Global Bid Management — Operations Leader

Clear Destination Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Clear Destination Inc. is seeking an experiencedDirector-level leader to oversee our global bid management team. You will establish standards, capacity models and governance to deliver high-quality pursuit support across regions and opportunity types.

The role requires coordinating onshore and offshore resources, coaching senior bid professionals, and ensuring consistent quality while maintaining alignment with commercial priorities. Some hybrid presence at our London office is expected.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading bid management, proposal management or pursuit support teams in complex multi-stakeholder environments.
• Global/multi-regional experience preferred.
• Proven ability to lead and develop distributed teams (onshore, offshore, regional or matrix).
• Track record of improving workflows with innovative adoption of AI in bidding.
• Strong understanding of RFx, pursuit planning, content development and review cycles.
• Experience managing team capacity, workload prioritization and service levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead the global bid management team across regions and seniority levels.
• Translate requests into practical capacity decisions and allocate resources.
• Coach and develop team members through progression planning and performance conversations.
• Manage workload, priorities and escalation routes to maximize value.
• Define and embed bid standards, templates and review processes.
• Ensure governance, reporting and stakeholder alignment across offshore and onshore teams.
• Drive continuous improvement and adoption of tools, content libraries, and AI-enabled workflows.

Skills

Bid leadership

Global team leadership

AI-enabled bidding

Stakeholder management

Capability development

Job description

Clear Destination Inc. is seeking an experiencedDirector-level leader to oversee our global bid management team. You will establish standards, capacity models and governance to deliver high-quality pursuit support across regions and opportunity types.

The role requires coordinating onshore and offshore resources, coaching senior bid professionals, and ensuring consistent quality while maintaining alignment with commercial priorities. Some hybrid presence at our London office is expected.