About Us
Intermountain Electric (IME) brings decades of experience as a trusted leader in electrical contracting. Founded in 1946, we began as a small company in Denver, CO, and have since grown to be part of the largest specialty contractor in North America. Today, we work with owners and contractors nationwide, delivering complex construction solutions across various industries, including aviation, mission critical, entertainment, and healthcare. At IME, our people are our most valuable asset. We are committed to fostering a culture that prioritizes safety, quality, and professional growth. Joining IME is more than just finding a job—it's about building a career with opportunities to advance and make an organizational impact. Power your future with IME and be a part of a team that drives success in every project.
About this Role
Intermountain Electric Inc. (IME) is seeking a Director of Strategic Partnerships to join their growing team!
- Do you have the desire, skills, and proven strategy to be part of a winning team?
- Do you love the challenge of finding unique solutions for complex projects?
- Does the idea of growth and expansion motivate you?
- Are you a team player who is ready to take on the responsibility of a prime role in a growing company?
Then come join us at IME’s Headquarters in beautiful Colorado – one of the most sought-after locations in the U.S. The beautiful mountains, skiing, hiking, and adventure are only part of Colorado’s allure. It is also home to many craft breweries, award-winning restaurants, a cultural downtown scene and annual events and festivals.
The Director of Strategic Partnerships is a key member of IME’s leadership team, responsible for advancing the company’s brand presence, driving strategic external relationships, and aligning marketing efforts with business development initiatives. This role oversees the marketing and business development teams and ensures delivery of innovative, high-impact strategies to elevate IME’s market presence and revenue growth.
What You'll Do
Key Responsibilities:
- Strategic Marketing Leadership: Create and execute a comprehensive marketing plan that aligns with IME’s strategic business objectives and growth targets. Oversee all aspects of IME’s branding efforts, ensuring consistency across all channels including internal/external communications. Develop a robust communication strategy including targeted messaging, sales collateral, project write-ups, awards submissions, and executive presentations that reinforce IME’s value proposition.
- Strategic Partnerships: Develop and nurture relationships with industry partners, clients, thought leaders, MWBE, and associations to enhance visibility and build strategic alliances. Collaborate with preconstruction, service, and operations teams to ensure business development efforts are fully supported through customized marketing and sales strategies. Conduct market research and competitive analysis to identify emerging opportunities and recommend actionable strategies for new business acquisition.
- Community and Industry Relations: Plan, coordinate, and execute all external events, including conferences, golf tournaments, trade shows, and client engagement events. Manage IME’s industry awards presence by crafting compelling submissions that showcase our story, leveraging strong writing skills to elevate brand prestige and recognition.
- Proposal Development: Manage the overall proposal development process to ensure timely, high-quality, and strategically positioned submissions that align with IME’s business objectives. Guide and support marketing staff and project teams in the creation of proposals, ensuring content quality, messaging, and brand alignment. Work closely with leadership, estimating, preconstruction, and operations teams to establish proposal best practices and ensure a cohesive, winning approach to RFP and RFQ responses. Review and approve final proposals and qualification packages before submission to ensure they meet IME’s high standards of quality, competitiveness and brand integrity.
- Team Leadership and Collaboration: Lead, mentor, and develop the internal marketing & business development teams, fostering creativity, collaboration, and professional growth. Maintain relationships with third-party consultants, photographers, branding agencies, and other vendors to ensure brand consistency, cost effectiveness, and quality outcomes.
Additional duties as assigned.
What You'll Bring
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Ability to think strategically and help teams develop sound marketing, pursuit, and proposal strategies.
- Proven success in growing businesses through strategic business development planning, relationship building, and targeted marketing support.
- Strong organizational, planning and project management skills
- Demonstrated ability to write and communicate in a clear and compelling manner, with a strong command of English grammar and editing, and attention to detail.
- Experience collaborating with all levels of an organization including senior leadership
- Ability to coordinate activities of various team members or third-party contractors and to prioritize tasks when faced with multiple deadlines.
- Strong work ethic and problem-solving skills with a “hands-on” and team-oriented attitude.
- In-depth understanding of the organization’s lines of business with the ability to successfully articulate differentiators, wins, and staff skillsets.
Demonstrated accomplishments in the following areas:
- Proficiency with the Microsoft Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, WordPress, and social media platforms.
- Proven experience in communications and content writing.
- Experience with MWBE outreach best practices and industry-related community engagement, preferred.
Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Public Relations or a combination of relevant education and experience
- 8+ years of relevant marketing experience with 2+ years in the construction industry highly preferred
- Proven experience leading teams or managing direct reports, with a demonstrated ability to motivate, develop, and hold team members accountable to achieve goals
What You'll Get
Working Conditions:
The majority of the time you will work in a typical office environment. Occasionally, you may travel to a construction job site. When on construction job sites you will encounter typical construction conditions including extreme temperatures, noise, dust, mud debris, welding, leading edge, trenching, and shoring, sometimes in a confined space. You may be required to visit multiple locations during any one day.
Benefits Overview:
IME provides an industry-leading comprehensive benefits package. Full-time employees are eligible to choose from a variety of healthcare coverage options, which become effective the first of the month after hire. In addition, employees are offered a substantial amount of PTO and are immediately eligible to make contributions to a generously matched and fully vested 401k.
Salary Range: $123,250 - $166,750
*Final salary and rates are based on education, experience, skills relevant to the role, and internal equity.*
Established in 1946, IME is part of Quanta Services, the largest specialty contractor in North America. We base our business model on always doing the right thing and pride ourselves in finding the best processes and practices in everything we do. As an electrical contractor, we install and service the power and lighting to commercial and industrial buildings in the Western US.
The statements included in this job description are not intended to be all-inclusive and other duties may be assigned as required.
Intermountain Electric, Inc. (IME) is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and to creating an environment free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
IME will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees who are qualified for a job so that they may perform the essential duties of the position.
IME strives to provide a safe work environment for its employees. Under applicable laws and regulations, IME conducts background checks on all final candidates.
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
Compensation Range
The anticipated compensation for this position is - depending on experience and qualifications.
Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and/or gender identity), age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and/or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. We prohibit all types of discrimination and are committed to providing access and equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities. For additional information or if reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application, interview, or hiring processes or to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact us the Company’s Human Resources department.
