Bid Manager

Salary/Rate:Up to £50000
Job type:Permanent
Town/City:Manchester
County:Greater Manchester
Discipline:Professional Services
Job ref:13984
Post Date:June 24, 2025

About the Role

Location: Manchester – office based

Salary: £40k to £50k DOE plus bonus and benefits

Full Time: Permanent

We're looking for an experienced Group Bid Manager to lead and shape high-impact bids across our client’s HR, employment law, health & safety, and employee wellbeing services.

In this strategic role, you’ll manage the full bid lifecycle—securing new business, retenders, and renewals across both public and private sectors. You’ll work closely with sales, marketing, and technical teams to deliver client-focused, commercially strong proposals.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Leading the capture planning process for new business opportunities, including identifying prospects, researching clients, and analysing the competitive landscape.
  • Building and maintaining a robust pipeline of potential opportunities.
  • Working closely with cross-functional teams to shape winning strategies that align with client requirements.
  • Managing the end-to-end bid process, from qualifying opportunities through to proposal development and submission.
  • Creating and maintaining a library of standard proposal content, templates, and supporting materials.
  • Reviewing RFPs/RFIs to develop structured and detailed response plans.
  • Ensuring all proposals comply with client specifications and internal company policies.
  • Overseeing proposal timelines to ensure submissions are delivered on schedule.
  • Continuously evaluating and enhancing the bid process to improve quality, efficiency, and results.

Key Skills

  • Demonstrated experience in bid management within professional services or business consultancy environments.
  • Degree-level qualification in Business, Marketing, or a related discipline.
  • Minimum of three years’ experience in bid management roles.
  • Proven involvement in capture planning and pre-bid strategic development.
  • Skilled in managing complex and high-value proposal submissions.
  • Experience of bidding within both public and private sector frameworks.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At We Are Adam, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!

We are more than happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that you may require.

Interested? Please apply now.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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