Bid Manager

Description

• Lead and manage major tenders, shaping strategy, defining deliverables and ensuring on-time, high-quality submissions.
• Monitor the market for new business opportunities and early project intel.
• Handle client liaison, tender follow-up and feedback processes.
• Conduct ongoing research to identify strategic clients and potential future projects.
• Build strong market knowledge to support winning strategies.
• Develop insights into client needs, industry trends and policy shifts.
• Oversee the production and updating of team CVs and capability materials.
• Coordinate internal bid processes including project registration, go/no-go decisions and review milestones.
• Manage subconsultant engagement, ensuring quality and compliance of their submissions.
• Champion the studio’s AI-enabled internal bidding workflow.
• Source relevant EOIs, panels and tenders through procurement portals.
• Interpret client briefs, source content and collaborate with subject matter experts.
• Drive consistency, share lessons learned and support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Maintain CRM records and ensure accuracy across all submission data.
• Influence major city-shaping and environmental projects.
• Write and produce EOIs, proposals, selection criteria, questionnaires, interview content and presentations.

Requirements

• Degree or Master’s in Marketing, Communications, Business or Project Management.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing capabilities.
• Contribute to broader business development insights and competitive intelligence.
• 8+ years’ experience in Bid Management within professional services, design, consulting or related sectors.
• Strategic thinker with a collaborative and proactive mindset.
• Registration with AILA or an equivalent body (Not essential)
• Highly organised, deadline-driven and confident managing multiple concurrent bids.
• Exceptional writing, editing and storytelling skills.

Benefits

• Opportunity to innovate through AI-enabled bidding processes.
• Collaborative, supportive and creative studio environment.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance