Bid Lead

Accurx; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

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Dog-friendly Shoreditch office

28 days holiday + bank holidays

Flexible working

Parental/fertility support

Job summary

Accurx is seeking a Bid Lead to drive primary care bid strategy and win themes across NHS opportunities. You will lead cross‑functional teams, shape responses, and coordinate multidisciplinary effort from capture through to submission and handover.

You will leverage APMP certification and extensive public‑sector bid experience to deliver compliant, high‑quality responses that align with NHS priorities and commercial goals. The role supports hybrid work with an office presence in London.

Qualifications

• APMP certification (Foundation or above) or equivalent bid expertise.
• Experience leading multiple complex, high‑value public sector tenders.
• Excellent writer and reviewer, turning requirements into compelling responses.
• Ability to lead cross‑functional teams to tight deadlines and manage risks.
• Strong working knowledge of public procurement including relevant acts and frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead Accurx's bid strategy across primary care opportunities.
• Shape win themes and evidence for responses with the Bid Writer/Manager.
• Coordinate cross‑functional teams from kickoff to submission and handover.
• Ensure submissions are compelling, compliant and commercially sound.
• Capture feedback to improve content and win rates for future bids.

Skills

APMP certification

Bid management experience

Excellent writer

Lead cross-functional teams

Public procurement knowledge

Job description

Accurx is solving healthcare productivity for the NHS. For decades, the NHS has struggled with fragmented systems that make simple tasks feel impossible. At Accurx, we’re changing that by building a single, system-wide platform that helps every patient get gold-standard, efficient, and joined-up care.

What started as a way for GPs to text a patient has now evolved into an all-in-one digital toolkit used by 98% of GP practices.

Our platform now powers Total Triage to manage patient demand, and Self-Book, which lets patients schedule their own appointments in seconds. We’ve automated routine care with Patient Questionnaires for long-term conditions, while Accumail finally allows staff‑to‑staff communication to happen instantly across different care settings. We’re now pushing the boundaries of the consultation itself with Accurx Scribe, our AI‑powered note‑taker that drafts medical notes in real-time.

We’re not just shipping features. We’re giving clinicians their time back and ensuring every patient journey is as smooth as it should be.

How you’ll drive Accurx’s primary care bid strategy

The Bid Lead is the strategic lead for each bid they own, from early capture to post‑award handover. They set the bid's direction and win strategy and lead the cross‑functional team that delivers it. They bring capture and bid expertise to produce outstanding responses to multi‑million‑pound tenders. They also lead Accurx's work on frameworks in their portfolio.

The role will lead Accurx's responses to trust‑wide and/or ICB primary care bids.

• Capture. You’ll shape our biggest primary care opportunities 6–12 months before release, working with opportunity owners and regional teams to build account insight, influence early engagement and turn customer needs into distinctive win themes.
• Decide where we can win — and how. You’ll lead qualification and go / no-go decisions, bringing together NHS priorities, ICB needs, Accurx’s strategy and the commercial approach to build a clear strategy for winning each opportunity.
• Lead multiple complex bids from start to finish. You’ll bring together and motivate cross-functional teams, owning the plan, governance, risks and deadlines from kick-off through to submission, presentations and handover — while keeping stakeholders informed along the way.
• Turn our impact into responses that stand out. Working closely with the Bid Writer / Manager, you’ll set the win themes, key messages and evidence for each response, lead quality reviews and make sure every submission is compelling, compliant and commercially sound.
• Make every bid strengthen the next one. You’ll turn feedback, wins and losses into better content and ways of working, strengthen our position on the frameworks used to buy primary care digital services, and use tools including AI thoughtfully to make our capture and bid processes more effective.

You should apply if...

• You have APMP certification (Foundation or above) and/or equivalent proven bid expertise, with extensive experience leading multiple complex, high‑value public sector tenders at the same time.
• You’re experienced in capture and pursuit management, with a track record of shaping opportunities before release, uncovering customer drivers and turning insight into clear pursuit and win strategies.
• You’re an excellent writer and reviewer, able to turn complex requirements, evidence and customer needs into compelling responses, with a strong focus on exceeding evaluation criteria and delivering high‑quality, compliant submissions.
• You’re confident leading through influence, coordinating large cross‑functional teams to tight deadlines, managing competing priorities and risks, and having difficult conversations when needed.
• You’re a detail‑oriented completer‑finisher with a strong working knowledge of public procurement, including the Procurement Act 2023, the Social Value Model and frameworks.
• You understand clinical systems and workflows and can clearly explain how technology fits into them. For this role, that includes how Accurx works with GP clinical systems such as EMIS and SystmOne, and how it fits into practice and PCN workflows, including integration and hosting.
• Ideally, you’ve bid into NHS primary care, ICBs or CSUs and understand general practice, PCN operations and how digital primary care is commissioned. Experience leading bids for SaaS or digital transformation solutions would also be a strong advantage.

What’s in it for me?

You’ll be joining an established but fast‑growing Tech for Good movement, where we're led by our Principles and our mission to solve healthcare productivity.

• £70,000 - £90,000 salary + share options up to £30,000
• Benefits to suit you: adjust your healthcare cover, your pension or life insurance, whatever stage you’re at in life
• Flexible working: We are an office first culture and ask that you’re in our (dog-friendly) Shoreditch office 3 days a week, with core hours of 10am - 4pm
• Time off: You’ll get 28 days of holiday (plus bank holidays) and up to 4 weeks to work from anywhere per year
• Family matters: We offer enhanced parental leave, fertility support and parental loss support
• We have our very own Chef! Free healthy breakfasts, snacks and lunches will be provided, with the occasional sweet treat!