The Bid Manager is a senior role based within the Managed Professional Services (MPS) division of RedRock Consulting. The MPS division of RedRock delivers professional services within the technology space to our customers. Our customers are largely within the UK public & private sectors. We build teams to either deliver a complete technology outcome or blend with a customer team to enable a joint delivery. We are looking for a motivated, autonomous and experienced Bid Manager to report into our Chief Technology Officer (CTO). The CTO is accountable for RedRock’s technology strategy and delivery of services to all MPS customers. At a high level this key role involves owning our bid production during all stages of the process including the bid qualification, pre-market engagement, primary bid responses, and follow up proposal/presentation stages. You will be compiling and contributing to writing bid content, working with all key stakeholders across our business leadership, delivery and capability areas, managing the overall bid and the creation of RedRock’s response. You will own the strategy around our “win-themes” and take the lead in how we will approach a bid response. This role requires the successful candidate to possess the rare mix of understanding how to articulate business value in a technology world, creative thinking, stakeholder management and project management skills. This role is an exciting opportunity for someone with a significant amount of experience in bid ownership, production & writing. RedRock is growing rapidly, and this senior role plays a key part in ensuring our growth targets are achieved. Our ability to win new business hinges on high quality bid responses that deliver on the outlined requirements and this role will take full ownership of bid production in our business. Reports to The CTO. Principal duties and responsibilities Bid Management Take responsibility for the end-to-end bid process and act as the primary touch point for all aspects of the bid, including planning, production, review and submission of bid responses within timelines. Manage all bid portals and keep track of all bids coming in across all sources. Follow governance and procedures for an internal bid production process, including timeline management, content reviews, quality checks and formal sign off stages. Lead the business development team in following the process of qualifying bids and the qualification of bids themselves to reach a “bid/no bid” decision. Compile content for bid responses based on information gathered from subject matter experts to convey complex messages, usually technical, to the intended audience and aligned to the requirement we are addressing. Review and edit bid submissions to ensure compliance to all requirements, and to ensure win theme messaging is clear. Create, author, edit, and design presentation/pitch content (“decks”) and coach bid presenters on script and narrative to convey RedRock’s proposed approach aligned to the requirement. Design elements will be supported by our in-house Marketing Executive. Align bid responses to the RedRock Brand Guidelines and align tone of voice and language to the RedRock culture and values. Support the creation of the commercial model in relation to a specific bid or framework response and align to guidance provided from the customer. Manage the timeline for the bid response including ensuring sufficient time for reviews, updates and approvals. Collate bid responses and capture feedback from both successful and unsuccessful bids and actively utilise the feedback to continuously improve our bid process and bid responses to result in more successful bids. Support case study production alongside our business development, delivery and marketing teams. Skills Should you not meet every requirement listed, we still encourage you to apply. We are looking for individuals who are eager to grow and contribute to our team. Must Have Experience Minimum 5 years professional experience in leading bid/tender/RFP production Able to manage the production of evidence-based bid responses to complex solutions that both address the requirements and are compelling to the intended audience Experience of public sector procurements Demonstrable track record in successfully managing the production of bid responses that were taken through to contract award stage Experience in working within a bid capacity for businesses delivering IT Services Able to build relationships with key stakeholders across a variety of disciplines and levels in an organisation Exceptional written and communication skills Effective project management skills & experience Skilled in preparing documents in Microsoft Word & PowerPoint that are to an extremely high standard and follow corporate brand guidelines Desirable Experience Experience of bid management specifically for complex IT solutions delivered through multi discipline teams Experience working with opportunities in the UK government Digital & Data departments including familiarity with GDS Service Standards and delivery lifecycles Experience of working across a broad range of business sectors covering both the public and private sectors Experience of working with marketing and design teams to create powerful visual representations of words to convey complex information in a simple way