Hybrid Bid Manager

at Hyperion Development, LLC

• Job title: Bid Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior, Mid level
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Cape Town, South Africa

About the role

• Bid Manager responsible for managing tender proposals at HyperionDev, focusing on education tech sector. Collaborating with teams to ensure compliance and high-quality submissions.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the Partnerships team in Identifying opportunities for bid submissions and raising with relevant stakeholders.
• Develop proposal templates and responses for complex proposal requests and build an internal library.
• Manage the bid / response process.
• Develop presentation packages and briefing documentation.
• Lead and / or participate in process improvement initiatives to increase efficiencies for proposal and presentation development.
• Analyse pertinent industry literature, drafts bid proposal copy and verify documentation.
• Interview technical subject matter experts to extract the right information for bid responses.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of experience writing bid proposals in the private or public sector.
• A tertiary qualification in Communications, Marketing, PR or related discipline.
• Proven ability to effectively manage a high volume of commercial tenders to varying timescales.
• Strong knowledge of bid writing principles and ability to translate for a wide range of subject matters.
• Exceptional communication skills and the ability to clearly present a business rationale.
• High attention to detail coupled with high standards.
• Ability to multitask with research projects, data analysis and coordination with the executive team.
• At least 2 years of prior experience in a high growth company or tech startup (preferred).
• Experience as a Bid Writer in the education / education technology industry (preferred).
• Experience winning significant bids and government tenders for education projects in the UK and abroad (preferred).
• A track record of winning proposals within highly competitive markets (preferred).
• 1-3 years corporate strategic and technical writing experience (preferred).

Benefits

• Flexible & remote working: We are a remote-friendly organisation and offer flexible work options.
• Learn new tech skills: We offer our employees the opportunity to enrol part-time in our Coding Bootcamps.
• Join the heart of tech in Africa, Europe and the US: You'll work with the best of the best and rub shoulders with the world leaders in edtech, developer education, and developer assessments. Join one of the most ambitious and highest performing tech companies in the space, with a management team that draws their former experience from companies such as Google, Amazon, GetSmarter/2U, Zando and Yoco.
• Life-changing work: Solve real problems that make education and tech careers accessible to those who need it most: you're allowed to brag about it.