Strategic Bid Architect

Apogee Corporation Ltd; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid/remote working (2 days per week

Standard 9-5 schedule with flexible, e

Job summary

Apogee Corporation Ltd is seeking an experienced Bid Strategist to lead and shape strategic opportunities, elevating bid quality and win probability. You will partner with sales, operations, finance and leadership to deliver compelling, customer-focused submissions.

The role combines strategic influence with hands-on bid development, governance, and cross-functional coordination, with flexibility to work from home parts of the week.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in bid management and bid writing.
• Proven success delivering strategic, complex or framework bids.
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to develop winning strategies.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Experience leading virtual bid teams and coordinating contributions from multiple subject matter experts.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining quality and governance.
• Experience coaching and developing colleagues.
• Passion for continuous improvement and innovation.
• Confidence using and promoting AI tools to improve bid effectiveness.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple strategic, complex framework bid opportunities from qualification to submission.
• Develop winning bid strategies and customer-focused value propositions.
• Create compelling written content, executive summaries and strategic narratives.
• Influence stakeholders to ensure commercially sound solutions aligned to customer needs.
• Coordinate cross-functional bid teams and manage submissions against deadlines.
• Support customer presentations, pitches and negotiation strategies.
• Lead bid reviews and capture lessons learned for future wins.
• Promote bidding best practices and governance across the business.
• Support framework planning and re-tender readiness activities.

Skills

Bid management

Bid writing

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Influencing skills

Leading virtual bid teams

Written and verbal communication

Prioritisation

Coaching

Continuous improvement

AI tools utilization

APMP Foundation certification

Education

APMP Foundation certification

APMP Practitioner certification

Job description

Apogee Corporation Ltd is seeking an experienced Bid Strategist to lead and shape strategic opportunities, elevating bid quality and win probability. You will partner with sales, operations, finance and leadership to deliver compelling, customer-focused submissions.

The role combines strategic influence with hands-on bid development, governance, and cross-functional coordination, with flexibility to work from home parts of the week.