Job title: Bid Manager
Location: Barrow, Sheffield or Filton. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary: £57,200+ depending on experience

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES:

Essential:

• Proven track record of leading and winning complex, high-value bids, driving strategy and execution in competitive, fast-paced environments
• Dynamic and influential leader, skilled at steering cross-functional teams toward shared goals, ensuring every bid is delivered with clarity, cohesion, and excellence
• Commercially astute with deep financial insight, bringing hands-on experience in costing, pricing, and building profitability models that drive smart business decisions
• Well-versed in industry-standard bid methodologies, applying structured approaches to ensure consistency, quality, and compliance throughout the bid process
• Exceptional communicator and presenter, adept at engaging and influencing senior stakeholders and suppliers, building trust and alignment across all levels

Desirable:

• APMP Practitioner or equivalent certificate
• Experience contributing or leading international bid efforts

THE BID PLATFORMS AND SERVICES TEAM:

As our Bid Manager, you’ll play a key role in leading bid activity across our global customer base, spanning a diverse and dynamic portfolio of platforms and programmes. This role offers plenty of variety, challenge, and the opportunity to work on complex, high-impact projects.
As part of BAE Systems Platforms and Services sector, Weapon Systems (UK) designs, develops, manufactures, and supports artillery systems, naval guns, and provides engineering capability to the wider BAE Systems business. Our global reach brings our customers a depth and breadth of expertise that meet critical needs in the air, on land, and at sea. Our mission strives for us to be our customer’s trusted and affordable weapons provider, delivering enhanced effects on target and complete mission solutions. We are looking for innovation, commitment and drive to help define the future of Weapon Systems capabilities.

• Driving and inspiring cross-functional teams to deliver compelling bids from kick-off to submission, ensuring seamless collaboration across the entire bid lifecycle
• Shaping winning strategies and standout value propositions that align perfectly with customer needs and priorities
• Owning the bid process with precision, ensuring full compliance with both customer requirements and internal governance standards