stakeholders under a common vision.