Bid Manager

ALTEN LTD - UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Healthcare

Life Insurance

Travel Insurance

Pension scheme

Job summary

ALTEN LTD - UK in London is seeking a proactive Bid and Offer Manager to lead high-quality bids and help win contracts. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, shape value propositions, and ensure timely delivery of compelling proposals.

The role requires solid project management, English fluency, strong writing and presentation skills, and the ability to persuade stakeholders. You will report to Senior Bid Manager and work 2–3 days weekly at our Central London head office.

Qualifications

• Excellent project management skills with deadline-driven delivery.
• Fluent written and spoken English; strong writing and numerical abilities.
• Outstanding presentation and facilitation skills.
• Strong interpersonal communication across all levels of the business.
• Commercial/bids/tender/business development background or equivalent military experience.
• Ability to persuade, influence and challenge constructively.
• Capacity to translate service offerings into client benefits and think outside the box.

Responsibilities

• Anticipate the next major bids and associated action plans.
• Provide inputs to the value proposition and guide the bid team to win the offer.
• Guarantee high-quality bid submissions aligned with ALTEN standards.
• Facilitate identifying key messages and differentiators for bids.
• Develop bid response and train stakeholders on the bid process.
• Monitor bid performance and drive improvements in approach to proposals.

Skills

Project management

English proficiency

Presentation skills

Interpersonal communication

Attention to detail

Tender / bids background

Negotiation / persuasion

Tools

MS Office

Job description

ALTEN is a global engineering powerhouse for R&D and IT Services with over 50,000 engineers across 30 countries. Our DNA combines human values, a culture of excellence, and expertise to serve our customers. Our engineers deliver complex and highly technical projects to our many prestigious customers, in all sectors of industry, services, and telecommunications.

At ALTEN LTD, we are all about growing our business and people. We delivered a growth of 50% every year for nearly a decade. Our ambition is to become the leader of our market segment in the UK.

To support the fast expansion, we are looking for a Bid and Offer Manager for our London Office.

The Bid and Offer Manager ensures that ALTEN delivers high-quality bids and ultimately wins new contracts. If you want to join a high-performing team driven by excellence and growth, then you should apply for this role.

Role Description

• Anticipate the next major bids and associated action plans
• Provide critical and creative inputs to the value proposition
• Guide the bid team in creating the winning offer.
• Guarantee the high quality of the offer delivered in line with ALTEN’s standards.
• Facilitate teams to identify key messages and differentiators for the bid and develop the bid response.
• Become a bid process specialist for ALTEN.
• Train and coach the bid stakeholders on the bid process.
• Monitor and improve bid performance.
• Identify and deploy best/innovative ways of working to improve the company’s approach to proposals.

Network

• Direct report to the Senior Bid Manager for ALTEN in the UK.
• Join an international strategic business development team.
• Coordinate across business units and corporate functions.

About you

• Excellent Project Management skills in timely management of bids to meet strict deadlines – not a strictly nine to five role – an understanding that the deadline must be met, and this requires some flexibility as to hours worked.
• Strong attention to detail: Excellent English; writing and numerical skills.
• Excellent presentation skills and facilitating presentation rehearsals.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills and the ability to deal effectively and appropriately with staff at all levels within the company.
• Commercial, bids, tender, business development, marketing background or equivalent military experience.
• Ability to persuade, influence and challenge in a constructive manner and identify appropriate solutions.
• Ability to translate the firm's service offering into key benefits for a client.
• Must be able to “think outside the box” so that new opportunities can be exploited.
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office (Word; Excel; PowerPoint) is essential.

This role will require you to have or be willing to go through Security Clearance. As part of the onboarding process candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard; details of the evidence required to apply may be found on the government website Gov.UK. If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria, then your employment may be delayed, or rejected. Details of this will be discussed with you at interview.

What we offer

By joining us you can expect:

• Autonomy to develop and grow your skills and experience.
• Be part of exciting project work that is making a difference in society.
• Strong, inspiring and thought-provoking leadership.
• A supportive and collaborative environment.
• Competitive basic salary accompanied by an attractive bonus based on your performance.
• Company benefits including Private Medical Healthcare, Life Insurance and Travel Insurance.
• Pension scheme with company contributions up to 6%.
• Working Conditions: 2-3 days a week in Central London head office.
• Wellness 24/7 Confidential employee assistance program.
• Social – Breakfast Tuesdays, Thirsty Thursdays and Pizza on the last Thursday of each month.

Any doubts?

• Studies have shown that some groups of people are less likely to apply to a role unless they meet 100% of the job requirements. Whoever you are, if you like one of our jobs, we encourage you to apply as you might just be the candidate we are looking for. As an equal‑opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute. Our commitment is to provide equal opportunities, an inclusive work environment, and fairness for everyone.
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant & actively encourage applications from members of the Armed Forces community, including veterans, reservists, service leavers, and military spouses/partners. We recognise the value of military skills and experience and are committed to ensuring that no applicant is unfairly disadvantaged during our recruitment and selection processes.