Bid Manager Senior Leadership Position

1 month ago


Belfast, United Kingdom VANRATH Full time
Bid Manager Senior Leadership Position

VANRATH are excited to partner with a leading Managed Services firm in their search for a Senior Bid Manager. This position requires extensive collaboration across the business to ensure IT/Services meet the highest quality standards, aiming to optimise the company's success rate.

Main Responsibilities
  • Act as the single point of contact for internal and external communication with key stakeholders.
  • Understand and interpret questions and requirements in Bid documentation.
  • Liaise with different individuals/teams to gather necessary information for clear and concise responses.
  • Construct answers to Bid submission questions at the highest quality standards.
  • Conduct post-bid outcome analysis for continuous improvement.
  • Control and prioritise from Bid Sign On to Bid Off, managing sign-offs and dates for each opportunity.
  • Maintain Bid Templates for the Bid process and submission.
  • Timely planning, coordination, and efficient management.
  • Maintain and develop tools supporting the bid submission process.
  • Update the library of company standard documentation and ensure profiles are regularly updated.
  • Collaborate with internal teams to build a library of associated content.
  • Undertake ongoing research on best practices.
  • Maintain a log and calculate success rates, and manage feedback and lessons learned.
  • Consolidate legal documentation required for tenders.
  • Track cost drivers and consolidate commercial drivers.
  • Review bid content, pricing sheets, and formatting, ensuring all material is addressed.

Experience: Minimum 5 years' experience in a similar role in an IT organisation. Experience with compiling extensive documents is essential. Project Management training is essential (Prince II/ PMP/ Agile) Previous people management experience is desirable. Good presentation skills. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Strong commercial acumen/experience. Education: Desirable third-level qualification in IT or Business Systems. Relevant industry ITIL certifications. Some relevant technical qualification/certification is essential. Business Certificates are desirable but not essential. Highly Advantageous: Cloud technologies. Service Desk & Service Management. Public Procurement guidelines and process.



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