Bid Lead

Job Title: Bid Lead

Location: Glascoed, 2-3 days per week onsite.

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: £55,869

Who We Are

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

What You’ll Be Doing

In this role, you will lead the full lifecycle of bids, from opportunity qualification through to final submission. You’ll establish bid plans, schedules and governance deliverables, ensuring all activity aligns with security protocols and export‑control requirements. You’ll also facilitate bid kick‑off sessions, solution workshops, and cost reviews to keep the process on track.

You will ensure proposals reflect customer needs, strategy, and capture plans while coordinating input from technical, commercial, operations, and finance teams. You’ll develop compelling bid narratives, compliance matrices, and executive summaries, ensuring every submission is compliant, high‑quality, and fully endorsed by the business.

Core Duties

• You will have experience of understanding customer requirements and translating these into solutions, delivered within budget/timescales
• Ensure you have experience of leading bids or proposals over £5 million in a technical, engineering, or defence environment
• A solid understanding of bid lifecycle management and gated governance processes

Know-how of managing multiple bids simultaneously while maintaining quality under tight deadlines

You will hold an APMP/Shipley qualifications or equivalent bid/proposal management certification. Project management qualification (PRINCE2, APM, PMP) beneficial

The Business Development Team

The team leads high‑value, strategic bids, planning and delivering compliant, competitive well-governed proposals across multiple munitions projects. The role places you at the centre of major, complex bids, working closely with Business Development Managers. You’ll support bid preparation for a wide range of defence projects, while collaborating with internal teams such as Commercial, Engineering, Finance and Operations to ensure bids are accurately costed, risk‑assessed and compelling and engaging with customers. The position offers broad project exposure, opportunities to develop diverse skills and professional development support.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A Place Where Everyone Can Thrive

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date:

31st March 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.