Bid Writer

Leidos; Reston (VA); Remote; USD 64,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory Pension Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

33 days Annual Leave (including public

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Leidos UK is seeking motivated Bid Writers to join our established bid management function. You will create clear, compliant and persuasive content throughout the bid lifecycle, collaborating with Bid Managers, Capture Managers, Solution Architects and SMEs to differentiate our offer.

The role involves planning, drafting and editorial assurance, with opportunities for professional development and APMP support. Remote-working options exist with travel as required.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to craft compliant, persuasive bid responses.
• Strong editing and grammar skills with attention to detail.
• Experience translating complex information into clear, evaluable content.
• Ability to coordinate with SMEs and bid managers across the lifecycle.
• Desirable writing qualification or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Own responses and content workstreams from requirement analysis to final editorial.
• Analyse procurement docs and questions, ensuring alignment with bid strategy.
• Plan content using templates, tools, and evidence controls.
• Facilitate SME interviews and workshops to gather rationale and benefits.
• Draft PQQ and tender responses from workshop outputs and materials.
• Ensure responses explain deliverables, approach and customer benefits with evidence.
• Review content from evaluator perspective, addressing gaps and win themes.
• Develop reusable bid content and templates to raise standards.

Skills

Bid writing

Editorial & writing

Stakeholder management

Content development

Storyboarding

Education

Writing qualification

Job description

Description

Bid Writer

Programme: UK Growth

Location: UK Mobile Worker with travel as required

Leidos is expanding its UK Growth team and is looking for motivated Bid Writers to join our established bid management function.

Working with Bid Managers, Capture Managers, Solution Architects and subject matter experts (SMEs), you will create clear, compliant and persuasive content throughout the bid lifecycle, turning complex information into compelling responses that explain our solution, demonstrate credible evidence and differentiate our offer.

What you will bring

• You will combine strong writing and editorial skills with the confidence to engage technical specialists and stakeholders across the business.
• Experience developing bid or proposal content through drafting and structured review.
• The ability to translate complex information into concise, persuasive, evaluator-focused responses, supported by strong editorial judgement and attention to compliance, accuracy and evidence.
• Effective facilitation and stakeholder-management skills, with the confidence to challenge weak or unsupported material constructively.
• The ability to manage competing priorities, deadlines and sensitive information with sound judgement.
• A writing-related qualification or equivalent professional writing experience is desirable but not essential.

What you will do

• Own assigned responses and content workstreams from requirement analysis and storyboarding through drafting, review and final editorial assurance, ensuring clarity, technical accuracy, compliance and alignment with the agreed bid strategy.
• Analyse procurement documents, customer questions, instructions and evaluation criteria, translating requirements into logical response structures and maintaining compliance and gap controls.
• Plan content using storyboards, response templates, content plans and Walls of Truth to control requirements, evidence and messaging.
• Facilitate SME interviews and workshops to establish the proposed approach, rationale, evidence, differentiators and measurable customer benefits.
• Draft PQQ and tender responses from workshop outputs, SME input and technical source material, restructuring contributions to improve clarity, logic and persuasion.
• Ensure each response explains what we will deliver, how and why the approach is credible, and the customer benefits, with technical accuracy validated by SMEs.
• Review content from an evaluator’s perspective, addressing evidence and rationale gaps while embedding agreed win themes, discriminators, customer priorities and value propositions.
• Research and tailor case studies, proof points, model answers and corporate credentials using the Proposal Information Centre (PIC) and approved programme information.
• Support storyboard, Pink, Red, Grey and final white-glove reviews, helping to prioritise and resolve feedback.
• Complete final editorial assurance, checking grammar, terminology, consistency, cross-references, formatting, attachments and page, word or character limits.
• Work with SMEs and production colleagues to identify where graphics, tables and callouts will communicate complex information more effectively and prepare clear briefs for their development.
• Build productive relationships across pursuit and delivery teams, partners, reviewers and production colleagues, communicating actions, deadlines, dependencies and quality concerns clearly.
• Develop reusable bid content, coach SMEs and developing writers, and champion best practice by sharing learning and improving templates, reviews, content libraries and writing standards.

Development opportunities

The role offers continued professional development through:

• Working with experienced bid professionals and technical specialists.
• Training and practical development in proposal best practice, content planning, storyboarding and structured reviews.
• Support for APMP membership and certification.
• Longer-term career pathways in proposal content or bid management.

Clearance requirements

SC required for the role

Leidos UK! Join our team and discover a culture of collaboration, innovation, diversity, trust, caring management, communication transparency, work-life balance, and overall job satisfaction...

What we do for you

At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.

We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)

Flexible Working Scheme

Commitment to Diversity

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are

Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the worldsafer,healthier, andmore efficient through technology, engineering andscience.

Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range

£47,600.00-£61,000.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

Securing Your Data

Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos’ name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information during any part of the employment application process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communicate with you through emails that are generated by the Leidos.com automated system – never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing [e-mail].

If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.