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Following the merger of Trustmarque and Ultima, we've created one of the UK's most exciting technology businesses, with over 1,400 people and capabilities spanning cloud, AI, cyber security, digital transformation and managed services.
We're now looking for a proactive, detail-driven Bid Manager to join our high-performing Bid Team and lead strategic bids and proposals across commercial and public sector clients. If you thrive under deadlines and enjoy creating persuasive, client-focused content that wins business, we'd love to hear from you.
About the Role
As Bid Manager, you'll own bids from qualification through to submission and closure, coordinating Sales, technical, delivery and leadership stakeholders to produce compelling responses.
You'll shape clear win themes, develop tailored content around client objectives and ensure our proposals communicate value and differentiate Trustmarque Ultima. You'll manage multiple bids at pace, support client clarification and presentation stages, and help continuously improve our bid process.
What You'll Be Doing
- Lead the coordination, development and submission of high-quality bids, proposals and tender responses.
- Create persuasive responses with clear win themes that demonstrate our strengths to the customer.
- Qualify opportunities and assess bid viability with sales and delivery teams to shape winning strategies.
- Develop tailored content that aligns to client objectives, communicates value and differentiates our offering.
- Lead bid kick-off meetings, manage timelines and keep stakeholders aligned throughout the bid lifecycle.
- Work with subject matter experts to gather technical, commercial and compliance information.
- Attend client meetings and presentations to support clarification and negotiation stages.
- Maintain and evolve the bid library and knowledge base to improve quality and efficiency.
- Conduct post-bid reviews, capture lessons learned and help improve win rates and bid quality.
- Support sales enablement materials and wider business development initiatives.
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What We're Looking For
We're looking for someone who combines strong organisation and time management with excellent communication, commercial awareness and attention to detail.
You'll ideally have:
- Practical bid or proposal writing experience, ideally within technology solutions.
- The ability to own bids from initial definition through to submission and closure with minimal supervision.
- Excellent customer-facing and communication skills, with the confidence to present to senior stakeholders.
- A thorough, methodical approach to quality assurance and a strong eye for detail.
- The ability to manage multiple bids simultaneously while maintaining focus on individual deadlines and requirements.
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
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Why Join Trustmarque Ultima?
This is an exciting opportunity to join a business at a transformational stage of its journey.
You'll have the opportunity to:
- Play a key role in winning strategic opportunities across both commercial and public sector markets.
- Work closely with sales, technical, delivery and leadership teams across the business.
- Shape compelling proposals that directly support new business growth and key account development.
- Help continuously improve our bid capability, content and ways of working.
- Build your career within one of the UK's leading technology solutions providers.
Our Values
Everything we do is built around three core values:
- Team – We achieve more together through collaboration, trust and mutual respect.
- Excellence – We continually strive to deliver exceptional outcomes for our customers, partners and colleagues.
- Empowerment – We give our people the freedom, support and confidence to make a real impact.
If you're looking for a role where your bid expertise can directly influence business success while working alongside some of the best people in the industry, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today and help shape the future of Trustmarque Ultima.
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