Senior Bid Manager

The Role

As a Senior Bid Manager, you will support the Bid Management Lead in applying the end-to-end Business Winning Methodology across the sector. We are ideally looking for expertise within the rail sector.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading the development and ensuring the quality of business-winning functional outputs, such as bid strategies, competitive assessments, win strategies, and value propositions.
• Collaborating with customer-facing 'opportunity owners' to design and implement effective business-winning programmes.
• Ensuring bid teams are resourced effectively to deliver against plans.
• Acting as a point of escalation within the opportunity leadership team for matters related to the Business Winning Methodology.
• Owning the application of the Business Winning Methodology for specific bids and/or portfolios.
• Working closely with other functional leads to integrate a range of professional skills and competencies required to develop quality business-winning outputs.
• Line management of Bid Managers and Bid Coordinators.
• Developing partnering strategies.

• Proven experience as a business-winning professional with a strong track record in leading major bids.
• Deep understanding and experience in managing the capture phase of opportunities.
• Robust bid/project management skills.
• Ability to motivate and lead multi-functional teams.
• Strong financial and commercial awareness.

• While specific academic qualifications are not fixed, the required level of experience and a willingness to learn are essential.

• Must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance.

• Generous holiday allowance.
• Matched contribution pension scheme with life assurance.
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+.
• Employee share scheme.
• Employee shopping savings portal.
• Payment of Professional Fees.
• Special paid leave for reservists in the armed forces.
• Opportunity to buy or sell annual leave.
• 'Be Kind Day' for volunteering.
• Excellent development opportunities and a comprehensive benefits package supporting physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. We are committed to building an inclusive culture and are happy to discuss flexible working options.

To apply for the Senior Bid Manager position, please submit your CV. We look forward to hearing from you and exploring how you can contribute to our continued success in making the world a safer place.