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Our client, a prominent player in the defence and security sector, is currently seeking a Bid Manager to join their Marine Technology team. This permanent role involves overseeing bids and proposals, particularly within the marine battlespace and wider defence applications, ensuring high-quality submissions and strategic growth.
This role is a hybrid positions and cna offer several potential office locations across the UK to be based from. Expectation is for 2/3 days a week in the office but this is flexible dependant on the applicant.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage multi-disciplinary bid teams to ensure high-quality, winning proposals
- Create and control bid schedules and resource plans
- Establish and control technical and non-technical requirements baselines, ensuring compliance and thorough documentation
- Coordinate and control bid budgets, schedules, and resource allocations
- Identify risks and proactively engage in risk mitigation strategies
- Maintain proactive dialogue with internal and external stakeholders, including customers and suppliers
- Coordinate proposal development and ensure alignment with business and customer expectations
- Provide coaching and guidance to more junior bid managers
Job Requirements:
- Strong experience in leading and managing bids or projects, particularly within the defence or related sectors
- Excellent stakeholder management and commercial awareness
- Proven track record in delivering successful bids and/or projects
- Strong leadership and collaborative team-working abilities
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills
- Understanding and application of bid governance including compliance with relevant processes
- Currently hold, or eligible to attain, Security clearance to SC level.
Benefits:
- Opportunity to work on high-profile bids within the rapidly growing Naval Technology domain
- Professional development and career advancement opportunities
- Working in a highly collaborative and dynamic team
- Flexible working patterns to support work-life balance
If you have a strong background in managing bids within the defence, marine, or security sectors and are looking for an exciting new challenge, we encourage you to apply now and become a key member of our client's team.
