Senior Bids Executive

Pinsent Masons; Dubai; On-site; AED 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm based in Dubai is seeking a Senior Bids Executive to manage bid production for the Middle East offices. The successful candidate will work closely with local Bid Partners, provide advice on bid strategies, and ensure timely delivery of bids. This role requires at least 3 years of experience in bid management within legal or professional services, alongside excellent communication and writing skills in both Arabic and English. The firm offers a supportive environment and encourages flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience managing bids in legal or professional services.
• Fluent written and spoken Arabic and English skills.
• Experience writing and editing client-facing documents.

Responsibilities

• Manage the production of bids for the Dubai office.
• Work closely with the Bids Manager and local Bid Partners.
• Ensure deadlines are met while juggling multiple bids.

Skills

Bid management

Communication skills

Writing and editing

Coaching presentation teams

Project management

Creative problem solving

Job description

Senior Bids Executive

Dubai

Role Overview

Here at Pinsent Masons we bring together the best people to get the job done. We’re naturally curious, constantly learning, listening, and growing. We’ll truly value your ideas. You’ll be joining an award-winning, hardworking and commercially minded team, where you’ll have the opportunity to work with leading experts and form meaningful relationships, while making a difference. You’ll get the opportunity to be involved in varied and challenging work. Working in an open and supportive environment, to deliver outstanding results.

Our people are our success, and we work as one team.

We are recruiting a Senior Bids Executive who will have responsibility for managing the production of bids for our Middle East offices. You will work closely with the Bids Manager based in Dubai and local Bid Partners leading the opportunities, advising on bid best practice at all stages. You will co‑ordinate the firm during the process and have project management and creative oversight to deliver the bid on time.

This role will be based at our Dubai Office and our standard working hours are 9.00am-6pm, however as an inclusive employer, we are willing to consider any flexible working requests.

Candidate Overview

We are looking for candidates who ideally hold the following skills and experience:

• At least 3 years of experience managing bids, providing advice on approach and strategy – ideally in Legal or professional services
• Motivated and confident with good communication skills (with fluent written and spoken Arabic and English)
• Experience writing and editing copy for client facing documents
• Ability to coach presentation teams, managing, guiding and advising throughout a bidding process
• Creative – providing creative solutions to a client’s problems and able to visualise alternative ways of presenting information
• Project and time management skills – juggling different bids and priorities at the same time while ensuring deadlines are met
• Excellent writing skills and editing skills

What happens next?

Once your application has been submitted and reviewed, our Recruitment team will share the outcome with you by email.

We typically hold two interview stages per vacancy providing the opportunity to meet two members of the hiring team at each stage. The first stage is typically conducted virtually and the second stage typically in person at the office in which the role would be based. However, we strive to remain flexible depending on the requirements of the role or the candidate.

Our strength lies in our differences.

We are a Disability Confident a Valuable 500 member, a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and a proud partner of Neurodiversity in Law. We encourage and value different ideas and styles of thinking. It’s with different perspectives that we’ll find solutions to our clients’ most complex challenges. It’s how we’ll deliver outstanding results today, and tomorrow. We want everybody attending an interview to be comfortable and able to fully demonstrate their experience and talents.