Senior Bid Manager

Join Willmott Dixon, a construction leader with an industry-leading win rate, as a Senior Bid (Proposal) Manager in the North West. This is your opportunity to work on diverse, high-impact projects in a culture that champions collaboration, innovation, and work-life balance.

Why You’ll Love This Role

• Make an Impact: Lead bids across frameworks and a variety of sectors, each unique and challenging.
• Collaborate and Succeed: Inspire multidisciplinary teams to create compelling, customer-focused submissions that stand out.
• Drive Quality and Innovation: Be part of a team renowned for pushing boundaries and delivering standout, high quality submissions.
• Work Smarter, Not Longer: We value preparation and efficiency - out-of-hours work is the exception, not the norm.

Your Role

• Lead Bid Teams: Assemble, motivate, and manage teams to deliver high-quality, on-time submissions, covering the North West, Yorkshire and North East regions.
• Shape Strategies: Develop and communicate winning strategies, ensuring every submission aligns with the plan.
• Write to Win: Create and refine clear, compelling content while enhancing contributions from others.
• Continuous Improvement: Learn from every bid, refining processes to ensure we stay ahead of the competition.

This role focuses on the competitive bid submission stage - once won, projects transition to our preconstruction team.

What We’re Looking For

• Strong leadership skills with experience managing bid teams.
• Experience in delivering winning bids across multiple sectors.
• A team player who thrives in a collaborative, “one team” culture.
• Exceptional bid writing.
• Experience in creating a winning bid strategy and communicating it clearly.
• Knowledge of the construction industry and a passion for delivering excellence.

Location & Flexibility

At Willmott Dixon, we believe in work-life balance, inclusivity, and creating a space where you can thrive.

Based in the Northwest, working flexibly from our Oldham office and home.

Why Willmott Dixon?

We reward our people generously with a competitive salary and a market-leading benefits package that gives you flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities. This includes but is not limited to, an enhanced pension scheme, full private medical, life assurance, incentive bonus and a car scheme which will make us a market leader in sustainable company travel