Bid Team Manager in London

Char.gy is a leading charge point provider and operator for electric vehicles in the UK, managing over 4,300 public charge points. We are committed to providing reliable, convenient and affordable charging infrastructure that is accessible to all, particularly the 40% of UK households without private driveways that rely on public charging.

We believe our employees are the electric spark igniting our success. We are dedicated to our culture, ensuring that every individual feels charged up and empowered to accelerate their career, which is why we have been recognised as a "Great Place to Work" and a "Living Wage Employer". Together, we are shaping the future as society's preferred EV charging network.

Position Overview

This is a player–manager role, with responsibility for leading the bid function and personally managing high-value, complex bids. The Bid Team Manager will lead and continuously improve Char.gy's bid capability, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, compliant, and compelling submissions that support the company's growth in the public and private sectors. This role combines people leadership, governance, and hands‐on bid oversight in a fast‐growing EV infrastructure business.

Key Responsibilities

• People & Capability Management: Line manage and develop the bid team, providing clear leadership, coaching, and performance management to foster a collaborative, high‐performing environment.
• Bid Management: Ensure all qualified bids have a clear Bid Plan, are actively managed and updated throughout the lifecycle, and are closed out with appropriate submission and governance updates.
• Proposal Management & Content Quality Assurance: Ensure all bids and proposals are strategically aligned, compliant, and compelling. Drive cross‐functional teams to support content development and ensure submissions reflect customer requirements and a clear winning strategy.
• Bid Governance & Reporting: Ensure all bid governance milestones are planned and delivered with relevant stakeholders. Maintain an accurate bid dashboard showing the live status of all opportunities.
• Bid Process Improvement & Tools: Own and continuously improve the end‐to‐end bid process, ensuring compliance with bid requirements and robust audit trails. Develop tools and processes to improve bid efficiency and quality.
• Cross‐functional Collaboration: Engage and coordinate with internal stakeholders and subject matter experts, ensuring timely contribution and clear approval of bid content.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Certifications: Practical experience applying APMP best practices and certification is desirable.
• Experience: Experience (circa 5+ years) in bid, proposal, or project management, including line management responsibility, ideally within public sector or infrastructure‐led environments. Demonstrated ability to develop and implement efficient, scalable processes.
• Skills: Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management, organisational, and project management skills, with the ability to work effectively across cross‐functional teams and external partners.

What do we offer?

Being committed to our employees means we offer more than just a competitive salary:

• Our commitment to diversity, inclusion and sustainability is embedded in what we do and how we act as a company.
• We believe we do our best work when we are connected which is why we allow our employees to work from home up to 2 days a week.
• 25 days off to go on holiday and recharge your batteries!
• Celebrate having a child with enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave packages.
• By joining a dynamic environment like ours - you can learn, develop and grow your career – because you are in the driving seat!
• We cover your premium for a fully comprehensive private medical insurance with BUPA.
• We cover your premium for a fully comprehensive private level 2 dental insurance with BUPA.
• We offer season ticket loan via our portal "Let's Commute" to help employees to spread the cost of their travel ticket through monthly deductions from their salaries.
• We understand that life can sometimes throw unexpected challenges in your way and if our employees are unable to work for an extended period due to illness, Unum covers 75% of your salary for up to three years.
• 10 personal fulfilment days to mix and match between having a "Life Admin", "Emergency", "Birthday Off" or "Personal Development".
• We provide you with Life Assurance benefit at 4 times your salary!
• Call our employee assistance programme when you need someone to talk to via UNUM.

Please note: you must have valid right to work in the UK, we unfortunately cannot provide sponsorship.