NHS Bid Strategy Lead

Bid Solutions; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Bid Solutions in Birmingham is seeking a Bid Manager to take full commercial ownership of its tender function. You will own end-to-end bid strategy, submission quality, and market intelligence, while coaching a Bid Writer and building relationships with NHS framework bodies.

The role emphasizes proactive engagement with procurement leads and framework providers, driving win themes, and shaping the commercial focus in a growing health tech environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in public sector bidding, preferably NHS or healthcare procurement.
• Strong written communication and commercial judgement.
• Experience coaching and leading teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the bid and tender pipeline from opportunity identification through to submission and feedback.
• Make bid/no-bid calls and set win-themed strategy for every submission.
• Personally write and quality-assure the most strategically significant bids.
• Manage relationships with NHS framework providers and pursue new framework accreditations.
• Build and maintain market intelligence on NHS/public sector procurement activity and competitor positioning.
• Directly manage and coach a Bid Writer.
• Report on pipeline, win rate, and market intelligence to the Head of Sales and Marketing.

Skills

Bid management

Public sector procurement

NHS frameworks

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Job description

Bid Solutions in Birmingham is seeking a Bid Manager to take full commercial ownership of its tender function. You will own end-to-end bid strategy, submission quality, and market intelligence, while coaching a Bid Writer and building relationships with NHS framework bodies.

The role emphasizes proactive engagement with procurement leads and framework providers, driving win themes, and shaping the commercial focus in a growing health tech environment.