Senior Bid Manager

Job Title:              Senior Bid Manager
Location:              Flexible
Compensation:    £70,000 + Benefits
Role Type:            Full time / Permanent
Role ID:                SF60070

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Bid Manager at our Portsmouth, London or Bristol site.

The role
As a Senior Bid Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will be supporting the Bid Management Lead in the quality application of the end-to-end Business Winning Methodology throughout the Sector. The role will have direct line management responsibility for Bid Managers and Bid Coordinators.

Day-to-day, you will work alongside the customer, facing ‘opportunity owners’, lead the design and implementation of effective business winning programmes, ensuring bid teams are resourced effectively to deliver against plans.
  

• Own the application of the Business Winning Methodology for specific bids and/or portfolios, working closely with other functional leads to integrate the inputs/outputs of a range of different professional skills and competencies required from across the business to develop quality business winning outputs.
• Take the lead in developing and ensuring quality of business winning functional outputs, including bid strategies, competitive assessments, win strategies, and value propositions that differentiate Babcock’s offering/proposal from the competition.
• Drive (and lead when appropriate) the development of the technical, commercial, and financial solution that are compliant with/deliver client requirements and reflect the business strategy.
• Line Management of Bid Managers and Bid Coordinators
• Develop partnering strategies.

This role is full time working 37.5 hours per week and involves hybrid working. You will be expected to attend the Portsmouth, London or Bristol Babcock Hubs 1-2 days per week. 

Essential experience of the Senior Bid Manager

• Business winning professional with experience in leading the application of recognised business winning methodologies on major bids.
• Understanding and experience of managing the capture phase of opportunities, including producing quality capture outputs
• Strong bid/project management experience 
• Ability to motivate and lead multi-functional teams.
• Strong financial and commercial awareness.

Qualifications for the Senior Bid Manager

• Educated to degree level.
• Shipley or APMP qualification

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer 

• Generous holiday allowance 
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme 
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave 
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International 
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. 

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 23/10/2024