Mercury Hampton Ltd
Bid Manager - UK Defence
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Bid Manager - UK Defence
Bid Manager – UK Defence
Industry & Location
Complex Engineering | Defence | Hybrid Working | Midlands
Salary & Benefits
- Salary: Circa £70,000 (£65,000 – £70,000 per annum)
- Pension Contribution: 10% employer pension
- Benefits: Excellent benefits package
Role Overview
Mercury Hampton is exclusively retained on behalf of a highly successful UK engineering manufacturer operating within the defence sector. Our client is an established, financially strong business with decades of experience delivering highly engineered solutions into some of the world’s most demanding and safety-critical environments.
Continued investment and sustained growth have created an opportunity for an experienced Bid Manager to join their commercial team.
This position offers an excellent opportunity to play a pivotal role within a growing organisation, leading complex bids that support strategically important UK and international defence programmes, while working alongside engineering, commercial, and operational teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Take ownership of the complete bid lifecycle, managing multiple high-value opportunities from qualification through to:
- Submission
- Contract handover
- Coordinate multidisciplinary bid teams across:
- Engineering
- Commercial
- Operational functions
- Develop bid strategies for complex engineering opportunities
- Produce:
- Compelling, compliant
- Commercially competitive proposals
- Manage:
- Pricing
- Commercial approvals
- Contractual documentation
- Coordinate customer clarification activities throughout the tender process
- Maintain:
- Bid documentation
- Content libraries
- Proposal templates
- Drive continuous improvement through:
- Lessons learned
- Bid performance analysis
- Support the implementation of:
- Modern bid management tools
- Best practice methodologies
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Candidate Requirements
We are seeking an experienced Bid Manager with a proven track record of delivering successful bids within the UK defence sector.
Essential
- Comfortable managing complex opportunities involving multiple stakeholders
- Capable of translating technical information into clear, compelling customer proposals
- UK defence procurement experience
- Experience managing complex engineering or manufacturing tenders
- Commercial awareness with experience in:
- Pricing
- Contractual documentation
- Outstanding written communication and proposal development ability
- Structured, organised, and detail-oriented approach
- Eligibility to obtain (or existing) UK Security Clearance
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Beneficial
- Previous Bid or Proposal Management experience
- Familiarity with recognised bid management methodologies
The Opportunity
- Salary: Circa £70,000 (£65,000 – £70,000 per annum)
- 10% Employer Pension
- Hybrid working
- Excellent benefits package
- Long-term career progression
- Opportunity to work on technically challenging, high-value engineering programmes
- Stable business with:
- Continued investment
- Ambitious growth plans
If you are an experienced Bid Manager looking for your next challenge within the UK defence industry, we’d love to hear from you.
Please [apply] or contact Mercury Hampton for a confidential discussion. Response time: Two working days.
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