Client Development Programs, Program Lead
Top Benefits
About the role
Grow with the best. Join a smart, creative, and inspired team that accomplishes operational excellence. The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 400 locations across 6 continents.
Your Opportunity
Are you ready to wake up every day feeling inspired, excited about your job, and do you like to be part of a winning team? Are you looking for an opportunity where you can work with and be inspired by amazing creative colleagues, make an impact on your community, gain valuable experience and build your career? Meet Stantec. Ranked as one of the most sustainable companies in the world, the people we work with are cool, and we want you to have a future here.
Our people are at the core of everything we do. Driven by a culture of inclusion, we offer dozens of employee resource groups, growth opportunities, and flexible work arrangements. We understand that the tools for success look different for everyone, and we’re committed to providing each employee with the support and flexibility they need to thrive.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Program Lead supporting Stantec’s Client Development Programs. In this role you will provide strategic input in the activation and growth of Stantec’s business development and growth programs. This role reports directly to the Director, Client Development Programs.
Stantec offers a flexible work environment and we are open for this role to be based out of any posted North America location. If you’re looking for a workplace and a position you can grow with—we would love to hear from you.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Support the governance, implementation, and processes that contribute to the business development program’s success.
- Support Business Operating Unit activation by way of coaching, educating and collaborative strategies.
- Develop and contribute to resources that support the activation of growth programs including education, framework, and governance materials.
- Work closely with Account Management, Client Development, and Business Line leadership to ensure alignment.
- Act as a champion of business development culture, ensuring business development is recognized as a critical discipline across Stantec.
- Model and promote collaboration across regions and business lines, breaking down silos to strengthen enterprise pursuits.
- Contribute program communications, including sharing of best practices and success stories through various internal channels and mediums.
- Regularly meet with stakeholders and collaborators to develop and enhance the program.
- Systems thinking and management as it applies to GTM strategies and growth programs.
Capabilities & Credentials
- Experienced in business development, client development, or growth enablement, with specific accomplishments in business development and strong understanding of global market dynamics and competitive pressures.
- Demonstrated ability to leverage data and dashboards to monitor progress, identify gaps, and translate insights into actionable improvements that drive growth and accountability at scale.
- A collaborative leader who builds strong partnerships across account management, business lines, and corporate functions within a matrixed organization.
- Strong business acumen, with proven ability to understand financial drivers, market dynamics, and client priorities.
- Skilled at connecting business development activities to measurable outcomes such as pipeline health, revenue growth, margin performance, and long-term client value creation.
- Demonstrated ability to coach senior professionals and cross-disciplinary teams, with a track record of building confidence, capability, and accountability.
- Outstanding writing and content development skills; demonstrated ability to distill complex concepts into accessible, high-quality, repeatable enablement materials.
Education and Experience
- Post-secondary degree in business or an equivalent level of experience.
- Minimum 8 years of experience leading or strategically involved in Business Development or GTM programs.
Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible.
Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.
Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.
The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.
Primary Location: Canada |
Organization: 1196 Marketing & Communications-CA Corporate-Edmonton AB
Employee Status: Regular
Travel: Yes
Schedule: Full time
Job Posting: 28/08/2025 09:08:51
Req ID: 1002109
#additional
About Stantec
Stantec empowers clients, people, and communities to rise to the world’s greatest challenges at a time when the world faces more unprecedented concerns than ever before.
We are a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. Our professionals deliver the expertise, technology, and innovation communities need to manage aging infrastructure, demographic and population changes, the energy transition, and more.
Today’s communities transcend geographic borders. At Stantec, community means everyone with an interest in the work that we do—from our project teams and industry colleagues to our clients and the people our work impacts. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure.
We are designers, engineers, scientists, project managers, and strategic advisors. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible.
Stantec trades on the TSX and the NYSE under the symbol STN.
Client Development Programs, Program Lead
Top Benefits
About the role
Grow with the best. Join a smart, creative, and inspired team that accomplishes operational excellence. The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 400 locations across 6 continents.
Your Opportunity
Are you ready to wake up every day feeling inspired, excited about your job, and do you like to be part of a winning team? Are you looking for an opportunity where you can work with and be inspired by amazing creative colleagues, make an impact on your community, gain valuable experience and build your career? Meet Stantec. Ranked as one of the most sustainable companies in the world, the people we work with are cool, and we want you to have a future here.
Our people are at the core of everything we do. Driven by a culture of inclusion, we offer dozens of employee resource groups, growth opportunities, and flexible work arrangements. We understand that the tools for success look different for everyone, and we’re committed to providing each employee with the support and flexibility they need to thrive.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Program Lead supporting Stantec’s Client Development Programs. In this role you will provide strategic input in the activation and growth of Stantec’s business development and growth programs. This role reports directly to the Director, Client Development Programs.
Stantec offers a flexible work environment and we are open for this role to be based out of any posted North America location. If you’re looking for a workplace and a position you can grow with—we would love to hear from you.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Support the governance, implementation, and processes that contribute to the business development program’s success.
- Support Business Operating Unit activation by way of coaching, educating and collaborative strategies.
- Develop and contribute to resources that support the activation of growth programs including education, framework, and governance materials.
- Work closely with Account Management, Client Development, and Business Line leadership to ensure alignment.
- Act as a champion of business development culture, ensuring business development is recognized as a critical discipline across Stantec.
- Model and promote collaboration across regions and business lines, breaking down silos to strengthen enterprise pursuits.
- Contribute program communications, including sharing of best practices and success stories through various internal channels and mediums.
- Regularly meet with stakeholders and collaborators to develop and enhance the program.
- Systems thinking and management as it applies to GTM strategies and growth programs.
Capabilities & Credentials
- Experienced in business development, client development, or growth enablement, with specific accomplishments in business development and strong understanding of global market dynamics and competitive pressures.
- Demonstrated ability to leverage data and dashboards to monitor progress, identify gaps, and translate insights into actionable improvements that drive growth and accountability at scale.
- A collaborative leader who builds strong partnerships across account management, business lines, and corporate functions within a matrixed organization.
- Strong business acumen, with proven ability to understand financial drivers, market dynamics, and client priorities.
- Skilled at connecting business development activities to measurable outcomes such as pipeline health, revenue growth, margin performance, and long-term client value creation.
- Demonstrated ability to coach senior professionals and cross-disciplinary teams, with a track record of building confidence, capability, and accountability.
- Outstanding writing and content development skills; demonstrated ability to distill complex concepts into accessible, high-quality, repeatable enablement materials.
Education and Experience
- Post-secondary degree in business or an equivalent level of experience.
- Minimum 8 years of experience leading or strategically involved in Business Development or GTM programs.
Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible.
Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.
Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.
The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.
Primary Location: Canada |
Organization: 1196 Marketing & Communications-CA Corporate-Edmonton AB
Employee Status: Regular
Travel: Yes
Schedule: Full time
Job Posting: 28/08/2025 09:08:51
Req ID: 1002109
#additional
About Stantec
Stantec empowers clients, people, and communities to rise to the world’s greatest challenges at a time when the world faces more unprecedented concerns than ever before.
We are a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. Our professionals deliver the expertise, technology, and innovation communities need to manage aging infrastructure, demographic and population changes, the energy transition, and more.
Today’s communities transcend geographic borders. At Stantec, community means everyone with an interest in the work that we do—from our project teams and industry colleagues to our clients and the people our work impacts. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure.
We are designers, engineers, scientists, project managers, and strategic advisors. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible.
Stantec trades on the TSX and the NYSE under the symbol STN.