About the role

Senior Bid Manager leading complex bid and proposal activities at Expleo. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance and deliver high-quality submissions.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end bid management across multiple concurrent opportunities, ensuring delivery to cost, quality, and schedule
Ability to manage multiple bids simultaneously (volume of bids is more important than scale of bids)
Apply Shipley best-practice methodology, including planning, governance, reviews, and compliance management
Rapidly adapt to and operate within the client Lifecycle bid process, maintaining strong governance and audit trails
Plan and manage bid schedules, resources, and review cycles
Coordinate inputs from engineering, commercial, finance, legal, and supply chain teams
Ensure full compliance with customer requirements and internal governance standards
Identify and manage bid risks, issues, and dependencies, escalating where appropriate

Comfortable working on-site in Bristol two days per week
SC clearance and available at short notice
Proven track record of delivering complex proposals under short timescales and delivering complex and challenging projects; ‘lead by example’
Strong interpersonal and leadership skills in communication, delegation and motivation.
To have good analytical skills to be able to challenge the core team constantly, achieving best value for the customer.
Good communication skills to enable discussion and presentation of complex issues and solutions
Critical thinking and problem solving
Stakeholder Management Experience
Proven experience as a Senior Bid Manager delivering multiple concurrent bids in a Shipley-based environment

Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges
We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
Competitive company benefits
Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
Communicating and promoting vacancies
Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work
at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people
“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.
We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive