Bids Manager

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Job Description

We're Norton Rose Fulbright - a global law firm with over 50 offices and 7,000 employees worldwide. We provide the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. At Norton Rose Fulbright, our strategy and our culture are closely entwined. We know that our expansion will mean little unless it is underpinned by truly global collaboration and we understand that pioneering work only takes place when our people have room to move and think beyond boundaries. As well as the relevant skills and experience, we're looking for people who are innovative, commercial and value the work that they do. 

We’re expanding our Strategic Bids Team and are looking for an experienced Bid Manager in our London Office. As well as the relevant skills and experience, we’re looking for people who are innovative, commercial and value the work that they do. We celebrate multiple approaches and points of view and believe diversity drives innovation, so we’re building a culture where difference is valued. Our clients come first and whilst we expect the best from all our employees, in return we offer an exceptionally competitive pension, private healthcare, plus a range of flexible benefits.

The Role

This Bid Manager role sits in our London office and forms part of the Strategic Bids Team for Europe, Middle East and Asia. This high-performing, successful team works alongside our lawyers and business services colleagues to win and retain the firm’s most important mandates, contributing to the strategic growth of the firm.

You will work on multiple multi-jurisdictional panels and strategic transactional bids at any one time requiring outstanding organisation skills. You must be able to manage stakeholders at all levels and have exceptional attention to detail.

This is a busy, complex role in a fast paced environment requiring the ability to juggle multiple, competing deadlines.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the entire bids process from qualification through to submission and follow up, producing client-focussed high-quality bids
• Facilitate scoping/kick-off calls and running all aspects of bid response: planning, structure, format, content, messaging, proofing submission and feedback – using a deliverables matrix for all bids
• Provide project management/document control for all areas of the bid
• Provide coaching and guidance to fee earners regarding client engagement throughout the bid lifecycle
• Work with lead partners, BD colleagues and the client relationship team to develop an appropriate response strategy and ensure a bespoke solution
• Engage and matrix manage all contributing functions including: pricing, compliance, business development and knowledge
• Update bid systems for bid reporting and enhancing future content
• Embed best practice throughout the bid process and provide training and ad hoc coaching to business development colleagues to develop bid management skills as appropriate

Skills and Experience Required

Our primary requirement is that you have experience in managing complex bid responses across multiple practice areas and offices. You will need to be an excellent project manager with absolute attention to detail.

Desirable skills

• Experience as a bid manager working on multi-jurisdictional, multi-office, multi-practice area bid responses
• Unrivalled attention to detail
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines with excellent project management skills
• Ability to liaise confidently and build relationships with people of all levels, creating confidence with your approach
• Strong written English language skills for drafting, editing and proofing
• Agile approach to workload and demonstration of flexibility to meet the demands of a diverse global law firm

Essential experience

• Experience of bids and bidding in a professional services environment is essential
• Also essential is the experience of bid managing multiple complex, multi-jurisdictional/multi-office/multi-practice area bid response

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

To attract the best people, we strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can bring their whole selves to work, have a sense of belonging, and realize their full career potential. Our new enabled work model allows our people to have more flexibility in the way they choose to work from both the office and a remote location, while continuing to deliver the highest standards of service. We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive employment policies and provide access to programmes and services aimed at nurturing our people’s health and overall wellbeing. Find more about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion here.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams. We strive to create an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. If you require any tailored adjustments or accommodations, please let us know here.