Bid Manager

At CGI, we empower talented professionals to shape strategic growth and influence major client pursuits. As a Senior Bid Manager, you will play a pivotal role in steering complex bids that drive business expansion in our Business Engineering team within our Government and Justice Business Unit. You will guide teams with clarity, bring structure to high-value opportunities, and deliver compelling, commercially robust submissions that strengthen CGI’s position in the market.

This is your opportunity to take ownership of major pursuits, collaborate with expert colleagues, and introduce creative approaches that elevate our competitive edge, supported by a community that values your leadership and encourages innovation.

Due to the secure nature of the programme, you will need to hold UK Security Clearance or be eligible to go through this clearance. This is a hybrid position.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end bid process, guiding multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality, compliant and commercially compelling submissions.
• Shape win strategies, ensure strong governance, and introduce structured, creative approaches that elevate each proposal.
• Work closely with sales, commercial, finance and delivery colleagues to manage risk, timelines and resources.
• Take ownership of continuous improvement—building best-practice content, refining processes and capturing lessons learned.

Key responsibilities:

• Manage the full bid lifecycle from qualification to submission.
• Lead virtual bid teams and engage stakeholders across sales, finance, legal, commercial and delivery.
• Develop clear win strategies and compelling win themes with Sales leads.
• Monitor and manage risks throughout the bid process.
• Manage incoming bid leads and provide pursuit recommendations.
• Maintain and update best-in-class proposal content.
• Prepare and review commercial elements to ensure accurate and complete pricing.
• Manage bid budgets, track KPIs and report performance.
• Ensure on-time submission of compliant, high-quality bids.
• Plan and coordinate client presentations.
• Drive continuous improvement through internal and client-facing debriefs.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

To succeed in this role, you should bring extensive experience managing complex bids, strong leadership in virtual team environments, excellent communication skills and the ability to balance commercial, technical and strategic considerations. You should be confident managing risk, influencing stakeholders and delivering to tight deadlines.

Essential qualifications:

• Proven experience in Bid Management ideally in the UK Government sector.
• Strong risk management capability.
• Effective stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Experience working with sales teams to define win strategies.

Desired:

• Experience within technology, engineering or professional services bidding environments.