Senior Bid Manager

Overview

In this role you will manage end-to-end work winning for large, strategic water bids, guiding them from capture to interview and lessons learned. You’ll work with cross-functional stakeholders in the Water team to shape compliant, high-quality proposals that support climate, water sustainability and energy transition challenges. You will drive bid strategy, lead multiple bid stages, and embed best practices across the Water business. This is a growth-focused opportunity within a global, inclusive firm known for delivering complex infrastructure.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working model
• career development opportunities
• AECOM University
• volunteering days
• personalised benefits
• global collaboration

Responsibilities

• Prepare and manage large/complex proposals across departments and regions, from capture to lessons learned.
• Lead capture and positioning activities, including win strategy workshops with stakeholders and leadership.
• Follow templates and processes to produce compliant and compelling bids.
• Oversee all bid stages: kickoff, answer planning, reviews, document production, interviews.
• Analyse client feedback and internal debriefs to drive continuous improvement and share best practices.
• Lead discrete projects to embed bidding best practices, including training.
• Assist with active pipeline management and resource planning.

Key requirements

• Experience managing complex multi-disciplinary bids in construction/engineering from capture to lessons learned.
• Ability to create win strategies/themes for compelling bid responses.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, Teams and PowerPoint.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, able to engage with senior leadership.
• Ability to perform under pressure and deliver quality output to deadlines.
• Attention to detail and ownership of all aspects within control.
• collaborative stakeholder management
• clear communication
• attention to detail
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Teams

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