Bid Director

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Bid Director, Commercial Risk

Do you have experience gained within Commercial Bid Management or Project Management?

Are you keen to work for a globally recognised specialist in the Commercial Risk arena?

If so, then come and join us here at Aon as a Bid Director. This is a hybrid role and you'll be domiciled with access to London to enable close collaboration with your colleagues.

Aon is in the business of better decisions

At Aon, we craft decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world.

As an organisation, we are united through trust as one inclusive, diverse team, and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.

What the day will look like

Working within a busy, focused and collaborative team your key tasks will include:

• Managing, coordinating and facilitating all aspects of the bid process including Requests for Proposals for large complex global clients, and client presentations working with collaborators to understand and develop win strategies.
• Balancing multiple bids and ensuring their timely delivery.
• Facilitating finalist presentations, scheduling and attending rehearsals and managing logistics for meetings.
• Sourcing information from the business, understanding and articulating value, working closely with Creative Design teams to develop visual concept and messaging for RFPs and client pitches.
• Editing content for readability, consistency, clarity and brand compliance utilising standard tools and processes.
• Ensuring the end to end review of the Request for Proposal response prior to submission including conducting own view, managing peer reviews and facilitating overall quality control.
• Working in conjunction with key stakeholders to qualify potential opportunities, challenging the viability of opportunities as necessary
• Responsibility for post-bid reviews to include reviewing content with stakeholders/SMEs to bring together updates to content and updating the RFP content library.
• Following Aon policies and all relevant legislation.
• As appropriate, arrange training sessions internally to raise awareness of the Bid Management team's capabilities
• Build and develop trusted relationships with colleagues throughout the business
• Management and authoring of technical content utilising the services of specialist areas of Aon where appropriate, to ensure accurate technical content delivery, and updating project specific online systems

How this opportunity is different

This is a superb opportunity to network across Aon and to work on some of the largest bids in the UK and EMEA. You'll be joining a highly respected, well-led team that works in a structured, collaborative way to ensure optimum results.

Skills and experience that will lead to success

• Organisational skills essential, including ability to adapt to changing time pressures/flexibility
• Ability to think creatively / outside the box, not off-the shelf and to overcome barriers to success
• Confidence to challenge peers
• Communication skills including a very high level of written English
• Experience in dealing directly with internal clients
• Attention to detail, ability to work to deadlines and under pressure - results driven
• Ability to work with demanding internal clients in a highly pressurised environment
• Ability to voice an opinion with peer group and senior colleagues

Desirable skills

• Bid / Project Management experience either in insurance or elsewhere
• Technical insurance experience required with global knowledge preferred
• Preferably experience with new business bids and / or development activities

How we support our colleagues

In addition to our comprehensive benefits package, we encourage a diverse workforce. Plus, our agile, inclusive environment allows you to manage your wellbeing and work/life balance, ensuring you can be your best self at Aon. Furthermore, all colleagues enjoy two "Global Wellbeing Days" each year, encouraging you to take time to focus on yourself. We offer a variety of working style solutions, but we also recognise that flexibility goes beyond just the place of work... and we are all for it. We call this Smart Working!

Our continuous learning culture inspires and equips you to learn, share and grow, helping you achieve your fullest potential. As a result, at Aon, you are more connected, more relevant, and more valued.

We provide individuals with disabilities reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable law. Please contact us to request an accommodation on ReasonableAdjustments@Aon.com

Aon values an innovative, diverse workplace where all colleagues feel empowered to be their authentic selves. Aon is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

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