Bid & PreSales Delivery/Programme Manager - DV Cleared

LA International; Basingstoke; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT consultancy in the UK is seeking a Bid Manager who will engage across the bid lifecycle ensuring competitive Transition & Transformation (T&T) and Agile programme responses. Candidates should have strong experience in SAFe Agile methodology, manage complex programmes, and a background in secure governance. The position is hybrid with an emphasis on office presence initially, and requires security clearance.

Qualifications

• Strong experience delivering using SAFe Agile methodology.
• Strong programme management background with experience delivering complex T&T programmes.
• Experience designing programme structures and plans during bids.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end design of T&T and Agile programmes during bids.
• Own the T&T / Agile programme plan, including schedules and governance structures.
• Capture and maintain all Risks, Issues, Assumptions and Dependencies (RAID) for the programme.

Skills

SAFe Agile methodology

Programme management

Complex T&T programmes

Secure governance

Job description

Required: Bid Manager
Location: Hybrid (primarily office-based with some opportunity to work from home) Mostly fully on site initially.
Duration: 6 Months+
Clearance level: DV level

The Programme / Delivery Management Lead plays a pivotal role across the full bid lifecycle and early phases of delivery mobilisation, ensuring that client develops credible, competitive, deliverable Transition & Transformation (T&T) and Agile programme responses.

This role is embedded throughout the sales, solutioning, bid, contract, and mobilisation phases, acting as the delivery authority for T&T and Agile programme definition, planning, costing, assurance, and customer engagement.

Key Responsibilities

• Bid & Pre Sales Delivery Leadership
• Lead the end-to-end design of Transition & Transformation (T&T) and Agile programmes during bids and proposals.
• Own the T&T / Agile programme plan, including schedules, gating, staffing, governance structures, and delivery methodology.
• Produce the programme costing, ensuring alignment to volumetrics, solution strategy, and validated historical benchmarks.
• Create the dependency matrix, ensuring all dependencies are clearly articulated and owned across delivery and solution teams.
• Capture and maintain all Risks, Issues, Assumptions and Dependencies (RAID) for the programme.
• Conduct and report on due diligence, including technical, operational, commercial, and customer-side constraints.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong experience delivering using SAFe Agile methodology.
• Strong programme management background with experience delivering complex T&T programmes.
• Experience designing programme structures and plans during bids.
• Defence/NatSec experience and understanding of secure governance.

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Experience shaping win strategies or solution options.
• Experience within Strategic Partnering models.
• Experience with digital transformation, infrastructure modernisation, or secure platform delivery.

Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 18 weeks. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds.

Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.