# Bid Manager

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Remote, United Kingdom
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £61,500.00-£78,800.00
**Category**: Consulting
**Industry**: Consulting

**Apply**: https://leidos.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Remote-United-Kingdom/Bid-Manager_R-00196329-1?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
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## Description

We are looking for a highly organised and detail-driven Bid Manager to lead and coordinate end-to-end bid activity from qualification through to submission. Working across business development, capture, solution, commercial and delivery teams, you will ensure proposals are compliant, compelling and delivered to the highest quality standards.

Working alongside Capture Management leadership, you will provide direction of the bid team, helping to drive and support all aspects of bid team and proposal management through to award of the contract. You will:

- Work with Business Development and Capture Management lead to build client relationships and support client engagements, help understand the Customer’s issues, concerns and hot buttons

- Support the development of winning strategies that differentiate us, are competitively focused and are compelling to the client and their requirements, as well as satisfy internal business objectives

- Assist the Capture Manager in building resource profile for duration of the bid

- Create the bid plan and maintain activity schedule, including governance through the duration of the bid

- Lead bid kick off meetings and ensure the bid team are equipped with relevant bid/customer requirements and documentation and are briefed on the bid plan and expectations

- Create and maintain response plan, including owners and deadlines. Where required, coach SME to the format of response templates, ensuring win themes and hot buttons are considered in response writing

- Coordinate and oversee the completion of colour reviews, to assure quality of proposal submission

- Support the representation of commercial business case to governance review boards

- Support any post-submission activities and support the program team as required – e.g. Clarification questions, pricing/solution amendments and required resulting governance

**Essential Skills Required**

- Effective team leadership and communication skills

- Ability to foster collaborative working across cross-functional teams and build strong team rapport

- Ability to manage personal actions and manage team priorities to a challenging deadline

- Operate at multiple levels in the organisation, including senior stakeholder engagement

- Have a proven track record securing competitive wins in UK public sector, across range of deal size and complexity

- Be capable of developing and maintaining senior stakeholder relationships internally and with customers and industry partners

- Flexibility to travel and work across multiple locations, as may be required.

**Why Join Us?**

- Opportunity to work on some of the UK's most complex public sector pursuits, accessing global Leidos capabilities

- Clear progression opportunities across bid management, capture and business winning leadership

- Support for your personal and professional development, including APMP and industry-recognised accreditation

- Strong leadership support, working alongside and within the collaborative and experienced Growth team.

**Benefits**

- 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

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## Skills

### Required
- team leadership
- communication skills
- collaborative working
- stakeholder engagement
- bid management
- proposal management

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