Overview
In this Bid Manager role, you will lead strategic bids and retention efforts within our Scottish Widows Bid Team to win new business in the workplace pensions market. You’ll coordinate cross-functional stakeholders to craft customer-focused proposals and drive the bid lifecycle from qualification to submission. The role emphasizes using AI, automation, and continuous improvement to boost efficiency and competitiveness. You’ll influence bid strategy, strengthen stakeholder relationships, and contribute to a high-performing, innovative bid function that delivers strong customer outcomes. This is an impactful opportunity to shape growth and market positioning in a large financial services group
Pay / Benefits
- generous pension contribution up to 15%
- annual performance-related bonus
- share schemes including free shares
- discounted shopping
- 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
- wellbeing initiatives and parental leave policies
Responsibilities
- Lead delivery of new business and retention opportunities from qualification to submission
- Develop bid strategies, win themes and compelling customer-focused proposals
- Produce high-quality written responses, presentations and client-facing materials
- Manage relationships with stakeholders across sales, proposition and specialist teams
- Provide challenge and insight to improve customer outcomes and bid competitiveness
- Drive adoption of AI, automation and continuous improvement across bid activities
- Support development of bid content, templates and knowledge assets
- Embed lessons learned and best practice across future opportunities
- Coach colleagues and contribute to team capability development
- Ensure opportunities are managed in line with governance, systems and processes
Key requirements
- Proven bid management experience
- Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver under pressure
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
- Commercial awareness and strong customer focus
- Experience developing proposals, tenders or client-facing submissions
- Track record of driving improvements and delivering positive change
- Collaborative approach and commitment to team success
- collaborative
- influencing
- problem-solving
- AI
- automation
- bid technology solutions
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