Senior Bid Manager

Sheffield Source: WhatJobs

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Overview

In this role you will own a portfolio of bid opportunities from qualification to submission, ensuring timely, coherent and compliant responses. You will plan, assign responsibilities, manage dependencies and align technical, commercial and senior stakeholders to deadlines. The position blends major framework bids with high-volume in-framework work, demanding disciplined governance and momentum. This hands-on ownership role focuses on delivering credible methodologies and timely inputs to win bids, contributing to critical water infrastructure projects.

Pay / Benefits

Competitive salary
Contributory pension
Car allowance
Professional institution fees covered
Private health care
Life assurance

Responsibilities

Own a portfolio of bid opportunities from qualification through submission, clarification and post-tender review
Define plans, responsibilities and dependencies to keep bids on track
Coordinate inputs from technical, commercial and senior stakeholders to meet deadlines
Apply proportionate governance and maintain momentum across concurrent bids
Ensure all inputs, reviews and outputs are complete, coherent and submission-ready
Manage risk, programme and deliverables to support credible methodologies and win chances

Key requirements

Experience managing and delivering bids for a main contractor
Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
Ability to coordinate diverse contributors and keep inputs on schedule
Commercial awareness and ability to link pricing, programme, and risks to the bid
Experience controlling concurrent bids with clear programmes, matrices and action tracking
Pre-construction experience with operational, technical and commercial teams
Proficiency with Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint)
APMP accreditation or bid/project management qualification is advantageous
Water-sector bidding experience is advantageous or transferable from civil engineering/infrastructure/MEICA