Senior Bids Manager

Due to growth across the business, we have an exciting newly created Senior Bids Manager role in our Business Development & Marketing team. As a Senior Bids Manager you will manage and lead the centralised bids function, which provides expert support on both anticipated and reactive pitch opportunities.

This is a permanent role that can be based out of either our Bristol or London office that supports hybrid working.

The Team

BD, Marketing & Sales is a welcoming and dynamic team of experts, supporting lawyers, sectors and service lines across our international business. We are now looking to expand our capacity for supporting and advising our lawyers on international bids.

What You'll Do

Reporting to the Director of Business Development, you will be responsible for leading and line managing the Bids team, which currently comprises of two Bid Managers and one Bids Executive. You will be delivering high quality bid responses across the entire bids lifecycle, from making decisions on go ahead, project managing the process and capturing learnings.

Other key responsibilities include:

• Applying an expert eye to the creation and editing of content as well as ensuring successful submission of high quality, visually appealing RfP responses
• Setting the Bids team objectives that feed down from your team level objectives, holding effective 1:1s with them and holding them team to account for delivery, whilst fostering a collaborative and engaging environment where the team feel supported and invested
• Working closely with the BD team to ensure bids are tailored to particular industry sectors
• Looking at systems and processes that will continually drive efficiencies and improve the quality of our bid responses
• Working with the Head of Pursuits to coach the bid team
• Tracking and reporting on bids win/loss data
• Linking in with active pursuits to ensure the right resource is assigned to support pursuits that become live pitch opportunities
• Bringing together best practice and lessons learnt from other bids across the Firm

What we're looking for

This role will suit an experienced Senior Bids Manager, or Bids Manager looking for a step up in their career.

As well as having an interest in Bids, Business Development and Copywriting, the successful candidate will have:

• Proven project management/bid management skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Ability to build relationships quickly with people across the business - often in a time pressured situation
• Ability to question and challenge senior stakeholders and influence them on the bid approach
• Willingness to be involved in hands on tasks and project manage bid processes, including writing and editing content
• A "can do" and positive attitude
• Strong delivery experience within law firms or professional services
• Passionate about people development and working as a collaborative team
• Evidence of consistent senior management & leadership stakeholder management
• Curiosity, creativity and a desire to constantly improves processes
• Active and supportive team member that looks to contribute to a healthy team dynamic

Salary and benefits

We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits

For more information or to apply

We would very much welcome your application using the link provided. Should you have any questions about the role, or would like to find out more about the firm, please contact Dan Jones at dan.jones@osborneclarke.com

About Us

Osborne Clarke is an international legal practice with over 330 Partners and more than 1,260 talented lawyers in 26 locations*. Our sector-based approach enables us to help our clients tackle the issues they are facing today, and prepare for the ones that they will face tomorrow. Advising them both comprehensively and commercially. We love working closely with our clients on new deals, products and solutions which will transform their businesses, markets and even sectors. And our unique approachable culture is not an added extra, it's fundamental to our success.

At Osborne Clarke we value difference and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks - not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality. We value the health and wellbeing of our people and our wide range of initiatives and benefits support this.

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