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Interfacing with Seaspan’s senior leadership team, this role will lead and support a range of strategic plans and initiatives including broad new business strategies, transformational initiatives, strategic initiatives and complex captures.\nKey to this role will be a strategic approach to understanding the breadth and complexity of our customer’s needs and developing strategies and solutions to meet those needs - both technical and non-technical. Working as part of the broader multi-disciplinary Seaspan team, this role will include direct leadership of capture teams growing to larger temporary teams during proposal activity and collaborative interfaces to many other departments and teams within Seaspan.\nNote: This position qualifies for an optional hybrid work schedule after 90 days of onsite work and onboarding. Employee will be subject to the terms of the Flexible Work Policy Agreement.\nWhat you'll do\nDrive future growth for the company through disciplined but creative strategy and business development.\nLead development and implementation of new business strategies targeting new or growing markets.\nLead implementation of strategic initiatives\nProvide oversight, guidance and support to capture leads and their capture and proposal teams.\nLead activities to find and develop opportunities both with new potential customers and with existing customers.\nMaintain key business development contacts with current and potential customers.\nBuild and lead capture teams and proposal teams as required for each approved opportunity.\nIdentify growth opportunities within international markets and work with the wider Seaspan organization to develop competitive export offerings.\nRepresent and advocate on behalf of Seaspan Shipyards at conferences, trades shows, and other industry events.\nInterface with other departments and teams in the Seaspan organization to achieve objectives in a manner aligned with overall Seaspan priorities, strategies and processes.\nStrong communication skills (verbal and written) with customers, partners, suppliers and within Seaspan.\nWhat you'll bring\n10+ years of professional industry experience advancing complex new business development strategies and bid proposals in the shipbuilding industry or in a complex defence, aerospace or systems development, manufacturing or construction industry.\nUniversity degree in a relevant area preferred.\nProven track record of developing business strategies and then leading the implementation.\nExperience leading and closing complex opportunities with contract values over $10M and ideally over $50M.\nBroad understanding of technical, programmatic, financial and commercial aspects of complex deals.\nExperience with forming and maintaining strategic industry partnerships and supplier arrangements as part of an overall strategy.\nThis job is both strategic and tactical, and requires substantial leadership in market/customer strategy and opportunity capture.\nMulti-faceted leadership skills applicable to direct leadership roles and influential leadership roles.\nAbility to work in a highly flexible and fluid environment and maintain calm and rational thinking and reasoning at all times.\nDemonstrated ability to communicate with a variety of stakeholders and the ability to respond to stakeholder needs strategically and tactfully.\nExceptional interpersonal skills, superior oral and written capabilities, including the ability to build professional relationships with government and industry partners.\nSkilled at advocacy, influence, and persuasion, with the able to convince others to act on information or recommendations based on compelling logic or common best interests.\nKnowledge of complex government markets.\nStrong knowledge and expertise with Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word, Project and Excel).\nSelf-starter with good organizational skills who can work both independently and as a member of a team.\nWhy you'll love working here\nThis is a full-time, permanent position. With multiple operations and long-term projects, Seaspan employees enjoy job stability as we look ahead to build ships for decades to come.\nIn addition to an annual bonus and pension plan matching, this role provides you a very competitive salary in line with the successful candidate’s experience.\nWe also provide a best-in-class health and wellness benefits package for this position, including such things as full health care (e.g. unlimited physiotherapy), dental, vision, life insurance, medical leave coverage, parental leave coverage, wellness/fitness reimbursement for memberships or registration fees, and an Employee Family Assistance Program (EFAP).\nThis position qualifies for an optional hybrid work schedule.\nParking is included and to assist those that are using transit, we operate a complimentary shuttle bus Monday through Friday with various pick up and drop off points around North Vancouver.\nThe estimated salary for this position is $180,000 - $220,000. 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