Strategic Bid Manager – Enterprise RFx & Revenue Ops

Checkout; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Career opportunities

Job summary

Checkout.com is seeking a Strategic Bid Manager in London to lead RFx cycles for strategic accounts, coordinating paid bids across Europe, USA, MENA and APAC. You’ll drive value propositions, win themes, and collaborative bid delivery with cross-functional teams, including legal, security and product.

You will join a fast-moving team that prioritises growth, quality, and impact, with a strong emphasis on stakeholder management and commercially-minded decision-making.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience within competitive enterprise commercial and/or strategic tendering (bid/marketing/technical) or within the payments industry.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (native English or equivalent) with an ability to write compelling content to an international audience.
• Excellent eye for detail and strong motivation to deliver to consistently high standards.
• Strong team player with the ability to support and lead as required.
• Highly organised self-starter with the ability to prioritise shifting workloads and tasks effectively.
• Experience in expert stakeholder management, and ability to communicate and collaborate effectively.
• Strong writing skills and the ability to translate technical jargon into straightforward, influential business development content.
• A strong owner and team player with a can-do attitude and proficiency in problem-solving.
• Expert cradle-to-grave bid and/or project management.
• Proven commercial acumen.
• Bid champion with a passion for winning RFPs.
• Experience with utilising AI effectively within the RFP process.
• Proficiency in G-Suite, MS Office and RFP software platforms.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end RFx project management, including capture, formation and management of the bid team, and delivering best-in-class RFP responses.
• Identify customer pain points, develop value propositions and win themes during capture, then incorporate into bid strategy.
• Collaborate with and manage internal stakeholders across commercial, marketing, design, technical, product and legal/compliance teams.
• Create high-quality, persuasive business development materials to strengthen the case for the prospect.
• Manage workload with multiple deadlines and workstreams.
• Act as single point of contact for RFx (RFI, RFP, due diligence questionnaires).
• Drive bid best practices and champion the bid process across submissions.
• Support back-office bid activities, including library and collateral maintenance.
• Assist sales with presentation stages of RFP opportunities.

Job description

Checkout.com is seeking a Strategic Bid Manager in London to lead RFx cycles for strategic accounts, coordinating paid bids across Europe, USA, MENA and APAC. You’ll drive value propositions, win themes, and collaborative bid delivery with cross-functional teams, including legal, security and product.

You will join a fast-moving team that prioritises growth, quality, and impact, with a strong emphasis on stakeholder management and commercially-minded decision-making.