Bid Manager

NG Bailey; Greater London, Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension up to 8% employer contribution

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Private Medical Insurance

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Flexible benefits (Dental, Gym, EARN,

Development programme

Job summary

NG Bailey IT Services is seeking a talented Bid Manager to lead end-to-end bids and proposals, partnering with Sales, Solutions and Delivery teams to secure profitable new business. The role focuses on overseeing complex bid programmes across defence and non-defence sectors, ensuring compliant, compelling submissions and timely delivery.

You will develop win themes, manage multi-disciplinary teams, and drive continuous improvement to raise bid quality and win rates, in a hybrid London or Leeds

Qualifications

• Experience leading bids, tenders or proposals in technology, engineering, construction, managed services or professional services.
• Strong project management and organisational skills.
• Excellent written proposal development and communication abilities.
• Proven ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders and priorities.
• Awareness of public/private procurement processes and framework agreements.
• Security clearance or willingness to obtain it.
• Experience with CCS and G-Cloud frameworks.
• Experience in Managed IT/defence environments is advantageous.
• Knowledge of contract negotiation and commercial risk assessment.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end bid lifecycle to deliver compliant, compelling submissions.
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary bid teams and drive activities to deadlines.
• Lead bid kick-off meetings, reviews and governance approvals.
• Develop bid plans, schedules and submission strategies.
• Review tender documentation and support go/no-go decisions.
• Collaborate with Sales and Solutions to craft win themes and value propositions.
• Coordinate subject-matter experts from technical, operational, commercial, finance and legal teams.
• Ensure compliance with customer requirements and internal governance.
• Maintain bid libraries and capture lessons learned.
• Support transition of opportunities into delivery teams.
• Drive continuous bid quality improvements and win rates.

Skills

Bid management

Project management

Proposal writing

Stakeholder coordination

Commercial awareness

Public sector procurement

APMP Practitioner certification

Job description

Location: London or Leeds– 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.

Benefits:

• 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

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.