Senior Lead, Proposal Strategy & Management (EMEA)

Lime; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Lime seeks a Senior Lead, Proposal Management to own bids across Europe, uniting Government Affairs, Operations, Product, Policy, Data, design and content teams. You’ll drive strategy, timelines and quality for winning submissions, across cultures and time zones.

You will lead a global team of specialists, use playbooks, tooling and AI-enabled enhancements, and travel occasionally to major markets to plan upcoming projects.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience running complex, deadline-driven projects.
• Backgrounds in law firms, the Big 4, consulting, agencies, start-ups, tech, the public sector or procurement are all good preparation.
• Expert project and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build clear alignment across functions and keep many moving parts on track
• A genuine interest in transport, mobility and micromobility, and in how cities move. A background in urban planning, transport planning or a related field is a real advantage.
• Experience building or improving bid processes, templates and proposal tooling, including AI-enabled tools, and a record of making them work for a team, is a real advantage
• An entrepreneurial, curious mindset: you like building things, ask how they could be better, and keep improving on what you did last time
• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end bid management: kickoff, win strategy, timeline, resourcing, production, quality control and submission
• Analyse tender packages to establish priorities, eligibility, evaluation criteria and scoring, and turn them into a plan the team can execute
• Align team members from Proposal Writing, Government Affairs, Operations, Product, Policy, Data, Design and our Policy & Content team across cultures and time zones around a shared plan and timeline, with clear ownership and deadlines
• Drive pursuit planning, competitive strategy and campaign work ahead of a tender, including pre-tender workshops, consultant sessions and brainstorms with local teams
• Make the decisions that keep a bid on track: managing risk, setting priorities, judging when to escape and keeping stakeholders informed
• Review submissions so they are compliant, consistent and persuasive, and support the writing and review cycle
• Develop our processes, toolkits, playbooks and tooling so that we improve with every bid, working with the content manager and content team on the content itself
• Build knowledge and test new tools, including AI, with partners around the business to keep improving how we plan, produce and win
• Travel occasionally to our major markets to plan and strategise for upcoming projects

Skills

Bid management

Project management

Stakeholder management

Proposal writing

Cross-functional collaboration

AI tools awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree

Tools

AI-enabled tools

Proposal tooling

Job description

Lime seeks a Senior Lead, Proposal Management to own bids across Europe, uniting Government Affairs, Operations, Product, Policy, Data, design and content teams. You’ll drive strategy, timelines and quality for winning submissions, across cultures and time zones.

You will lead a global team of specialists, use playbooks, tooling and AI-enabled enhancements, and travel occasionally to major markets to plan upcoming projects.