Senior Bid Manager

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Bid Manager to join their dynamic team. This role involves leading the application of business winning methodologies, developing bid strategies, and managing multi-functional teams to ensure successful outcomes. The ideal candidate will possess strong financial and commercial awareness, along with the ability to motivate and guide teams. With a hybrid working arrangement, this position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to impactful projects while enjoying a supportive work environment that values inclusivity and personal development.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

10-days special paid leave for reservists

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience in leading business winning methodologies on major bids.
• Ability to motivate and lead multi-functional teams effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of bid strategies and competitive assessments.
• Manage bid teams and ensure quality business winning outputs.

Skills

Business winning methodologies

Team leadership

Financial awareness

Commercial awareness

Motivating multi-functional teams

Job description

Senior Bid Manager

Location: Glasgow, GB, G72 0LH GB

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Senior Bid Manager - Rail
Location: Hamilton, South Lanarkshire + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: £70,000 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF61311

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Bid Manager at our Hamilton site.

The role
As a Senior Bid Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary, supporting the Bid Management Lead in the quality application of the end-to-end Business Winning Methodology throughout the Sector.

Day-to-day, you’ll take the lead in developing and ensuring quality of business winning functional outputs, including bid strategies, competitive assessments, win strategies, and value propositions that differentiate Babcock’s offering/proposal from the competition.

• Work alongside the customer facing ‘opportunity owners’, lead the design and implementation of effective business winning programmes, ensuring bid teams are resourced effectively to deliver against plans.
• Working with/as the Business Winning Lead as part of the opportunity leadership team, acting as a point of escalation for matters relating to the application of the Business Winning Methodology.
• Own the application of the Business Winning Methodology for specific bids and/or portfolios, working closely with other functional leads to integrate the inputs/outputs of a range of different professional skills and competencies required from across the business to develop quality business winning outputs.
• Line Management of Bid Managers and Bid Coordinators.
• Develop partnering strategies.

This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with three days on site at Hamilton International Technology Park and two days working from home.

Essential experience of the Senior Bid Manager

• Business winning professional with experience in leading the application of recognised business winning methodologies on major bids.
• Understanding and experience of managing the capture phase of opportunities, including producing quality capture outputs.
• Ability to motivate and lead multi-functional teams.
• Strong financial and commercial awareness.

Qualifications for the Senior Bid Manager
We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance.
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+.
• Employee share scheme.
• Employee shopping savings portal.
• Payment of Professional Fees.
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave.
• Holiday Trading allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity.
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.