Senior Bid Manager

Telent Technology Services Limited; Hampton Magna; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology services firm in the UK is seeking a Senior Bid Manager to lead complex bids in the rail sector. This hybrid role requires strong project management skills and experience in coordinating teams to develop compelling submissions. The ideal candidate will have proven success in a high-performing bid environment and excellent financial reporting capabilities. Join us to help us keep critical networks connected and protected.

Benefits

Car Allowance

34 days holiday including public holidays

Company pension scheme

Occupational health support

Discounts on Cinema, Restaurants and Shopping

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading end-to-end bids.
• Ability to create and interpret financial reports.
• Experience in a high-performing Bid team.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategies and manage bid submissions.
• Produce materials for deal reviews and customer presentations.
• Monitor costs and eliminate non-value add activities.

Skills

Project management

Budget management

Tender writing

Financial reporting

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Degree in Law / Business / Marketing

Job description

Senior Bid Manager

At Telent, you will have the opportunity to be a part of something bigger. To keep things moving, to connect people. It’s important work we do. Learning together, inspiring colleagues, and making the entire organisation better. Join us and help keep the nations critical networks connected and protected 24 / 7.

Reporting into the Head of Bidding, the Senior Bid Manager will lead large and complex bids within our Rail division, coordinating and managing multi‑disciplinary bid teams (consisting of SME’s, Bid Writers and Commercial Leads) to develop compelling written and financial submissions, whilst supporting Business Development Managers in the development of price‑to‑win.

This is a hybrid working role, with a requirement to be in our Warwick HQ one day per week.

What you’ll do

Work closely with the Sales team, Subject Matter Experts and Technical and Commercial leads within Telent to develop compelling written and financial responses.

Responsibilities

• Develop bid winning strategies in partnership with the opportunity owner & business heads.
• Produce material from Go / No Go stage through to deal review, bid submission & win / loss reviews.
• Post bid submission support including coordinating responses to clarification questions and supporting customer presentations.
• Provide constructive challenge when things stand in the way of good customer service or process improvement.
• Promote and lead improvements in the quality of bids and proposals, ensuring that best practice approaches to developing and producing bids and proposals are always pursued.
• Monitor the costs being incurred by the business throughout the bid process, eliminating non‑value‑add activities from own bids.
• Share own lessons learned with the rest of the bid team.

Who you are

You are an experienced Bid Manager with proven success leading end‑to‑end bids, ideally within the rail sector or similar complex industries. Skilled at coordinating subject matter experts and commercial teams, you bring strong cost modelling experience and a sharp eye for compliance and governance.

Key Requirements

• Strong project management and organisational skills.
• Financially astute with ability to create & interpret financial reports and models.
• Demonstrable experience of winning as part of a high‑performing and efficient Bid team.
• Proven experience of leading & delivering high and medium‑value bids, ideally in a services or solutions environment.
• A proven ability to write and "Red Review" answers to tender questions to a winning standard.
• ITT Quality response writing skills.
• ITT Cost response financial skills.
• A degree in Law / Business / Marketing (or similar) is desirable.

What we offer

• A career at Telent can span many sectors, roles, technologies and clients giving you the opportunity to develop, learn new skills and make an impact. We are growing and we rely on our committed Team to deliver.
• We nurture the talent that makes this happen, by our on‑going commitment to creating an inclusive culture that respects and values difference, that celebrates diverse ideas. We want everyone to feel they can be themselves and to thrive at work.
• Car Allowance.
• 34 days holiday, including public holidays, plus the option to buy or sell days annually OR 26 days holiday, plus public holidays, and the option to buy or sell days annually.
• Company pension scheme.
• A range of family friendly policies.
• Occupational health support and wellbeing portal.
• Discounts on Cinema, Restaurants and Shopping with Telent Reward scheme.

Counten that we are passionate about creating an environment that champions diversity and inclusion, where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves and empowered to reach their full potential. People are at the heart of our business, and we believe that our teams should reflect the diverse experiences and backgrounds of the communities we support.