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Senior Programme and Bid Manager

United Kingdom, Enfield 70000.00 GBP / Year · Job Posted May 16, 2026
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Outsource UK are recruiting a Senior Programme & Bid Manager to join a leading engineering-led organisation operating within complex, regulated environments. This is a senior leadership role with responsibility for the successful delivery of a portfolio of major programmes and bids, based from the Enfield site.

Job Responsibility

  • Lead, inspire, and manage a team of Programme Managers and Bid Managers, driving a high-performance delivery culture
  • Own the overall health of the programme and bid portfolio, ensuring alignment to business strategy and customer priorities
  • Provide senior oversight of complex programmes and concurrent bids
  • Establish and maintain robust programme governance, controls, and reporting (schedule, cost, risk, change, benefits)
  • Own and implement the bid operating model across the business
  • Oversee bid strategy, governance, resourcing, and approval processes
  • Ensure effective handover from bid phase into mobilisation and in-life delivery
  • Identify, manage, and mitigate programme and bid risks, issues, and opportunities
  • Prepare and present monthly programme status reports to senior leadership
  • Support financial forecasting, budgeting, and revenue planning
  • Drive continuous improvement and lessons learned across programmes and bids
  • Provide project management support to internal development projects where required
  • Engage with customers and subcontractors to refine requirements and deliver successful outcomes

Requirements

  • Proven senior leadership experience in programme and bid management
  • Demonstrable track record of delivering complex programmes and major bids end to end
  • Experience working within matrix organisations and multi-disciplinary teams
  • Strong commercial, contractual, and risk management capability
  • Excellent stakeholder management skills, including senior customer and executive engagement
  • Confident decision-maker with the ability to lead under pressure
  • Experience within defence or similarly regulated engineering environments (highly desirable)
  • Experience with international customers and export contracts
  • Strong financial acumen, including budgeting, forecasting, and cost control

Nice to have

  • Experience within defence or similarly regulated engineering environments (highly desirable)
  • Experience with international customers and export contracts
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