Bid Team Lead

Description

Working closely with board-level executives and senior stakeholders, the postholder will shape and refine the organisation’s bid pipeline, prioritising high-value opportunities and supporting sustainable, long-term business growth.

We are seeking an experienced and strategically minded Bid team lead to lead bid governance and drive excellence across the organisation’s bidding activity. This senior role will oversee the end-to-end bid function, ensuring alignment with business objectives while fostering a high-performance, commercially focused bid team.

• Engage confidently with senior internal and external stakeholders, including executive and board-level contacts.
• Provide insight and reporting on bid performance, forecasting, and return on investment.
• Work collaboratively with operational, commercial, and service delivery teams to develop bids that reflect deliverable, high-quality service propositions.
• Drive continuous improvement within the bid function through process transformation.
• Lead the development of innovative and compelling bid strategies that improve win rates and long-term profitability.
• Ensure robust bid governance, compliance, and quality assurance across all submissions.
• Develop and maintain a rolling bid pipeline, ensuring strategic prioritisation of high-value and high-probability opportunities.
• Leverage digital tools and AI to enhance bid writing, tracking, data analysis, and performance insights.

Requirements

• Strong leadership skills with experience managing and developing senior bid professionals.
• Proven experience in a senior bid leadership role within social housing (essential).
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to make data-driven decisions.
• Exceptional strategic thinking and business development capability.
• Expert-level bid writing, storytelling, and persuasive proposal development skills.
• Demonstrable experience driving process improvement and transformation within a bid function.
• High-level stakeholder engagement, influencing, and negotiation abilities.

Benefits

Sector: Social Housing (essential)

Location: Hybrid working

Salary: £75,000 – £100,000 per annum

• Opportunity to operate at a strategic, board-facing level within a high-impact role.
• Competitive salary of £75,000 – £100,000, depending on experience.
• A chance to shape and lead a forward-thinking, innovative bid function within the social housing sector
• Hybrid working arrangement.

Training + Development

Interview process

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