Bid Manager

Looking to take the next step in your career? An ambitious and process driven Bid Manager is needed to join our Marketing, Communications and Business Development (MCBD) team to assist the Head of Bid Management and Senior Bid Manager to drive improvements in our bid function. You’ll work in a collaborative and forward-thinking team, contributing to strategic bid decisions. This role offers the chance to develop skills in knowledge management, bid analytics, and decision frameworks within a supportive environment that values new ideas, professional growth, and development.

Our 25 strong team provides national and local MCBD support to Carter Jonas - one of the most well-regarded names in the property business. The team is mainly based in the firm’s head office in London at the top of New Bond Street at One Chapel Place. We offer a highly competitive salary package which includes a fantastic benefits package including a variety of flexible benefits allowing you to choose those that suit your personal circumstances including purchasing additional leave, health cash plans, and a cycle to work scheme.

Main tasks:

• Manage end-to-end bid submissions, ensuring compliance with client requirements, internal governance, and deadlines.
• Lead kick-off meetings, ensuring clear roles, responsibilities, and expectations for each bid.
• Work with subject matter experts (SMEs) and senior stakeholders to gather, develop and refine bid content.
• Ensure bid submissions are compelling, well-structured, and tailored to client needs.
• Track bid progress through our Bid Tracker and Power BI dashboards, ensuring visibility of submission stages, deadlines, and outcomes.
• Manage a structured Go/No-Go process, ensuring resources are focused on high-value opportunities.
• Support the development and application of bid decision trees, ensuring the right teams (Finance, Compliance, Social Value, IT, HR, etc.) are engaged at the right stages.
• Contribute to the ongoing refinement of bid processes, ensuring efficiency and alignment with best practices.
• Support the development of a bid library, ensuring past responses, case studies, and lessons learned are captured and easily accessible.
• Ensure that bid data is used to drive insights and improve win rates, working closely with senior management to track trends, risks, and performance metrics.
• Help maintain bid portals, templates, compliance checklists, and structured feedback sessions to improve efficiency across teams.

What will it take to be successful?

You will have experience in bids and proposals, looking to step up into a more strategic and impactful role. You will possess excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence at all levels across the firm. Given the scope of the role, the ability to plan and organise to a high standard is required in order to prioritise individual and team tasks. Finally, you will be passionate and ambitious, looking to create and generate impact within the MCBD team and wider firm, working effectively with your peers and colleagues to achieve business outcomes.