Bids and Contracts Manager

Bids & Contracts Manager

Location: Hybrid/Bournemouth

Working hours: 37.5 hours per week. 9:00 - 5:30. From time to time, to support international business needs, some working days may require a later start and later finish.

Reporting to: CEO & MD (UK)

About Kortext

At Kortext, we're not just another tech company. We are on a mission to transform the way the world learns. As the UK's student learning content and engagement platform, we're powering the academic journeys of students at over 100 UK universities and many more across the globe.

We're growing fast, and we're looking for passionate, pioneering people to join us on this exciting journey. If you want to be part of a team that's shaping the future of education and making a real difference in the lives of students, Kortext is the place for you.

Our mission is straightforward: to help every student fulfil their potential. The goal may be simple, but we understand that achieving it is more complex. If that inspires you, we'd love to hear from you.

Role

The Bids & Contracts Manager leads the end-to-end management of competitive bids, tender responses and business contract lifecycle across the entire business. Operating as the central point of coordination, this role partners closely with Sales, Finance, Technology, Customer Experience, HR and Operations to produce compliant, compelling, and on-time submissions for tenders, whilst also managing the drafting, negotiation, execution, renewal and termination of our B2B contracts. Using a project management approach, the Manager plans, authors, and quality assures responses, ensuring alignment with customer / business requirements, commercial strategy, and governance standards in a complex, global environment. The role includes responsibility for multi million-pound tenders and requires operating across international markets.