char.gy

Bid Team Manager

char.gy

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: London • United Kingdom

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About the role

  • Line manage and develop the bid team, providing clear leadership, coaching, and performance management to foster a collaborative, high-performing environment.
  • Ensure all qualified bids have a clear Bid Plan, are actively managed and updated throughout the lifecycle, and are closed out with appropriate submission and governance updates.
  • Ensure all bids and proposals are strategically aligned, compliant, and compelling.
  • Drive cross-functional teams to support content development and ensure submissions reflect customer requirements and a clear winning strategy.
  • Ensure all bid governance milestones are planned and delivered with relevant stakeholders.
  • Maintain an accurate bid dashboard showing the live status of all opportunities.
  • Own and continuously improve the end-to-end bid process, ensuring compliance with bid requirements and robust audit trails.
  • Develop tools and processes to improve bid efficiency and quality.
  • Engage and coordinate with internal stakeholders and subject matter experts, ensuring timely contribution and clear approval of bid content.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field.
  • Practical experience applying APMP best practices and certification is desirable.
  • Experience (circa 5+ years) in bid, proposal, or project management, including line management responsibility, ideally within public sector or infrastructure-led environments.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop and implement efficient, scalable processes.
  • Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management, organisational, and project management skills, with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams and external partners.
Benefits
  • Our commitment to diversity, inclusion and sustainability is embedded in what we do and how we act as a company.
  • We believe we do our best work when we're connected which is why we allow our employees to work from home up to 2 days a week.
  • 25 days off to go on holiday and recharge your batteries!
  • Celebrate having a child with enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave packages.
  • By joining a dynamic environment like ours - you can learn, develop and grow your career – because you're in the driving seat!
  • We cover your premium for a fully comprehensive private medical insurance with BUPA.
  • We cover your premium for a fully comprehensive private level 2 dental insurance with BUPA.
  • We offer season ticket loan via our portal “Let’s Commute” to help employees to spread the cost of their travel ticket through monthly deductions from their salaries.
  • We understand that life can sometimes throw unexpected challenges in your way and if our employees are unable to work for an extended period due to illness, Unum covers 75% of your salary for up to three years.
  • 10 personal fulfilment days to mix and match between having a "Life Admin", "Emergency", "Birthday Off" or "Personal Development".
  • We provide you with Life Assurance benefit at 4 times your salary!
  • Call our employee assistance programme when you need someone to talk to via UNUM.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
bid managementproposal managementproject managementprocess improvementcontent developmentgovernance complianceaudit trailsstakeholder engagementcross-functional collaborationperformance management
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationstakeholder managementorganizational skillsteam developmentcollaborationstrategic alignmentcoachingproblem-solvingadaptability
Certifications
APMP certification