Bid Manager
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About the Position
Bid Manager
Location: Hybrid - Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, London
Commitment: Permanent - Employee
Ready for a new challenge?
Are you looking for work that makes a difference? Do you want to work with people who learn and grow together?
If so, Opencast could be the place for you. We’re a growing tech consultancy that creates user-centred solutions with purpose for our clients in government and business.
About the Role
We’re looking for a Bid Manager to join the Opencast Bid Team. The ideal candidate will have experience managing proposals across the procurement lifecycle, from EOI/RFI through to ITT. Opencast works with both public sector and private sector clients, so an understanding of Government frameworks and/or private sector procurement will be helpful.
The role will involve planning and coordinating the end-to-end delivery of proposal responses of varying size, complexity, and value. This will involve working in collaboration with colleagues across the wider Opencast team and partner organizations to manage, prepare, format, and submit winning proposals.
You’ll need to take the lead running key sessions including kick-offs, storyboarding, reviews, signoff, and bid retros, so you should also have experience in working with a range of contributors and stakeholders, and leading activities across the bidding lifecycle.
In addition to proposal management, you will also have an opportunity to get involved in presentations and continuous improvement activities, which will involve leading on and contributing to process improvements.
Responsibilities
- Planning and coordinating end-to-end delivery of proposal responses
- Leading key sessions such as kick-offs, storyboarding, reviews, signoff, and bid retros
- Managing relationships within the bid team and across the organization
- Developing bid strategies based on client requirements
- Reviewing and analyzing client documents to identify key requirements and deliverables
- Gathering and submitting clarification questions, and keeping the team updated
- Reviewing, providing feedback on, and formatting bid responses effectively
- Coordinating multiple priorities in parallel, with excellent organization and attention to detail
- Coaching bid teams on best practices and ensuring quality
- Demonstrating strong written and verbal communication skills, with a natural ability to lead and collaborate
Requirements
- Experience in bid management
- Strong time management, attention to detail, and communication skills
- Good understanding of the procurement lifecycle
- Worked within a busy bid team across public and/or private sectors
- Led key sessions such as bid kick-offs, storyboarding, quality gate reviews, and retros
- Developed bid templates, trackers, and storyboards to support structured bid responses
- Managed relationships within the bid team and across the organization
- Successfully organized and delivered bids within tight timescales
Nice to Have
- Experience with Public Sector Frameworks such as DOS, G-Cloud, and Technology Services
- Responding to proposed commercial scenarios and preparing rate cards
Salary
Salary range for this role: £50,000-£65,000
We Offer
A competitive package including a 7% employer pension contribution, share options, and a discretionary bonus. You’ll also benefit from 25 days’ holiday and access to 3 annual “life happens” days to support unexpected situations. We provide wellbeing support, ongoing professional development, volunteering opportunities, and the chance to be part of a genuinely supportive team.
About the Company
We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking, and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all.
Interview
Job interviews are on Microsoft Teams. We’ll make any adjustments to help you.
Want to know more?
Visit our website or email [email protected]. We are not working with recruitment agencies on this vacancy. If you are interested in this position, please apply directly with Opencast.
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Government and public sector,Healthcare,Green tech and utilities
About the Company Opencast is an independent UK technology consultancy. They work at the heart of government, healthcare, and innovative businesses to develop human-focused digital and technology solutions. Opencast is proud to be a B Corp. Products, Services & Tech Stack Core Solutions: Architecture Engineering Product delivery User-centred design Data Project Scope & Target Clients Client Base: Government and public sector Healthcare Green tech and utilities Engineering Scale: Projects range from big innovations to tried and tested solutions.