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As a Bid Project Manager, you will lead and deliver complex bids and proposals across a range of product lines, operating primarily in the early stages of the project lifecycle. You will run bids as structured, high-impact projects - from opportunity shaping and campaign activity through to contract award and handover into execution. This is a highly visible role where your work directly contributes to major business wins. You will operate at pace, lead multi-disciplinary teams across a matrix organisation, and apply strong project management discipline to ensure bids are delivered on time, to quality, and in line with commercial and customer objectives. This role is ideal for an experienced Project Manager who thrives in early-lifecycle environments.
Job Responsibility:
Lead and deliver complex bids and proposals across a range of product lines, operating primarily in the early stages of the project lifecycle
Run bids as structured, high-impact projects - from opportunity shaping and campaign activity through to contract award and handover into execution
Requirements:
Proven experience leading complex bids, proposals or early-lifecycle projects from capture through to contract award, ideally within an engineering, aerospace, defence or similarly regulated environment
Strong project management capability, with experience applying planning, scheduling, risk management, governance and controls
Experience operating across multiple phases of the lifecycle, particularly campaigns, new Business proposals and early solution development
Strong commercial and financial awareness, with the ability to balance cost, schedule, risk and value
Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and engage senior leaders and cross-functional teams
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting to customers and executive stakeholders
Resilience and confidence operating in high-pressure, time-critical environments
Advanced MS Office skills (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Power BI), plus familiarity with MS Project or similar