Global Bid & Tender Lead — High-Impact Proposals

Civil Aviation Authority; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Free onsite gym at Gatwick

28 days annual leave

Generous pension scheme

Job summary

CAA International (CAAi) at Gatwick is seeking a Senior Bid and Tender Manager to lead end-to-end bid management across our international portfolio, ensuring compliant, high-quality proposals.

The role reports to the Head of Business Development and Operations and requires coordinating multidisciplinary teams, developing win themes, and continuously improving bid processes. Hybrid working with at least two onsite days per week at Aviation House.

Qualifications

• Proven bid/tender/proposal management experience in consultancy or regulated sectors.
• Experience managing complex bids from qualification to submission.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for persuasive proposals.
• Strong project management and organisational skills with multiple priorities.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams within a matrix environment.
• Knowledge of bid governance, pricing, and proposal development processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end management of bids, tenders, proposals, and framework submissions.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary bid teams with clear responsibilities and timelines.
• Develop bid strategies, win themes and customer-focused value propositions.
• Facilitate bid governance, opportunity assessments and reviews.
• Work with technical, operational and finance teams to develop proposals.
• Ensure submissions comply with customer requirements and governance.

Skills

Bid management

Proposal writing

Stakeholder management

Project coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Degree level or equivalent

APMP Foundation/Practitioner

PRINCE2/APM/PMP

Tools

Microsoft 365

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Teams

SharePoint

Job description

CAA International (CAAi) at Gatwick is seeking a Senior Bid and Tender Manager to lead end-to-end bid management across our international portfolio, ensuring compliant, high-quality proposals.

The role reports to the Head of Business Development and Operations and requires coordinating multidisciplinary teams, developing win themes, and continuously improving bid processes. Hybrid working with at least two onsite days per week at Aviation House.