Head of Bid Management

3 months ago

London, United Kingdom Abellio UK Full time

Circa £80,000 plus bonus

A fantastic opportunity is now available to join our team in our London office. We are looking to add a Head of Bid Management to our team to manage the bid opportunities within Transport UK core bus and rail business.

We offer a competitive salary and great benefits including hybrid working. Our people are our greatest strength and live by our values of Ambition, Dynamism, Partnership and Reliability, so come and join our team

**The Role**
- Develop a winning bid strategy for core business bids, namely Liverpool Bus and London Overground
- Identify resources required for delivering the winning bid strategy and support recruiting for those resources
- Identify and manage a bid project plan
- Identify and manage a bid budget including mobilisation phases
- Manage client, stakeholder, and shareholder relationships
- Manage governance steps including Go/No Go, steering group meetings, bid approvals and sign off
- Manage communications within the bid team and with the TUK key personnel including data site information, CQs/AQs
- Manage Teams/SharePoint sites
- Manage a RAID log
- Ensure bids are delivered on time and on budget and submitted compliant with the procurement requirements
- Conduct a lessons learned exercise after each bid, gathering key information and producing a report.
- Able to write articulately and concisely
- Numerate and able to assess quantified data
- Able to collaborate across departments
- Qualifies in project management processes, ideally PRINCE2 and MS Project software.

Please refer to the attached Job Description for further information.

**What you will get**:

- Salary circa £80,000 depending on experience.
- Hybrid working, Monday - Friday, 40 hours.
- Discretionary bonus scheme.
- 34 days holiday (including public holidays), rising with length of service to 37 and with option to buy up to 5 more.
- Competitive pension scheme, with employer contribution of 3% above your contribution, up to a maximum of 9% as standard.
- Company sick pay entitlement based on length of service.
- Access to Private Medical Insurance and Health Cash Plan.
- Free rail travel on Transport UK operated train operators.
- Eye Care Vouchers, Flu Jab Vouchers and Annual Health Screening.
- Employee Assistance Programme and Wellbeing support.
- Enhanced Family Friendly leave.
- Access to discounts and cashback.

To apply, please submit your CV by the closing date.

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