Chief Bid & Pre-Contracts Officer

TLI Group; Limerick; Presencial; EUR 120.000 - 180.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da vaga

TLI Group is seeking a Director of Pre-Contracts to lead the front-end work-winning and tender governance function across all business units in Ireland. You will ensure opportunities are strategically assessed, commercially evaluated, accurately estimated, contractually reviewed and risk‑adequate before submission.

Reporting to executive leadership, you will align bids with the company’s five‑year plan, lead cross‑functional teams, manage risk, and drive improvements in bid quality and margins

Qualificações

• Degree (or higher) in relevant industry.
• Senior experience in utilities, infrastructure, electrical contracting, telecoms, renewables, power, civil engineering, M&E, energy or major contracting.
• Proven leadership of tendering, estimating, bid management, pre-construction or commercial governance.
• Strong understanding of contracts, risk allocation, pricing, tender assumptions and negotiation.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary bid teams.
• Experience with high-value tenders, frameworks, regulated clients or complex infrastructure programmes.
• Ability to challenge senior stakeholders and make disciplined bid/no-bid recommendations.
• Strong commercial judgement and executive-level communication skills.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the Group pre-contract’s function, covering tendering, estimating, bid management, contract review, negotiation and risk governance.
• Develop consistent pre-contracts processes, standards and governance across all business units.
• Provide strategic leadership and oversight on major bid opportunities, supporting profitable and sustainable growth.
• Manage the full tender lifecycle from opportunity assessment through to submission, negotiation and handover.
• Ensure bids are compliant, commercially robust, competitive and submitted on time.
• Coordinate cross-functional input from operations, engineering, commercial, legal, finance, procurement and HSEQ teams.
• Drive continuous improvement in bid quality, win rates and tender performance metrics.
• Lead estimating activities, ensuring pricing accuracy, consistency and commercial viability.
• Review and challenge major estimates, assumptions, risk allowances and margin expectations.
• Maintain cost benchmarks, historical pricing databases and lessons‑learned processes.
• Oversee contractual and legal reviews during the tender stage.
• Identify, assess and mitigate commercial and contractual risks.
• Lead or support contract negotiations and provide recommendations on risk acceptance and commercial strategy.
• Maintain robust tender risk management processes and risk registers for major opportunities.
• Ensure bid/no-bid decisions are evidence-based, documented and aligned to business strategy, capacity and risk appetite.
• Own tender approval processes and ensure appropriate technical, commercial, legal and executive sign-off.
• Contribute to TLI Group's long-term growth strategy through pipeline analysis, market intelligence and tender performance insights.
• Identify opportunities across power, renewables, telecoms and utility infrastructure sectors.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, consultants, legal advisors, framework owners and key stakeholders.
• Represent TLI Group during tender interviews, negotiations and commercial discussions.

Conhecimentos

Bid leadership

Estimating governance

Risk management

Contract negotiation

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Strategic planning

Multidisciplinary leadership

Formação

Degree (or higher) in relevant industry

Ferramentas

Contract management software

Descrição da vaga

TLI Group is seeking a Director of Pre-Contracts to lead the front-end work-winning and tender governance function across all business units in Ireland. You will ensure opportunities are strategically assessed, commercially evaluated, accurately estimated, contractually reviewed and risk‑adequate before submission.

Reporting to executive leadership, you will align bids with the company’s five‑year plan, lead cross‑functional teams, manage risk, and drive improvements in bid quality and margins