Bid Manager

Reporting to the Head of Bids and Frameworks, you'll manage bids from early presales to proposal submission, working as part of a dynamic, enthusiastic, and well-respected team that has a genuine passion for all things bids. As part of this exceptionally high-performing function, you’ll coordinate your teams to produce winning responses to multimillion-pound tenders, while developing your skills in an environment that champions continuous improvement and learning. You'll benefit from mentorship by our Senior and Lead Bid Managers, who will support you through increasingly complex opportunities as your experience grows. Beyond day-to-day bid delivery, you'll contribute to our active bid community of practice, where you'll find opportunities to practise and refine new skills: from process improvement and presenting, to peer reviewing and cross-team collaboration. This is an exciting opportunity to join one of Made Tech's most critical functions, where you'll be part of a collaborative team as committed to your development as we are to delivering winning bids.

Responsibilities

Work closely with our Client Partners and Industry Directors, forming a bid leadership team to drive opportunities forward; Ensure bids align with our ethos, strengths and customer insight; Coordinate teams, plan timelines, and hold team members accountable for their contributions to each bid; Lead answer planning activities, including designing, running and facilitating bid workshops; Manage bid governance coordination and qualification processes, including opportunity mailbox management; Write, review, and provide constructive feedback throughout the bid process, supporting team members in producing high-quality written responses and presentations; Engage with the commercial components of our submissions; Take ownership of social value content and integration within bidding; Maintain and continuously improve bid content libraries; Manage smaller opportunities independently, with support from senior colleagues on more complex bids; Actively contribute to our bid community of practice, participating in bid cop sessions and team meet-ups; Drive continuous improvement through retrospectives, applying lessons learnt to enhance our bidding practices

Requirements

Experience in a bid or presales environment, in any sector; Direct experience of writing and reviewing proposals for new business; Strong creative writing skills with an eye for detail; Experience of coordinating teams; An enthusiastic and effective communicator; Empathy and the ability to build relationships quickly across teams and across the organisation; A proactive, roll-your-sleeves-up manner, with the ability to take ownership, where problems emerge; A passion to learn and develop yourself, alongside our wider processes

Nice to have

Experience in B2B technology services or business process outsourcing; Experience working in the UK public sector; An understanding of agile methodologies and digital transformation, including user-centred design principles; Experience in planning and delivering successful workshops; An understanding of social value initiatives and an ability to create and articulate them

Benefits

30 days Holiday - we offer 30 days of paid annual leave plus bank holidays; Flexible Working Hours - we are flexible with what hours you work; Flexible Parental Leave - we offer flexible parental leave options; Remote Working - we offer part time remote working for all our staff; Paid counselling - we offer paid counselling as well as financial and legal advice; Flexible benefit platform - Smart Tech scheme, Cycle to work scheme, individual benefits allowance (Health care cash plan or Pension plan); Optional social and wellbeing calendar of events