Senior Bid Manager

Robert Walters; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading global recruitment firm as a Senior Bid Manager, pivotal in driving comprehensive bid strategies and stakeholder engagement. This role emphasizes end-to-end bid ownership, where you'll lead proposal processes while collaborating with various teams to produce high-quality submissions, ensuring alignment with branding standards. The successful candidate will possess strong analytical and communication skills, backed by significant experience in bid management, particularly within the recruitment industry.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Competitive salary and benefits package

Training and development program

Volunteer time off

Opportunities for career progression

Qualifications

• 6 years' experience in bid management within the staffing/recruitment sector.
• Ability to drive bid strategy and execution effectively.
• Strong project management and communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead the entire bid process from kick-off to submission.
• Coordinate across teams to create cohesive and high-quality proposals.
• Develop persuasive responses tailored to client briefs.

Skills

Project Management

Communication

Negotiation

Analytical Skills

Stakeholder Engagement

Time Management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

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About The Role

End-to-End Bid Ownership

• Lead the entire bid process: from kick-off and team mobilisation to submission, presentation, and post-submission review.
• Manage timelines, deliverables, and stakeholder alignment throughout the bid lifecycle.
• Full end-to-end bid ownership: from kick-off and pursuit team coordination to writing, submission, and presentation stages
  
  

Stakeholder Engagement & Project Leadership

• Coordinate across Sales, Solutions, Commercials, Operations, and Subject Matter Experts to ensure cohesive, high-quality proposals.
• Govern sales involvement, enforcing agreed roles and responsibilities across teams.
• Act as the central point of accountability for major deals, including complex global programmes.
  
  

Content Development & Innovation

• Develop and write clear, persuasive responses tailored to client briefs, showcasing a deep understanding of our business and value proposition.
• Contribute to solution design and challenge inputs to ensure optimal alignment with client needs.
• Leverage an AI-enhanced content management system for content development and version control.
  
  

Creative & Strategic Proposal Delivery

• Create visually compelling documents and presentations in PowerPoint that bring our solutions to life.
• Apply innovative approaches to storytelling through both content and design.
• Ensure all submissions align with brand standards, formatting, and tone of voice.
  
  

Knowledge Sharing & Best Practice

• Maintain and enrich a central content library to drive consistency and excellence in future bids.
• Contribute to the evolution of best practices in bid management across the organisation.
• Support and mentor junior team members to foster growth and capability within the team.
  
  

Expert Business Insight

• Represent Robert Walters' outsourcing value proposition with credibility and gravitas at all levels.
• Collaborate with stakeholders from Managing Directors to Account Leaders across global regions.
• Demonstrate sound knowledge of the operational environment, services, and client landscapes.
  
  

Ideal Background & Skills

• Staffing/recruitment sector experience is highly preferred
• 6 years' bid management experience and sales/recruitment experience (highly preferred)
• Strong project management and communication skills are essential
• Someone who can hit the ground running and provide experienced hands-on bid support
• Ability to engage with SMEs and drive bid strategy as well as delivery
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Exceptional time management and organisation skills
• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail
• Ability to work with targets and deliver against tight deadlines
• High self- motivation and drive for success
• Ability to work independently in an agile environment as well as collaborate as part of a team
  
  

Benefits

• A unique opportunity to drive projects such as Employer Branding, Talent pipelining, Recruitment Innovation, Candidate Experience
• A track record of high performance and an ability to deliver excellent results consistently is key. In return for your hard work, you'll be offered a competitive top salary and benefits package with bonuses/commission and fantastic incentives programme
• Private medical insurance
• A fantastic training and development programme
• Volunteer time off
• The opportunity to partake / qualify for our Global incentive weekend
• Employee wellbeing through various programmes
• You'll have plenty of opportunities to progress your career, both in your country and other locations around the world. That's the benefit of working for a large global organisation. One that is at the forefront of recruitment innovation, and a specialist in RPO and MSP
  
  

As a Disability Confident Employer, Robert Walters is committed to offering a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process to all candidates. If you require any accommodations or adjustments as a result of a disability, impairment or health condition, please do not hesitate to let me know.

This position is being sourced through our Outsourcing service line. Resource Solutions Limited, trading as Robert Walters, is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Human Resources

• Industries

  Staffing and Recruiting

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