Bids & Pursuits Assistant Project Manager

TN United Kingdom; Manchester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global professional services network is seeking a visionary bid professional to join their Bids & Pursuits Team in Manchester. This role involves managing the bid process, developing proposals, and collaborating with stakeholders to enhance winning strategies. The ideal candidate will possess strong interpersonal skills, a strategic mindset, and the ability to manage multiple projects effectively. Join a diverse team that values innovation and inclusivity while empowering individuals to reach their full potential.

Qualifications

• Experience in a bid, business development, capture, or pursuit role.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Lead and own the bid process from opportunity identification to submission.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and develop compelling proposals.

Skills

Strategic Mindset

Interpersonal Skills

Project Management

Tools

Miro

AI

Job description

Job Description

Forvis Mazars cares about your career progression, offering individually designed career paths that help you pursue your interests, match your changing needs, and explore your true potential. We work with diverse, prestigious clients across a range of sectors and geographies, giving you the opportunity to constantly update and grow your skills for lifelong professional development.

About the team

Our Business Services team is a collective of creative, strategic, forward-thinking business enablers. Together the People & Culture, Marketing & Communications, IT, Operations, Finance and Quality & Risk Management teams make it their mission to ensure Forvis Mazars has the right tools, technology, strategies, and services in place to deliver exceptional client service and future-proof our growing business.

About the role

We are seeking an inquisitive and visionary bid professional to join our Bids & Pursuits Team. Working closely with the UK bids & pursuit team and our offshore team in Delhi, you will help in the conversion of key opportunities, by managing the bid process for your own opportunities or supporting the Pursuits Manager or Head of Strategic Growth on priority pursuits, developing proposals, coordinating with stakeholders and continuously improving the pursuit process and methodology.

You will leverage the strategic growth team and the wider clients and markets capabilities to support opportunities. By ensuring our established pursuit methodology is followed, combined with the correct support and advice, you will increase our chances of winning in the market.

• Pursuit Management: Lead and own the bid process from initial opportunity identification through to submission, working closely with the Head of Strategic Growth and Pursuits Manager to ensure the pursuit methodology is implemented on opportunities. This includes supporting on qualifying opportunities, developing win strategies, conversation coaching, proposition development, storyboarding and presentation coaching on key opportunities.
• Proposal Development: Work with delivery teams to develop and write compelling proposals.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate with internal stakeholders including business services and fee earners. Work closely with the wider Clients & Markets, offshore and innovation teams to ensure a truly integrated approach.
• Continuous Improvement: Implement the pursuit methodology while being the voice in the room that asks what else do we need to do to win? Develop workshops to support this and share lessons with the wider team.
• Qualification: Support the correct opportunities by assessing winnability and desirability, and develop win strategies accordingly.
• Relationship Building: Build relationships with key stakeholders, understand their requirements, and position yourself as an expert in winning work, with the ability to challenge or bring new ideas.
• Reporting: Assist senior members of the Strategic Growth team in improving reporting and approaches, including attending or facilitating internal feedback sessions.
• Line Management: Manage, coach, and develop members of the strategic growth team where appropriate.

What are we looking for?

• Experience in a bid, business development, capture, or pursuit role
• A naturally inquisitive and curious person, with a strategic and innovative mindset
• Comfortable exploring innovative tools and technology (such as Miro or leveraging AI)
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and work collaboratively with cross-functional teams
• Proactive and self-motivated, with the ability to motivate teams
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with stakeholders at all levels

About Forvis Mazars

Forvis Mazars is a leading global professional services network operating under a single brand worldwide, with two members: Forvis Mazars LLP in the United States and Forvis Mazars Group SC, an internationally integrated partnership in over 100 countries and territories.

Both firms share a commitment to providing an unmatched client experience, delivering audit & assurance, tax, and advisory services globally. Our strategic vision is to move our clients, people, industry, and communities forward, responding to emerging sustainability issues including human rights, climate change, environmental impacts, and culture.

We are a diverse, multicultural, multi-generational team with a strong sense of connection and belonging. We encourage ownership of your career, involvement, self-belief, and idea implementation.

At Forvis Mazars, we empower our people, celebrate individuality, thrive on teamwork, and promote agility. We are forward-thinking and give individuals the freedom to contribute to our shared purpose. We support one another to deliver quality, foster change, and help everyone reach their full potential.

Inclusivity is core to our culture; we aim to make the recruitment process accessible and inclusive. Please contact us to discuss any accommodations you may require to support your application.