Bid Manager

Telent Technology Services Ltd; Warwick; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday

Company pension

Family-friendly policies

Occupational health support

Telent Reward discounts

Job summary

Telent is seeking an experienced Bid Manager to lead end-to-end bids within rail, telecommunications, utilities, or similar complex sectors. You will coordinate SMEs and commercial teams, ensure compliant governance and high-quality submissions.

Based at our Warwick HQ, this hybrid role expects 1–2 days on site monthly and offers a supportive, collaborative environment with clear career development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Strong project management and organisational skills.
• Financially astute with ability to create and interpret financial reports and models.
• Demonstrable experience of winning as part of a high-performing bid team.
• Proven experience of leading and delivering high and medium-value bids, ideally in a services or solutions environment.
• Strong understanding of bid governance processes, approvals and review frameworks.
• Proven ability to influence, challenge and coordinate stakeholders across engineering, delivery, finance and commercial functions.
• A proven ability to write and review tender responses to a winning standard.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Sales team, Subject Matter Experts and Technical and Commercial leads within Telent to develop compelling written and financial responses.
• Deliver efficient end-to-end management and production of timely, high-quality and ultimately successful bids and proposals in keeping with Telent's bid procedures.
• Lead and develop bid-winning strategies in partnership with opportunity owners and business heads.
• Produce material from Go/No Go stage through to deal review, bid submission and win/loss reviews.
• Lead and challenge internal stakeholders to ensure bid inputs are delivered on time and to the required quality standards.
• Provide post-bid submission support including preparation of bid presentations.
• Support workload planning, bid forecasting, cost tracking, reporting and continual improvement activities.

Job description

Right across infrastructure, there's a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you're at in your career, with us you'll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Reporting into the Sales Director for the Rail division at Telent (part of M Group), we are looking for a Bid Manager will deliver compelling written and financial submissions for medium-value projects within our Rail division. You will manage the full bid process in line with Telent's governance, oversee cost modelling and reviews, and ensure timely, high-quality submissions.

This Bid Manager role is a hybrid working role, with a requirement to be present at our Warwick HQ (CV34 5AH) at least one to two days per month.

What you'll do:

• Work closely with the Sales team, Subject Matter Experts and Technical and Commercial leads within Telent to develop compelling written and financial responses.
• Deliver efficient end-to-end management and production of timely, high-quality and ultimately successful bids and proposals in keeping with Telent's bid procedures.
• Lead and develop bid-winning strategies in partnership with opportunity owners and business heads.
• Produce material from Go/No Go stage through to deal review, bid submission and win/loss reviews.
• Lead and challenge internal stakeholders to ensure bid inputs are delivered on time and to the required quality standards.
• Provide post-bid submission support including preparation of bid presentations.
• Support workload planning, bid forecasting, cost tracking, reporting and continual improvement activities.

Who you are:

You are an experienced Bid Manager with proven success leading end-to-end bids within rail, telecommunications, utilities, public sector, critical national infrastructure or similar complex industries. Skilled at coordinating subject matter experts and commercial teams, you bring strong cost modelling experience and a sharp eye for compliance and governance.

Key Requirements:

• Strong project management and organisational skills.
• Financially astute with the ability to create and interpret financial reports and models.
• Demonstrable experience of winning as part of a high-performing and efficient bid team.
• Proven experience of leading and delivering high and medium-value bids, ideally in a services or solutions environment.
• Strong understanding of bid governance processes, approvals and review frameworks.
• Proven ability to influence, challenge and coordinate stakeholders across engineering, delivery, finance and commercial functions.
• A proven ability to write and review tender responses to a winning standard.

What we offer:

At Telent, we're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels valued, supported, and able to thrive. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage diverse perspectives across our teams.

The additional benefits with this role:

• 26 days holiday, plus public holidays, and the option to buy or sell days annually.
• Company pension scheme.
• A range of family friendly policies.
• Occupational health support and wellbeing Portal.
• Discounts on Cinema, Restaurants and Shopping with Telent Reward scheme.

We are guided by our values and behaviours:

• Be Inclusive
• Take Responsibility
• Collaborate
• Be Customer-focussed.

It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

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