Senior Bid Leader - Public Sector | Remote & Flexible

Made Tech Group; Manchester; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days holiday

Flexible working hours

Flexible parental leave

Remote working

Paid counselling

Job summary

Made Tech Group is seeking a senior Bid Lead to drive the end-to-end bid process from presales to signature. Reporting to the Head of Bids and Frameworks, you will lead a team to craft winning responses for UK public sector opportunities, balancing commercial and technical considerations.

You will use your strong knowledge of public procurement, DDaT, and market trends to shape strategy, coach writers, and ensure timely, high-quality submissions that win government contracts.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in UK public sector technology roles.
• Good grasp of agile methodologies and digital transformation.
• Strong writing, clear communication and collaboration across teams.
• Ability to own and drive bid outcomes with minimal supervision.
• Empathy and relationship-building across the organisation.
• DDaT knowledge at a practical level.
• Track record of winning government contracts.
• Understanding of social value initiatives and articulation.

Responsibilities

• Lead bid leadership team with Client Partners to drive opportunities.
• Ensure bids align with ethos, strengths and customer insight.
• Build and manage matrixed teams supporting responses.
• Own planning, timelines, and accountability for team inputs.
• Coach team and set quality writing standards.
• Influence bid components with commercial and technical sense.
• Provide best-practice writing guidance to the team.
• Apply knowledge of services to shaping bids and proposals.
• Capture learnings from retrospectives to improve bidding.

Skills

Public sector tech

Agile methods

User-centred design

Written communication

Leadership

Stakeholder influence

DDaT knowledge

Government contracts

Relationship building

B2B tech services

Job description

Made Tech Group is seeking a senior Bid Lead to drive the end-to-end bid process from presales to signature. Reporting to the Head of Bids and Frameworks, you will lead a team to craft winning responses for UK public sector opportunities, balancing commercial and technical considerations.

You will use your strong knowledge of public procurement, DDaT, and market trends to shape strategy, coach writers, and ensure timely, high-quality submissions that win government contracts.