Senior Bid Manager, Maritime Defence Tech

Matchtech; Whiteley; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Matchtech is seeking an experienced Bid Manager to join a rapidly growing maritime security, defence and advanced technology business in the UK. You will own the bid lifecycle from qualification to submission, coordinating technical, commercial and finance inputs to produce compelling, compliant proposals.

The role focuses on developing win strategies, maintaining bid plans, and leading internal reviews to ensure timely, high-quality submissions.

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a Bid Manager, Proposal Manager, Capture Manager or similar.
• Strong proposal writing and editing capability.
• Experience managing bids from qualification through submission.
• Knowledge of public sector, government or defence procurement processes.
• Excellent written communication and document management skills.
• The ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders and competing deadlines.
• Strong commercial awareness and attention to detail.
• Experience producing customer-facing proposals, tenders, RFIs, PQQs and ITTs.

Responsibilities

• Managing the end-to-end bid process from qualification through to submission.
• Developing bid strategies, win themes and customer-focused value propositions.
• Creating and maintaining bid plans, compliance matrices and submission schedules.
• Coordinating inputs from technical, commercial, programme and finance teams.
• Writing, editing and refining proposal content to ensure clarity, compliance and competitiveness.
• Translating complex technical information into compelling customer benefits.
• Managing bid risks, assumptions, actions and clarifications.
• Leading internal reviews and approval processes.
• Ensuring all submissions are accurate, compliant and delivered on time.
• Supporting post-submission activities, customer clarifications and lessons learned reviews.

Skills

Bid management

Proposal writing

Stakeholder coordination

Public sector procurement

Attention to detail

Communication

Job description

Matchtech is seeking an experienced Bid Manager to join a rapidly growing maritime security, defence and advanced technology business in the UK. You will own the bid lifecycle from qualification to submission, coordinating technical, commercial and finance inputs to produce compelling, compliant proposals.

The role focuses on developing win strategies, maintaining bid plans, and leading internal reviews to ensure timely, high-quality submissions.