Senior Bid Manager (Maternity Cover)
Start Date: July 2026
Are you an experienced Bid Manager ready to lead complex, high-value opportunities within a dynamic, professional services environment?
We are seeking a highly capable and driven individual to join our team on a maternity cover basis. This is a pivotal role responsible for leading the planning, management and delivery of strategic, gold-grade bids across multiple service lines and sectors.
The Role
As Senior Bid Manager, you will take ownership of end-to-end bid delivery, producing high-quality, client-focused proposals that align with our brand, governance and work-winning strategy. You will lead complex, multi-disciplinary bids, working closely with senior stakeholders to shape compelling solutions that differentiate us in the market.
You will also play a key role in strengthening our bidding capability—driving best practice, enhancing processes and contributing to the continuous improvement of our work-winning approach globally.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of complex, strategic bids from qualification through to submission
- Analyse client requirements, drivers and competitive landscapes to shape winning strategies
- Facilitate bid workshops to develop compelling value propositions
- Manage bid programmes, ensuring timelines, dependencies and governance are effectively controlled
- Engage and influence senior stakeholders across the business
- Oversee high-quality content creation, review and submission
- Coordinate internal teams, subject matter experts and external partners
- Lead presentations, including storyboarding, coaching and rehearsal
- Drive continuous improvement and share best practice across the bid function
- Support the development of strong, insight-led client relationships
About You
You are an experienced bid professional with a strong track record of managing complex proposals in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. You bring both strategic insight and hands-on delivery capability, with the confidence to influence at senior levels.
You will have:
- Proven experience leading high-value, multi-disciplinary bids
- Exceptional writing and communication skills
- Strong project management and organisational capability
- Experience facilitating workshops and leading diverse teams
- Confidence engaging with senior stakeholders
- A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with excellent attention to detail
Desirable
- Experience within the built environment or professional services sector
- APMP Practitioner (or working towards)
- Experience with bid tools (e.g. Qorus) and collaboration platforms (e.g. Mural)
- Exposure to marketing, communications or digital bid content
Why Join our client?
This is an opportunity to take on a high-impact role within a collaborative, forward-thinking organisation. You’ll work on some of the most complex and strategically important bids, while contributing to the ongoing evolution of a global work-winning function.
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