Bid Team Manager

Phoenix; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A long-term savings and retirement firm is seeking a senior team member for their Client Acquisition's Bid Management team. The role involves leading a team, supporting client relationships, and delivering quality bids in a fast-paced environment. Strong collaboration, sales, and leadership experience are key. This position offers a competitive salary starting from £70k, with additional benefits including a 16% bonus, private medical cover, and extensive leave options.

Benefits

16% bonus

Private medical cover

38 days annual leave

Excellent pension

12x salary life assurance

Income protection

3x volunteering days

Qualifications

• Sales, Bid Management or Marketing experience at a senior level.
• Leadership experience.
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of propositions and strategy.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Bid Management team to deliver quality work.
• Support New Business and Client Relationship teams.
• Collaborate effectively with stakeholders.

Skills

Collaboration

Leadership

Sales experience

Bid Management

Marketing experience

Job description

Job Description

Job Type: Permanent. Location: Any of our locations (Edinburgh/London/Bristol or Wythall) with travel to Edinburgh. Home working/hybrid.

Flexible working: All of our roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process.

Closing Date: 17th October. Salary and benefits: From £70k, plus 16% bonus up to 32%, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more.

Who are we? We want to be the best place that any of our 6,600 colleagues have ever worked. We’re Phoenix Group, we’re a long-term savings and retirement business. We offer a range of products across our market-leading brands, Standard Life, SunLife, Phoenix Life and ReAssure.

The role Our Client Acquisition team is at the forefront of our Standard Life Workplace business, and our Bid Management team plays a crucial part of our success. We support our New Business and Client Relationship teams in securing new and retaining existing clients for Standard Life.

The team works to produce first-class bid, pitch and sales collateral, complete research surveys and provide excellent support our EBC and Corporate Adviser relationships. As a senior member of our New Business Support and Bid Management function, you will lead our Bid Management team to support, inspire and develop our fantastic team to deliver even better work in an efficient way.

We operate in a fast-paced environment and thrive under pressure. Our purpose and ambition is to continually improve our ways of working, whilst ensuring we remain safe, steadfast and dependable.

What are we looking for?

• Collaborate effectively with all internal and external stakeholders, building a strong personal network.
• Lead and develop our wider team, and demonstrate role model behaviours.
• Lead and deliver projects that support the improvement of managing bids and reducing risks efficiently.
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of our propositions, overall strategy and plans.
• Sales, Bid Management or Marketing experience at a senior level.
• Leadership experience.

We Want To Hire The Whole Version Of You. We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.

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