Bid Manager in Manchester

Why Valtech?
We\’re the experience innovation company – a trusted partner to the world\’s most recognized brands.
To our people we offer growth opportunities, a values-driven culture, international careers and the chance to shape the future of experience.
The opportunity
At Valtech, you\’ll find an environment designed for continuous learning, meaningful impact, and professional growth.
Whether you\’re pioneering new digital solutions, challenging conventional thinking or building the next generation of customer experiences, your work will help transform industries.
We\’re looking for a Proposal Manager to join our dynamic sales team in the UK.
This is a key role responsible for leading and managing the end-to-end bid process, from qualification through to submission, ensuring high quality, compelling proposals that reflect Valtech\’s expertise, creativity and strategic value.
You\’ll collaborate closely with business development, client partners, subject matter experts and delivery teams across Valtech to craft responses that win new business and strengthen client relationships.
This role is ideally suited to candidates with strong private-sector experience in proposal management.
While experience in public-sector bids can be valuable, this role requires a background focused on private-sector opportunities to best meet our business needs.
Role responsibilities
Own and manage the full bid lifecycle, ensuring all opportunities are well structured and delivered on time.
Coordinate cross functional teams, including sales, strategy, design, technology, data and delivery to gather input and align on win themes and solution narratives.
Develop and maintain high quality proposal content, ensuring messaging is client focused, on brand and aligned with Valtech\’s value proposition.
Lead bid planning and governance, including timelines, responsibilities, reviews and signoffs.
Work closely with the Head of Bid Management in the UK and the wider bid management community to drive continuous improvement in our bid process, tools and best practices.
Support pipeline management and contribute to bid qualification (go/no go decisions).
Maintain the bid content library, ensuring reusability and consistency across proposals.
Contribute to presentation and pitch preparation, helping teams communicate our solutions with clarity and impact.
Must have qualifications
To be considered for this role, you must meet the following essential qualifications:
Proven experience in managing end-to-end deal cycles, ideally within proposal management,