Bid Manager - Defence

Salary: To £60k + health + wellbeing benefits per year

Bid Manager - Defence / Tender Leadership

£60,000 Bristol / London / Birmingham / Manchester (Hybrid 2 days office-based)

A high-impact Bid Manager role at the heart of the UK defence sector. You'll lead major bid and tender submissions for a top-tier engineering and consultancy business, working with government organisations and tier-one defence contractors. Your chance to drive high-profile defence projects, coordinating technical experts, consultants, and business development teams to deliver winning proposals.

As Bid Manager, you will:

• Lead and coordinate bid and tender teams, ensuring submissions are delivered on time, on budget, and fully compliant.
• Manage full bid lifecycle-from early engagement and client information capture, through PQQ, ITT, interviews, and contract award.
• Develop and drive win strategies, identifying customer needs, pricing requirements, and solution opportunities.
• Act as central point of coordination across stakeholders, technical experts, and delivery teams.
• Maintain accurate CRM records and support continuous improvement of bid and tender processes.

This is a hands on manager role-you will oversee the full end to end bid process rather than focus solely on writing content.

You'll thrive in this role if you have:

• Proven experience as a Bid Manager, managing complex bid and tender submissions.
• Project management, stakeholder coordination, and governance skills.
• Excellent commercial awareness and attention to detail.
• Experience within defence, government, regulated or technical sectors would be useful but not necessary.

Work on high-profile defence bids with major UK and international clients, in a collaborative, process driven tender environment with clear career progression. Influence bid strategy, processes, and capability development across the business, while enjoying hybrid working across multiple UK locations.

If you are a Bid Manager who thrives in a structured environment, coordinating teams to deliver winning proposals, this is your opportunity to make a tangible impact.