Bid Manager

• A strong track record of leading end-to-end bids, ideally on public sector and complex multidisciplinary opportunities.
• Experience in a professional services firm.
• Good commercial judgement and the ability to understand and respond to stakeholder and client needs.
• Confidence working with senior stakeholders.
• Strong people management skills, with the ability to guide and support others.
• A practical, organised approach, able to manage multiple deadlines while maintain consistently high-quality output.
• A sharp eye for detail and high standards in written work.
• A professional, positive manner and sound judgement, including handling confidential information.

• Work with partners to identify business opportunities.
• Track opportunities with existing and target clients.
• Manage Tender Library for continuous improvement based on feedback and new innovations.
• Manage coordination of document production and drafting.
• Maintain and develop practice panel and client lists.
• Reporting: Tracking and reporting on activity, results, trends and statistics.

• Lead Bid/No Bid decisions with senior management
• Advise on strategy including key win themes, USPs and positioning.
• Conduct market research to inform strategy and submissions.
• Pricing: Work with senior stakeholders to agree pricing strategies.
• Draft and edit high-quality, client-focused content
• Feedback: Source feedback, communicate internally as appropriate and implement actions to improve quality and success of proposal submissions.
• Project manage the entire bid process, sourcing content and creating new content as required.
• Liaise with lawyers and business support staff to source a range of inputs.
• Preparation of pitch and presentation materials.
• Rehearsing and coaching presentation teams.
• Conducting debriefs internally and with clients; communicating feedback internally.

• Coordinate and attend Senior Management Tenders meeting
• Lead, mentor, and motivate bid team to ensure high performance.
• Encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing across teams.
• Drive and encourage positive continuous improvement through post-bid reviews, lessons learned, and process enhancements.

• Reporting to the firm and senior partners on business development activity.
• Legal Directory Submissions: supporting marketing team with inputs for inclusion in practice and sector submissions to legal publications such as Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners.
• Training: Delivering training relating to Tendering for fee earners.

• Confident and personable with the desire and ability to build positive working relationships, at all levels of the firm from day one.
• Effective communicator both verbal and written.
• Self-motivated with an excellent work ethic and ability to work independently.
• Demonstrated team leadership skills, able to inspire, coach, and support others to deliver high quality work.
• You can see the 'big picture'. You are able to deliver tactically but think strategically.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
• Results driven and competitive.

• Educated to primary degree level.
• A minimum of 8-10 years' relevant work experience with a strong focus on bid and proposal development.
• You may have a directly relevant experience of working in a bid role in a corporate environment.
• Fluent English with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent attention to detail, with strong editing and proof-reading skills.
• Be familiar with tendering portals.
• Possess advanced Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills.

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