Location : - Bristol, or Templecombe (Somerset) - hybrid working arrangement 3 days per week in the office vs. Are you a Bid Manager looking for an exciting challenge and the opportunity to lead some major bids that are critical to the long term strategy of a company? We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Bid Manager to join our Under Water Systems (UWS) UK team, either in Bristol or Templecombe.
This role is an opportunity to lead some major bids that are critical to the long term strategy of UWS and Thales. Hybrid working (3 days in the office / 2 days from home)
On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes;
~ Performance-related bonus
~ 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) plus opportunity to buy up to 40 hours/year (pro rata)
~Private healthcare (grade dependent)
~ Pension scheme
~ Life cover
~24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app
~ Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers
~ Gym membership discounts
Embedding a strong sense of delivery accountability and a proactive risk and opportunity management culture (for both ‘winability’ and ‘deliverability’) at all levels of the Bid team
Ensuring the creation of robust Initial Project Baselines for delivery post-contract award
Supporting the management of customer, supplier and partner relationships – building trust and confidence through open dialogue
Tailoring and application of Bid Governance as appropriate, including Bid Stage Gates, Bid Reviews and Project Characterisation
Coordination and control of the Master Assumptions, Dependencies and Exclusions List, ensuring alignment across all Bid artefacts including the Project execution baseline, estimates and proposal/commercial terms
Ensuring appropriate focus on CASH management and achieving a positive net cash profile associated with the Initial Project baseline
Providing coaching and guidance to more junior Bid Managers
Creating initial Project plans for the execution of the contract as required for the proposal
Management and control of Bid Budgets (including status and forecast) for all Bids within their working perimeter and liaison with PMO to reflect in appropriate tools E.g. Oracle, P6
Leading and managing multi-disciplinary teams in achieving challenging timelines and with a proactive focus on risk and opportunity management
efficiently applying reviews and ensuring that business risk is appropriately managed
Structuring and planning complex projects including the tailored deployment of best practice
Management and control of technical and non-technical requirements on complex bids and projects, including compliance traceability, allocation to WPs and the end to end estimating process
Management of Commercial and Technical Assumptions, Dependencies and Exclusions, ensuring alignment across all bid and/or project artefacts
Experience with coaching others including junior Bid Managers and knowledge sharing
Security Clearance requirements:
This role requires you to be a UK National and achieve Security Clearance (SC) without any caveats. Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance.
In some circumstances, a minimum of 3 years’ residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks.