297 Senior Bid Manager jobs in the United Kingdom

JOB TITLE: Bid Manager SALARY: £50,000 - £5,000 per annum LOCATION: London SETTING: Hybrid working – 1-3 days per week in the office BENEFITS: 24 days holiday (rising by 1 day every year upto 30), Pension, Private healthcare, perks & discounts, life insurance plus more! Bid & Frameworks Manager – Join a Leading UK IT Reseller Are you an experienced Bid Manager looking for your next challenge? Do you have a strong background in Bids and Frameworks and want to join a company where your skills will truly make an impact? If so, we’d love to hear from you! We’re working with one of the UK’s largest IT resellers, a business that’s grown rapidly over the past few years. With over 500 employees and an annual turnover exceeding £500 million this is a fantastic opportunity to join a thriving organisation at an exciting stage of expansion. Due to continued growth, we’re recruiting three Bid & Frameworks Managers to play a key role in planning, managing, and delivering all bid and framework submissions in close collaboration with the sales team. You’ll work with major public sector clients such as the MOD, NHS, TfL, and leading educational institutions — handling bids worth up to £250 m lion in revenue. Role: Bid & Frameworks Manager Key Responsibilities: Lead and manage responses to RFQs, ITTs, and other tender requests across multiple frameworks. Oversee all framework portals, identify new opportunities, and help increase tender success rates. Collaborate with internal teams to manage large tenders, gather bid pricing, and produce high-quality submissions. Provide accurate monthly reporting and data updates where required. About You Bid & Frameworks Manager Minimum 2 years’ experience in bid management with a solid understanding of frameworks. Ideally, experience within the IT channel, though strong Bid Managers from other sectors are welcome to apply. APMP qualification highly desirable. Excellent communication skills and advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency . We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 1). If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please reach out to Zoe Chatley at — she’ll be happy to support your needs. Keywords: Bid Manager, Bid & Frameworks Manager, Tenders, APNP, Bid, Public Sector

An award-winning, multidisciplinary design practice with studios across the UK is seeking an experienced Bid Manager to join their London team. This practice brings together architects, planners, landscape architects, interior designers, graphic designers and sustainability specialists - all united by a shared commitment to creating great places to live and work. As a B Corp Certified organisation, they place equal importance on social, environmental, and economic sustainability. The Bid Manager will play a key role in shaping the success of this growing practice - leading the development and delivery of compelling, high-quality submissions that win work and strengthen the firm’s industry profile. This is an opportunity to join a collaborative, creative, and values-driven environment where career development, wellbeing, and inclusion are at the heart of everything they do. Key Responsibilities Lead and manage the end-to-end bid and tender process, from initial decision to submission and outcome. Coordinate bid launches, reviews, and strategy meetings with design teams and senior stakeholders. Collaborate with project leads to develop clear, compelling win strategies tailored to each opportunity. Manage and quality-assure all submission materials, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and compliance with client requirements. Work closely with internal partners, project leaders, and the wider marketing team to produce visually engaging and well-structured proposals. Oversee tender portals, document management, and submission logistics. Conduct post-bid reviews and implement continuous improvements to processes and outputs. Build and maintain a comprehensive bid library of high-quality, reusable content and visual assets. Support preparation and coordination of client interviews and presentations. Contribute to broader business development initiatives and ensure alignment with the firm’s values and sustainability commitments. Skills & Experience Degree-qualified or equivalent professional experience. Extensive proven track record in managing complex bids within the design, architecture, engineering, or built environment sectors. Strong experience developing bid strategies and coordinating multidisciplinary teams. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a sharp eye for detail and consistency. Skilled in producing and editing content that clearly articulates value propositions and key messages. Confident managing deadlines and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. Proficiency in MS Office 365 and expert-level skills in Adobe InDesign (Photoshop and Illustrator also beneficial). Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with colleagues at all levels. A proactive, calm, and collaborative approach, with a focus on quality, creativity, and continuous improvement. Benefits Enhanced pension Discretionary bonus Onsite wellbeing classes Additional leave

Bid Manager - International Law Firm - Permanent/Hybrid One of London's leading international law firms who have a significant global presence are looking to add to their Bid team in London. The role will see you work across Europe, Middle East, and Asia. With the emphasis of the role to win and retain the firm’s most important mandates, contributing to the strategic growth of the firm. You will own the entire bid process, working with senior stakeholders to produce client-focussed high-quality bids. The role works across all of the firm's leading practice areas, and you will be given the opportunity to lead on any practice you have a specialism within. A well-respected team in the firm, you will have support from the wider Marketing & BD team. The firm have an excellent culture and a low turnover of staff. The firm are open to meeting those from a professional services background - they are offering a competitive remuneration package & will be running a short interview process.

An award-winning, multidisciplinary design practice with studios across the UK is seeking an experienced Bid Manager to join their London team. This practice brings together architects, planners, landscape architects, interior designers, graphic designers and sustainability specialists - all united by a shared commitment to creating great places to live and work. As a B Corp Certified organisation, they place equal importance on social, environmental, and economic sustainability. The Bid Manager will play a key role in shaping the success of this growing practice - leading the development and delivery of compelling, high-quality submissions that win work and strengthen the firm’s industry profile. This is an opportunity to join a collaborative, creative, and values-driven environment where career development, wellbeing, and inclusion are at the heart of everything they do. Key Responsibilities Lead and manage the end-to-end bid and tender process, from initial decision to submission and outcome. Coordinate bid launches, reviews, and strategy meetings with design teams and senior stakeholders. Collaborate with project leads to develop clear, compelling win strategies tailored to each opportunity. Manage and quality-assure all submission materials, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and compliance with client requirements. Work closely with internal partners, project leaders, and the wider marketing team to produce visually engaging and well-structured proposals. Oversee tender portals, document management, and submission logistics. Conduct post-bid reviews and implement continuous improvements to processes and outputs. Build and maintain a comprehensive bid library of high-quality, reusable content and visual assets. Support preparation and coordination of client interviews and presentations. Contribute to broader business development initiatives and ensure alignment with the firm’s values and sustainability commitments. Skills & Experience Degree-qualified or equivalent professional experience. Extensive proven track record in managing complex bids within the design, architecture, engineering, or built environment sectors. Strong experience developing bid strategies and coordinating multidisciplinary teams. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a sharp eye for detail and consistency. Skilled in producing and editing content that clearly articulates value propositions and key messages. Confident managing deadlines and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. Proficiency in MS Office 365 and expert-level skills in Adobe InDesign (Photoshop and Illustrator also beneficial). Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with colleagues at all levels. A proactive, calm, and collaborative approach, with a focus on quality, creativity, and continuous improvement. Benefits Enhanced pension Discretionary bonus Onsite wellbeing classes Additional leave

Bid Manager City law firm Hybrid working A city law firm is looking to recruit a Bid Manager to head up the strategic pitch function alongside an Bid Executive who will report to you. Reporting to the Head of BD you will be instrumental in running a successful bids function from London. This is a great opportunity to join a leading firm who are known for their quality of work and friendly culture. Highlights Lead tenders from initial opportunity through to drafting, submission, post submission feedback, and reporting. Understand all elements of a quality submission and ensure responses correctly and fully address. Identify individual evaluation criteria for each tender and explain this to key stakeholders, particularly concerning pricing. Design compelling presentations and prepare key staff for interviews. Produce tender analysis and report on themes from client feedback. Maintain an up-to-date bid library. About you Working at Bid Manager level already. Experience of the bid/tender process from start to finish. Have worked in professional services - ideally legal.

JOB TITLE: Bid Manager SALARY: £50,000 - £5,000 per annum LOCATION: Manchester SETTING: Hybrid working – 1-3 days per week in the office BENEFITS: 24 days holiday (rising by 1 day every year upto 30), Pension, Private healthcare, perks & discounts, life insurance plus more! Bid & Frameworks Manager – Join a Leading UK IT Reseller Are you an experienced Bid Manager looking for your next challenge? Do you have a strong background in Bids and Frameworks and want to join a company where your skills will truly make an impact? If so, we’d love to hear from you! We’re working with one of the UK’s largest IT resellers, a business that’s grown rapidly over the past few years. With over 500 employees and an annual turnover exceeding £500 million this is a fantastic opportunity to join a thriving organisation at an exciting stage of expansion. Due to continued growth, we’re recruiting three Bid & Frameworks Managers to play a key role in planning, managing, and delivering all bid and framework submissions in close collaboration with the sales team. You’ll work with major public sector clients such as the MOD, NHS, TfL, and leading educational institutions — handling bids worth up to £250 m lion in revenue. Role: Bid & Frameworks Manager Key Responsibilities: Lead and manage responses to RFQs, ITTs, and other tender requests across multiple frameworks. Oversee all framework portals, identify new opportunities, and help increase tender success rates. Collaborate with internal teams to manage large tenders, gather bid pricing, and produce high-quality submissions. Provide accurate monthly reporting and data updates where required. About You Bid & Frameworks Manager Minimum 2 years’ experience in bid management with a solid understanding of frameworks. Ideally, experience within the IT channel, though strong Bid Managers from other sectors are welcome to apply. APMP qualification highly desirable. Excellent communication skills and advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency . We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 1). If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please reach out to Zoe Chatley at — she’ll be happy to support your needs. Keywords: Bid Manager, Bid & Frameworks Manager, Tenders, APNP, Bid, Public Sector

Location: Hybrid (Newcastle area) Salary: Up to £65,000 (DOE) About Us Our client a leading offsite construction specialist, delivering high-quality, complex builds through engineered modular solutions. Their approach merges design, in-house fabrication, rigorous quality control, efficient logistics, and full regulatory compliance. They operate across sectors including healthcare, life sciences, education, aerospace, and battery technology. The Opportunity You will take charge of the entire bid lifecycle: strategy, development, submission, and pursuit of wining contracts that support our growth goals. You’ll partner with design, estimating, operations, commercial, and senior leadership teams to ensure proposals are technically outstanding, commercially sound, and compelling to clients. This is a hybrid role based around Newcastle. Key Responsibilities Lead end-to-end bid process: from opportunity evaluation, bid/no-bid decisions, pricing, risk assessment, contract terms, resource planning, to final submission. Work closely with design, engineering, estimating, operations and commercial teams to produce technically strong, commercially viable proposals. Develop and manage bid timelines, ensuring deliverables, reviews and information gathering occur according to schedule. Perform market, client, and competitor analysis to refine bid strategy, positioning, and value propositions. Identify, assess and mitigate risk within bids; ensure margin integrity, contractual clarity and capacity considerations. Maintain and continuously improve bid templates, document libraries, lessons learned, and bid processes. Engage with senior leadership to align bid activity with strategic direction, capacity and capability. Ensure compliance with any relevant industry regulations, standards or accreditations in bid responses. About You You’re a strong fit if you bring: Significant experience as a Bid Manager or in a comparable role—ideally within construction / modular / engineering environments (or similar technical commercial sectors). A proven history of winning complex bids. Strong commercial insight, including cost modelling, risk evaluation, and contract comprehension. Excellent communication skills—both written and verbal—to produce polished and persuasive bid documents. Robust project management skills; adept at juggling multiple stakeholders, tight deadlines, and priorities. An analytical mindset, with ability to interpret RFPs, competitor or client data and convert into winning content. A collaborative style—comfortable working among technical, operations, and commercial teams. Flexibility to travel occasionally, for client meetings or site visits. What We Offer Competitive salary up to £65,000 , dependent on experience. Hybrid working: a balance of remote work and time in-office near Newcastle. Opportunity to contribute to major, impactful projects in sectors like healthcare, life sciences, education, and more. Exposure to the full spectrum of modular construction—from concept to commissioning. A culture of innovation, sustainability, high standards of quality and safety.

About Venterra: Venterra is a global wind energy services company, engineering, building and supporting major wind and renewables projects around the world. Our clear purpose: accelerate the global energy transition by becoming the go-to services provider and strategic partner for the rapidly expanding wind industry. Our diverse team of experts is dedicated to making net zero a reality. We offer specialised services across the entire project lifecycle, including: Geoscience consultancy Environmental expertise Design services Project advisory Survey capabilities Construction support & back-deck mission equipment By acquiring and bringing together leading offshore engineering and marine science companies like Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions, CAPE Holland, INSPIRE Environmental, Partrac and Ordtek, we provide the most comprehensive services and expertise in the market. And we're not done growing yet, which means there are plenty of exciting career opportunities on offer for our team. At Venterra, sustainability, safety, and quality are prioritised in everything we do, reducing project risk, time, and cost for our clients. Why join Venterra? Shape the future of energy: Dive into groundbreaking renewables projects that are literally changing the world. Master the renewables landscape: Gain unique, full-spectrum experience from initial surveys to final construction. Go global, make waves: Our worldwide projects aren't just pins on a map – they're tickets to diverse experiences, cultures and challenges, with plenty of international travel opportunities on offer. Accelerate your career: We don't just talk about growth – we fuel it. Access cutting-edge training, mentorship from industry leaders, and a clear development path with opportunities to sharpen your skills in the renewables space. Be a force for good: Join a team where your values align with your work. We're committed to cultivating a culture of equality, diversity, and positive impact through our work. By joining us, you'll play a direct role in growing the renewables sector while building a career in an exciting, global industry. As Venterra continues to expand, we are seeking a Bid Manager to join our Design & Advisory teams. Our Design team: The Venterra Design service line incorporates the design and analysis of foundations and substations for Floating and fixed Offshore Wind, Monopiles and Jackets, T&I, Onshore and Offshore substation design and Onshore Renewables. Our Advisory team: The Venterra Advisory service line incorporates those services which are offered to wind farm developers at the early DEVEX stages. Services such as Grid Advisory & Infrastructure Security, Development and Market Intelligence, Government Advisory, Business Case and Commercial Support, Due Diligence, Wind Resource & Energy Yield Analysis and Project & Package Management. Role Description: We are looking for a high performing Bid Manager to join our team at Venterra to help supercharge our growth. The right person is motivated, organised, collaborative and capable of juggling multiple priorities. The Bid Manager plays a critical role in coordinating the review, preparation and approval of complex engineering tenders. Management and coordination of tender process to ensure on time delivery of high-quality tender submissions, ensuring that responsibility for technical submission is assigned and managed. Ensuring that the tender preparation process is well structured and those submitting elements know clearly what is expected and by when. Should be able to prioritize between small and large submission to ensure efficient use of contributor’s time. Ability to work across sectors and identify where the bid team can add value to the client experience. This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate expected to work from our office at least 3 days per week. Key responsibilities will also include: Management of bid preparation including understanding and summarising the tender’s requirements and splitting scope into manageable elements for the technical team to provide contributions to the bid Coordinating the definition of a win strategy for each tender response; and ensuring this gets effectively articulated through the tender response Contributing prose to tender submissions and editing technical text to ensure a corporate voice and consistency across the tender document. Management and reporting of the tender and opportunity register through a CRM system Management of monthly CRM reporting Calling, managing and reporting bid / no bid meetings Single point of contact with client when bid conditions require it. Coordinating presentations and the design of supporting collateral for major bids Content development, document design and production A strategic and hands-on approach with the ability to take ownership of bid requests to deliver a seamless experience for all of your stakeholders. Management of multiple tenders in an organised and systematic manner Ownership of tender portal entries; and responsibility for scanning portals to ensure Venterra inclusion in relevant scopes Manage the format and layout of the response documents. Ownership of tender template documents and tender library. Assist the improvement of bid processes and associated best practice; and act as the internal champion for the tender process. Implement a process of continual refinement and improvement of tender materials so that each tender learns and improves from the previous ones – including a formulaic approach to win / loss analysis Proactively consult technical teams so that case studies and track record can be collected in a format suitable for inclusion in tenders. Close collaboration with teams across the business as needed Other duties as reasonably required Expertise required: Previous experience coordination bids and tenders in a professional services environment (4 years) Relevant experience within renewable energy / engineering sector (2 years). Strong organisational skillset to guide and manage technical input to ensure on time quality submissions Strong technical understanding in order to be able to effectively contribute to tender response development Good interpersonal skills and teamworking ability Strong experience drafting and coordinating complex tender responses. Effective communication style (both written and verbal), with strong interpersonal, negotiation and influencing skills across all levels Proficient written skills with some exposure to proposal writing Strong Microsoft computer skills, Adobe Creative Suite skills are favourable Creative flair with an eye for good design Attention to detail Experience with a CRM system and ability to produce reports, charts and graphs to allow for analysis of data Education/Qualifications and Competencies: Ideally hold a relevant technical, business, marketing or language based degree, HND, HNC or similar with relevant experience Willing and able to travel as required Excellent verbal and written English Right to Work: Currently, we are only able to consider applicants who are authorized to work in the UK or Ireland without visa sponsorship. At Venterra: At Venterra, we are committed to inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We take inclusion and diversity seriously. We know that getting this right is critical for us to live our organisation’s values. We are always trying to improve our way of working to be more inclusive and equal. We are an equal opportunity employer. Our vision is for Venterra to be a place where people of all ethnicities feel welcomed to work.

JOB TITLE: Bid Manager SALARY: £50,000 - £5,000 per annum LOCATION: London SETTING: Hybrid working – 1-3 days per week in the office BENEFITS: 24 days holiday (rising by 1 day every year upto 30), Pension, Private healthcare, perks & discounts, life insurance plus more! Bid & Frameworks Manager – Join a Leading UK IT Reseller Are you an experienced Bid Manager looking for your next challenge? Do you have a strong background in Bids and Frameworks and want to join a company where your skills will truly make an impact? If so, we’d love to hear from you! We’re working with one of the UK’s largest IT resellers, a business that’s grown rapidly over the past few years. With over 500 employees and an annual turnover exceeding £500 million this is a fantastic opportunity to join a thriving organisation at an exciting stage of expansion. Due to continued growth, we’re recruiting three Bid & Frameworks Managers to play a key role in planning, managing, and delivering all bid and framework submissions in close collaboration with the sales team. You’ll work with major public sector clients such as the MOD, NHS, TfL, and leading educational institutions — handling bids worth up to £250 m lion in revenue. Role: Bid & Frameworks Manager Key Responsibilities: Lead and manage responses to RFQs, ITTs, and other tender requests across multiple frameworks. Oversee all framework portals, identify new opportunities, and help increase tender success rates. Collaborate with internal teams to manage large tenders, gather bid pricing, and produce high-quality submissions. Provide accurate monthly reporting and data updates where required. About You Bid & Frameworks Manager Minimum 2 years’ experience in bid management with a solid understanding of frameworks. Ideally, experience within the IT channel, though strong Bid Managers from other sectors are welcome to apply. APMP qualification highly desirable. Excellent communication skills and advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency . We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 1). If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please reach out to Zoe Chatley at — she’ll be happy to support your needs. Keywords: Bid Manager, Bid & Frameworks Manager, Tenders, APNP, Bid, Public Sector