Bid Manager

Bid Manager

Location: London – hybrid (2-3 days in office)

Permanent

At NG Bailey IT Services, we're seeking a talented Bid Manager to lead the delivery of high-quality bids and proposals while helping to develop and enhance our bid management capability across the business.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team at a pivotal stage of our journey. You'll play a key role in managing strategic opportunities across defence and non-defence sectors, working closely with Sales, Solutions, Commercial, Operational and Delivery teams to secure profitable new business and support our ambitious growth plans.

Join us and play a key role in shaping our growth story. If you have a flair for developing winning proposals, enjoy managing complex bid programmes, and thrive in a collaborative environment, we'd love to hear from you.

Some of the key deliverables in this role will include

As Bid Manager, you'll take ownership of the end-to-end bid lifecycle, ensuring submissions are compelling, compliant, commercially robust and delivered on time.

Key responsibilities include

Managing bids, tenders, frameworks and proposal submissions from qualification through to contract award

Coordinating multi-disciplinary bid teams and driving activities to challenging deadlines

Leading bid kick-off meetings, reviews and governance approvals

Developing bid plans, schedules and submission strategies

Reviewing tender documentation and supporting bid/no-bid decision making

Working with sales and solution teams to create compelling win themes and customer-focused value propositions

Coordinating contributions from technical, operational, commercial, finance and legal subject matter expert

Ensuring compliance with customer requirements, framework rules and internal governance processes

Maintaining bid libraries, lessons learned and proposal best practice

Supporting the transition of successful opportunities into delivery and mobilisation teams

Driving continuous improvement initiatives to enhance bid quality, efficiency and win rates.

What we're looking for

Proven experience managing bids, tenders or proposals within technology, engineering, construction, managed services or professional services environments

Strong project management and organisational skills

Excellent written communication and proposal development capabilities

Proven ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders and competing priorities

Strong commercial awareness and attention to detail

Experience working with public or private sector procurement processes and framework agreements

Security Clearance – you must either have previously held clearance or willing to go through the process

APMP Practitioner certification or similar bid management qualification.

Experience working with government procurement frameworks such as CCS and G-Cloud

Experience within Managed Services, IT Services, Defence or MOD environments.

Knowledge of contract negotiation and commercial risk assessment.

Why join NG Bailey IT Services?

This role offers the opportunity to make a genuine impact on the future of our work-winning capability. You'll work alongside experienced professionals across multiple disciplines, helping to secure exciting new opportunities while establishing best practice processes that will support long-term business growth.

Benefits

We're always evolving our benefits to ensure we're attracting and retaining great people. Some of what you can expect includes:

Pension with a leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days

Private Medical Insurance

Salary sacrifice car scheme (Hybrid/Electric Vehicle)

Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Program to support mental health and well-being (including counselling sessions and legal advice)

Flexible benefits to suit from Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, Give As You Earn, Travel Insurance, Tax Free Bikes.

Personal development programme

Next Steps

As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.

We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.

About Us

We are one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward-thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies.

Progression is something we value, and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.

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