Bid Manager

Job Title: Bid Manager

Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: From £58,000 depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• You will be responsible for the end to end Bid Management of key strategic opportunities including all planning execution of high quality bid submissions
• Drive development of bid strategies and winning themes
• Provide exemplar stakeholder management of teams to ensure effective collaboration and alignment of common goals
• Monitor and drive compliance against company governance
• Undertake external engagement activities with the client
• Contribute to the development of the capability and ways of working

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Demonstrable experience in business winning activities and pre-contract engagement
• Proven experience of leading against a defined gated governance and approval framework
• You will need to have gained excellent stakeholder management experience with a focus on client facing engagement with the ability to guide and influence
• Hold either a recognised Project Management qualification such as APMP or similar or have gained relevant Project Management experience
• Desirable:
• Previous experience working on large complex projects

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The SSNA Business Winning team:

This is an exciting time to join our newly established team where you will have the opportunity to grow the capability as an individual and as a collective. This is a pivotal time for the team as we are currently at the crucial stage of securing contracts for the replacement of the UK’s nuclear submarines. You will support by providing oversight to Bid Managers and project teams to ensure we’re delivering our in-flight and future pipeline of business cases. This is a vital position for realising our wider SSNA programme ambitions. Furthermore, you will be supporting the alignment of BAE Systems strategy with the client requirements and overall National Endeavour. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible.

If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 6th February 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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