Bid Manager

Key areas of responsibility

• Lead bid submissions from opportunity qualification to final submission, managing timelines, responsibilities, and outcomes.
• Develop and refine bid strategies, aligning closely with capture teams to define compelling win themes and customer messaging.
• Monitor and manage responses to UK government frameworks ensuring consistent and high quality submissions.
• Own and update our bid/content library, ensuring reusable material (e.g. case studies, CVs, rate cards, social value statements) is current and easily accessible.
• Facilitate go/no-go decisions, helping the business qualify opportunities quickly and with the right data.
• Drive continuous improvement, analysing win/loss data, gathering lessons learned, and evolving our bid approach.
• Keep up-to-date with industry trends and standards, incorporating new technologies into our bidding systems where needed
• Champion process and knowledge management, from maintaining a clear audit trail to archiving outdated materials.

Key skills, experience and behaviours

• Proven experience managing bids from opportunity assessment to submission, ideally in public sector tenders.
• Excellent project management skills, with the ability to handle multiple bids, balance priorities, and meet tight deadlines without compromising quality.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate and organise stakeholders both internally and externally.
• Strong copywriting and editing skills with a rigorous eye for detail.
• Familiarity with UK government procurement processes and frameworks is beneficial.

• Ownership & Accountability - Take full responsibility for the end-to-end bid process. Driving progress, anticipating challenges, and ensuring that deadlines and standards are met without needing constant oversight.
• Structured Communication - Conveys complex information clearly and persuasively, tailoring written and verbal communication to suit both technical and non-technical audiences. Brings clarity to ambiguity.
• Attention to Detail - Demonstrates a meticulous approach to reviewing and compiling bid documentation, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and consistency while working at pace.
• Adaptability & Resilience - Remains calm and focused in dynamic and time-sensitive environments, able to reprioritise quickly and respond positively to changing requirements, feedback, or constraints.

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