Global Bid Manager

ISS A/S; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ISS is seeking an experienced Global Bid Manager in London to lead end-to-end bid management for international opportunities. You will craft high-quality tender materials, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive win strategies to meet client requirements.

The role requires five years of bid management experience, excellent English communication, and strong MS Office skills. Join a global team of bid professionals delivering competitive proposals and maintaining content libraries.

Qualifications

• Degree educated or equivalent experience.
• Minimum five years' bid management experience, preferably international with $30m+ opportunities.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
• APMP or equivalent bid management certification desirable.
• Experience in project management, proposal writing, editing, formatting, and presentation development.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Word and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Lead bid management for global opportunities from qualification to submission.
• Develop compelling tenders, executive summaries, and sales presentations.
• Coordinate quality reviews ensuring customer-focused, benefits-led proposals.
• Support strategic planning: market intelligence, customer priorities, win strategies.
• Collaborate with sales, technical, legal, finance, and operations on bid submissions.
• Maintain bid content libraries and improve bid management processes.
• Maintain accurate bid and customer data in the CRM.

Skills

Bid management

APMP

Proposal writing

English communication

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Degree educated

Tools

MS Word

MS PowerPoint

CRM systems

MS Excel

Job description

As a global leader in facilities services, we connect people and places to make the world work better. Whether directly or indirectly, you’ll play a vital role in supporting our placemakers in delivering exceptional workplace experiences for our customers. Together, we make space for people and businesses to thrive.

Location: London (UK)

Main purpose of the position

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Global Bid Manager to join our Global Client Solutions and Bid Management team. You will play a critical role in driving business growth by managing the end-to-end bid process for international opportunities. Responsible for producing high-quality written tender materials for our most strategic pursuits, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams, analyse bid requirements, and develop compelling, winning proposals. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy working on complex global opportunities, we would like to hear from you.

What you’ll do:

• Lead the bid management process for global opportunities, from initial qualification through to submission, in line with company best practice procedures and governance.
• Apply best practice bid writing techniques to develop compelling tenders, executive summaries, and sales presentations.
• Coordinate quality reviews and ensure proposals are customer-focused, benefits-led, and aligned to client requirements.
• Support strategic planning activities, including evaluating market intelligence, identifying customer priorities, developing win strategies, and articulating value propositions.
• Collaborate with sales, technical, legal, finance, and operational teams to develop bespoke, high-quality bid submissions.
• Manage and maintain bid content libraries and contribute to continuous improvement of bid management frameworks and processes.
• Maintain accurate bid and customer information within the CRM system.

Who you’ll work with:

You will work as part of a global team of bid professionals, solution and pricing leads, subject matter experts, and commercial colleagues, collaborating across multiple countries and functions to deliver winning solutions

• Degree educated or equivalent experience.
• Minimum five years' bid management experience, preferably within an international environment managing opportunities valued at $30m+.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
• APMP or equivalent bid management certification is desirable.
• Experience in project management, proposal writing, editing, formatting, and presentation development.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Word and PowerPoint

Personal skills you excel:

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong team player with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Highly organised project manager capable of delivering to tight deadlines.
• Ability to work effectively with large, complex, cross-functional teams.
• Confidence to challenge constructively and secure timely input from subject matter experts.
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to perform under pressure.
• Positive, proactive, and results-oriented mindset

Why ISS

At ISS, we are more than just a service provider of cleaning, food, workplace and technical services, we are a partner in our customers’ success. By creating exceptional service moments and transforming workplaces into spaces where employees feel valued, engaged and productive, we enhance productivity and help our customers to attract talent and grow their businesses. This begins with our own people through training, career development, and a supportive culture – empowering them to deliver outstanding service. We know that when our people thrive, they create spaces where our customers’ employees and businesses thrive too.

ISS is a Place to Be You.

Be who you are. Become what you want. Be part of something bigger.

Become more. Become ISS.

ISS seeks to BE a place of belonging and CREATE places where every person is welcomed, embraced, and valued for exactly who they are. Places where people feel safe, respected, represented, and supported as their authentic selves