About the role

  • Senior Bid Manager leading and delivering public and private sector bids for Agile. Combining strategic thinking with delivery focus to shape and win business opportunities.

Responsibilities

  • Lead Agile’s bid management function reporting into Director for Public Sector
  • Support wider presales activities, contributing to early-stage opportunity shaping, solution positioning, and client engagement
  • Own and deliver bids end-to-end, from qualification through to submission and post-bid review
  • Develop clear bid strategies aligned to client needs and business objectives
  • Shape and write high-quality, persuasive proposal content, particularly for critical and complex sections
  • Lead cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, timely submissions
  • Translate complex technical and commercial inputs into clear, client-focused messaging
  • Manage multiple concurrent bids, ensuring deadlines, governance, and quality standards are met
  • Ensure submissions are compliant, competitive, and clearly differentiated
  • Analyse bid outcomes and continuously improve win rates and bid quality
  • Evolve the bid function, including processes, tools, templates, and the adoption of AI-driven solutions, to improve efficiency, quality, and consistency

Requirements

  • Proven track record of securing complex, high-value bids
  • Strong experience in both writing and managing bids, with the ability to produce high-quality content under pressure in short turnaround time
  • Understanding of public sector procurement processes and evaluation criteria
  • Ability to operate strategically while remaining hands-on in delivery
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong organisational and stakeholder management capability
  • Commercial awareness and understanding of what drives winning bids
  • Experience in digital consultancy industry
  • Working in UK public sector frameworks (e.g. G-Cloud, Digital Outcomes & Specialists, Technology Services 4)
  • Developing tailored solutions unique to every bid and proposal differing Agile from competitors
  • Experience in data, AI, analytics, or digital consultancy services
  • Experience in developing proposals involving licensed technology solutions (e.g. Informatica, Semarchy), ensuring accurate positioning, pricing alignment, and clear articulation of value

Benefits

  • Company pension contributions
  • Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Health Cash Plan
  • My Gym Discounts
  • Death in Service (4 x basic salary)
  • Employee recognition with Amazon vouchers
  • Certificate of Sponsorship Support/Indefinite Leave to Remain
  • Subsidised employee parking (MK Office)
  • Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay
  • Career Progression, training, and development
  • Supportive and passionate colleagues
  • Social Solutions (supporting health and wellbeing)
  • Flexibility in working hours/pattern
  • Positive company brand, image, and reputation
  • Welcoming office premises in MK

Job title

Senior Bid Manager

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Tech skills

Location requirements

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