Senior Bid Manager - End-to-End Bids, Flexible Hours

Alstom; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible working

Extra leave

Leave purchase

Novated leasing

Learning programs

Insurance coverage

Job summary

Alstom is seeking a Senior Bid Manager for a 12-month max-term contract with our ANZ Commercial Team in North Sydney. You will lead end-to-end bid preparation and submission, coordinating cross-functional input from engineering, procurement, finance, legal, and commercial teams to deliver competitive, compliant tenders.

You're responsible for bid strategy, risk and opportunity management, pricing coordination, and governance milestones, ensuring high-quality submissions that meet customer and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, or related discipline.
• Proven experience in bid management, tender coordination, or project delivery.
• Strong costing, planning, risk management, and commercial principles.
• Experience with contracts, pricing, and legal aspects of bids.
• Excellent stakeholder management across multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to lead complex activities under time pressure.
• High attention to detail and document/version control discipline.
• Confident communicator and proactive problem-solver.
• Proficiency in MS Office and collaboration tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end bid process in line with governance and tender processes.
• Define bid strategy with Tender Leaders, Platforms, and Commercial teams.
• Support win/no-win decisions and governance milestones.
• Contribute to commercial and pricing strategy and partner engagement.
• Develop bid plans, schedules and interdependencies.
• Coordinate cross-functional bid teams across engineering, procurement, finance, legal, operations, marketing, and more.
• Manage tender budgets and cost, schedule, quality and delivery commitments.
• Prepare risk and opportunity registers and facilitate reviews.
• Ensure compliance with customer requirements and internal governance.
• Coordinate preparation of technical descriptions and pricing schedules.
• Support contract negotiations and tender handover.
• Champion continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Bid management

Tender coordination

Stakeholder management

Governance & compliance

Risk management

Cross-functional leadership

Pricing strategy

Contract negotiations

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, or related discipline

Tools

MS Office

Collaboration tools

Job description

Alstom is seeking a Senior Bid Manager for a 12-month max-term contract with our ANZ Commercial Team in North Sydney. You will lead end-to-end bid preparation and submission, coordinating cross-functional input from engineering, procurement, finance, legal, and commercial teams to deliver competitive, compliant tenders.

You're responsible for bid strategy, risk and opportunity management, pricing coordination, and governance milestones, ensuring high-quality submissions that meet customer and