Senior Bid Writer

Senior Bid Writer

Position Description
At CGI, we turn ideas into impact. As a Senior Bid Writer, you'll create compelling proposals that help win complex IT and digital opportunities across public and private sector clients. Working with bid, sales, and technical teams, you'll turn technical solutions into clear client-focused stories that drive growth, innovation, and business success.

CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named a UK 'Best Employer' by the Financial Times. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee.

We are committed to inclusivity and proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join a collaborative community where you'll be supported to grow your career.

This is a hybrid position. We recognise the importance of flexibility and would be happy to consider applications from candidates seeking part-time working arrangements, where this can be accommodated alongside business requirements.

Your future duties and responsibilities
You'll lead the development of high-quality proposals for complex IT, digital, and consulting opportunities. Working within structured bid processes, you'll create persuasive responses that clearly communicate client value and support successful bid outcomes.
You'll collaborate with technical, commercial, and delivery teams while managing multiple bids in a fast-paced environment. You'll also help improve proposal quality, processes, and innovation across the wider bid community.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead & Deliver winning proposal responses
• Develop & Shape client-focused content and win themes
• Coordinate & Manage stakeholder contributions
• Ensure & Maintain quality and compliance standards
• Improve & Innovate proposal processes and tools

Required qualifications to be successful in this role
You'll have strong proposal writing experience within IT services, digital, or consulting environments, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and create compelling client-focused content.

You should have:

• Experience in bid/proposal writing within technology or consulting sectors
• Experience supporting complex public and private sector bids
• Knowledge of UK procurement processes (RFP, ITT, frameworks)
• Strong writing, editing, and stakeholder management skills
• Experience with Shipley or similar bid methodologies
• Strong MS Office skills
• Experience with AI-enabled proposal tools (desirable)

Together, as owners, let's turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you'll reach your full potential because

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That's why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company's strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You'll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You'll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You'll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

That same commitment to fairness extends to how we use technology. To support our recruitment team, AI tools may be used to help assess applications though they never replace human judgement. All hiring decisions remain entirely in the hands of our recruitment professionals.

Come join our team-one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.