Bid Manager

Company Description

Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor. We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders. We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income. Our global asset management business provides our clients and partners with complex, responsible investment solutions, working internationally across public and private markets.

Who we are

We are one of Europe’s largest asset managers and a major global investor across public and private markets. Asset Management is a critical driver of our Group strategy. The business aims to work synergistically with our Institutional Retirement and Retail divisions to benefit our clients and customers, and deliver enhanced shareholder returns. Our investment philosophy and processes are focused on creating value over the long term. We believe that incorporating financially material sustainability criteria, when relevant to our clients, can create value and drive positive change.

Job Description

We are looking for dynamic and detail-oriented Bid Manager to join the DC Bid team. This key role involves managing proposals for new and existing clients, ensuring submissions are compelling, accurate, and timely. The candidate will handle follow-up questions, support pitches and site visits, and manage other new business processes. Along with the core accountabilities, Bid Managers are expected to contribute to projects for the continuous improvement of the Bid Management Team. This is a 14-month fixed term contract.

What you’ll be doing:

• Managing the end‑to‑end development and execution of proposals for new and existing clients, including responding to follow‑up queries and completing EBC and publication surveys
• Reviewing and quality‑assuring team outputs to ensure key messages clearly articulate the value of the proposition
• Partnering with the Content Manager to maintain and enhance the central content repository and standard proposal materials, including conducting post‑RFP reviews and implementing updates
• Supporting pitch teams in preparing for client presentations and site visits to ensure consistent, high‑quality delivery
• Handling and implementing client pricing requests, including managing follow‑ups with non‑strategic accounts
• Overseeing the team mailbox and responding promptly to general enquiries while maintaining service standards
• Driving continuous improvement by contributing to process‑enhancement initiatives, developing new materials to address content gaps, strengthening internal and external relationships, deepening product knowledge, and tracking industry and technology developments to assess business impact
• Ensuring customers receive clear, appropriate information on all relevant products discussed, implementing the distribution strategy for the target market, monitoring sales alignment, and identifying and escalating any activity outside the defined target market

Who we’re looking for:

• High levels of proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to create compelling communications
• Ability to build and maintain good working relationships across the business and external stakeholders
• Ability to critique and give constructive feedback on the work of colleagues
• A working knowledge of industry trends and market competitors
• Ability to work well and thrive under pressure with high level of resilience
• Experience of either pensions administration, investment management and or RFP/bid writing is preferable

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
• Generous pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
• Competitive family leave
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
• There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
• We’re creating net‑zero carbon workplaces by 2030 by investing in our sustainable, modern offices across the UK, all designed to bring people together and elevate the in‑person experience

Additional Information

At L&G, we believe it's possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all. If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views, and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel. We care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part-time, term-time and job shares. Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand, we accommodate requests when we can. It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.