Bid Manager

About Xtera

Xtera, Ltd. is an agile company designing products and supplying systems for subsea communications. We offer specialist products for those markets and play a key role in the deployment of systems, either working with established partners or as a lead contractor. Xtera is looking for a Bid Manager to join our expanding team.

Job Description:

Reporting to the Head of Sales, this position is a bid manager for subsea cable systems, including turnkey systems (complete projects with marine services). Candidate will organize and coordinate a cross-functional in-house team (and including extensive use of third-party suppliers and contractors) to create complete and professional responses to bids (tenders, RFPs, RFIs, quotes, informal business development requests), comprised of both technical and commercial content. Accuracy and quality are particularly important. Bids have a response deadline, often aggressive, with multiple bid responses typically happening in parallel.

Xtera is growing significantly year on year, and we are one of only a handful of companies in the world with the capability to deliver long-haul subsea systems. This industry has its origins in the 1850’s but the rapid growth in number and size of data centers world-wide and the rise of artificial intelligence makes this industry an exciting place to be for the foreseeable future.

Requirements:

High level of organization and time management, with ability to multi-task

Ability to function in a flat management structure organization, where staff have a high level of autonomy and are expected to work effectively without day-to-day management (i.e., a self-starter)

Ability to organize and coordinate a cross-functional bid-response team and make the decisions needed to ensure the bids get out on time

High proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including advanced functionality

Proficiency with Word, PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat

Preferably some familiarity with optical transmission systems

Ability to accommodate occasional travel, including international

Technical degree (engineering preferred)

Previous exposure to technical bid preparation (preferred)

Xtera is an equal opportunity employer.