Senior Bid Manager

Overview

In this Senior Bid Manager role, you lead complex, competitive bids from early qualification to closure, shaping winning propositions and strategies. You work with cross-functional teams across sales, solution, commercial and finance to deliver differentiated client outcomes. You will influence senior stakeholders and mentors within CGI’s bid community, driving capability development and innovation. This role offers ownership, collaboration, and the chance to shape high-impact opportunities within a supportive, growth-oriented culture.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salary
• excellent pension
• private healthcare
• share scheme
• hybrid working
• opportunity to join a growing, diverse tech talent community

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver complex competitive bids from initial qualification through to submission, governance and deal closure
• Shape bid, win and competitive strategies to create differentiated client propositions
• Mobilise multidisciplinary and international teams across sales, solution, proposal, commercial and finance
• Engage with senior stakeholders, clients, partners and suppliers throughout procurement
• Contribute to financial models and conduct commercial contract reviews
• Apply bid governance processes and ensure internal approval standards
• Coach bid team members and share best practice across CGI’s bid community
• Research industry bidding best practices and identify emerging trends
• Support sales leadership to maintain momentum and enable deal closure

Key requirements

• Bid management experience with responsibility for complex competitive bids
• Ability to lead matrixed and virtual teams across multiple business functions
• Experience engaging and influencing senior internal and external stakeholders
• Experience of government procurement processes and environments
• Strong understanding of sales and pursuit disciplines (e.g., P2W/S2W or equivalent)
• Experience with internal bid governance and approval frameworks
• Strong commercial acumen including contract reviews
• Strong financial acumen and ability to contribute to different financial models
• Excellent relationship-building across clients, partners and suppliers
• Strong organization, time-management and attention to detail under deadlines

• stakeholder management
• leadership
• communication
• Bid Management
• Finance
• Governance

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