Tender & Bid Manager

Nuvena; New Delhi; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Nuvena seeks a focused Bid/Pre-sales professional in New Delhi to own end-to-end tenders from alert to submission. You will track government, PSU, and large-enterprise opportunities across GeM, CPPP and portals, qualify them, and coordinate with sales, product, legal and finance to meet deadlines.

You will write responses, assemble pricing, and manage pre-bid meetings, clarifications, and post-submission follow-ups, ensuring compliance and timely delivery.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years in tendering, bid management or pre-sales for SaaS/enterprise software in India.
• Familiar with GeM, CPPP, state portals and PSU/government tenders.
• Strong writing and precise documentation; deadlines-focused.
• Coordinates with sales, product, legal and finance to meet hard deadlines.
• Uses AI tools to read tender documents and draft responses.
• Takes ownership of every bid from alert to result.

Responsibilities

• Track government, PSU and large-enterprise tenders and RFPs across GeM, CPPP, state e-procurement portals and PSU and enterprise procurement sites, and flag the relevant ones early.
• Qualify each opportunity on eligibility, scope fit, timelines, commercial terms and risk, and recommend bid or no-bid.
• Own the bid: documents, compliance checklists, pre-bid queries, EMD and bank guarantees, and submission on time, every time.
• Write and assemble the response with sales and product: technical write-ups, case studies, pricing sheets and presentations.
• Support the pitch: pre-bid meetings, technical presentations, clarifications and follow-up after submission.
• Keep the bid library current: standard responses, certificates, references and past submissions.

Skills

Tendering

Bid management

Pre-sales

Govt tenders

AI drafting

Ownership

Compliance

Job description

About Nuvena: Nuvena builds Navio, the Execution Operating System: every promise a company makes or is owed - in a contract or to a team - gets an owner, a follow-up and proof.

Find the tenders that matter, qualify them, run the bid end to end and help the team win.

New Delhi · 2-4 years

Role Summary

You know where tenders come out, which ones are worth Navio's time, and how to win them. You find government, PSU and large-enterprise opportunities early, qualify them, run every bid end to end and help the team pitch. Nothing goes in late, and nothing goes in incomplete. You own each bid from the first alert to the result.

Key Responsibilities

• Track government, PSU and large-enterprise tenders and RFPs across GeM, CPPP, state e-procurement portals and PSU and enterprise procurement sites, and flag the relevant ones early.
• Qualify each opportunity on eligibility, scope fit, timelines, commercial terms and risk, and recommend bid or no-bid.
• Own the bid: documents, compliance checklists, pre-bid queries, EMD and bank guarantees, and submission on time, every time.
• Write and assemble the response with sales and product: technical write-ups, case studies, pricing sheets and presentations.
• Support the pitch: pre-bid meetings, technical presentations, clarifications and follow-up after submission.
• Keep the bid library current: standard responses, certificates, references and past submissions.

Must Have

• 2-4 years in tendering, bid management or pre-sales for SaaS, enterprise software or enterprise support, including government and PSU tenders in India.
• Knows the portals, digital signature certificates, the paperwork and the deadlines, and has submitted winning bids.
• Strong writing and document skills; meticulous about compliance and timelines.
• Coordinates sales, product, legal and finance to a hard deadline without dropping anything.
• Uses AI tools to read long tender documents and draft responses faster, and checks every line before it goes out.
• Takes ownership of every bid and finishes what you start.

Good To Have

• Public-sector bids for enterprise software, SaaS or compliance products.
• Exposure to international tenders.
• Working knowledge of the General Financial Rules and public procurement preferences such as Make in India and MSE.

What we expect from everyone:

• Go-getter
• Problem-solver
• Open-minded
• Takes decisions
• Owns the outcome
• Works as one team