Bid Manager

Salary: competitive depending upon experience + benefits

Where the job is based: hybrid (home-based & working with Kerv Digital office/customer site visits as required) UK HQ, Seven House, 18 High Street, Longbridge, B31 2UQ

Who we are: Dive into a world where technology meets innovation. At Kerv Digital, we're not just another tech company. We’re the problem solvers, the magicians who transform complex challenges into seamless digital experiences. Utilising a powerful blend of Power Platform, DevOps, Data experiences, and Software Engineering, we create business solutions that truly resonate with our clients while driving extreme value!

The role / Who we are looking for: The Bid Manager will organise and coordinate bid production, content capture, and commercial modelling to create compelling proposals. This role is crucial in driving business acquisition and retention.

Skills & Experience:

• Experience in the consulting industry (ideally within technology consulting space)
• Led the written and editorial side of bids: authoring content, and editing and re-writing responses from stakeholders into something clear, coherent and compelling
• Communicate requirements, deadlines, and expectations to stakeholders and the bid team.
• Re-write and edit proposal responses from various stakeholders, ensuring clarity and coherence.
• Drive qualification and win strategy: bid/no-bid calls, win themes, competitive positioning
• Used lessons learned and win-rate analysis to drive continuous improvement across the function

Desirable: familiarity with public sector frameworks and procurement (DOS, G-Cloud, Tech Services and such.)

Personal attributes:

• Strong organisational and project management skills - comfortable owning the cadence: kick-offs, review gates, rehearsals, submission
• Excellent written communication skills with meticulous attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritise effectively, work to demanding timelines and multiple concurrent bids.
• Confident in Word and Teams, and curious about how AI can make the bid workflow faster and better
• Sound commercial understanding with profit and loss and risk management skills.

What we can do for you:

• Real Flexibility – we’re a family first organisation, a healthy approach for most of our teams seems to be splitting three ways between home, customer sites and the office.
• Awesome Environment – all of our employees will tell you that we foster an easy going environment, are experts at what we do and care deeply about what we work on.
• Interesting Work – these days most of our customers are household names and many of our projects have an important impact on the world around us.
• Great Benefits – all the usual suspects and then some. Some highlights include our choose-your-own tech approach to end-user devices, well stocked cupboards with tasty goodies, excellent professional development support including frequent in-house training for tech, and private healthcare.
• Recognition & Growth – Recognized as a 'Great Place to Work' in both the UK and India, our commitment to excellence goes beyond our products and services.

Kerv values…

• Think Customer First
• Team is everything
• Spread good vibes
• Build future
• Do the right thing

At Kerv, we’re building something special and we’re building it to last. We want everybody to feel valued, included and love working together.