Bid Manager at Hitachi Solutions

London, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

13 May, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

12 Feb, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Bid Management, Bid Development, End-to-End Bid Process, Compliance, Win Theme Development, Microsoft Teams, Planner, Governance, Quality Gates, Bid Writing, Executive Summaries, Value Proposition, SME Interviews, UK Public Sector Procurement, Time Management, Stakeholder Engagement

Industry

IT Services and IT Consulting

Description

Company Description Hitachi Solutions is a core IT Company of the Hitachi Group, which employs over 400,000 people worldwide. Through systems integration, Hitachi Solutions strives to provide business solutions and products to customers in a diverse set of countries and regions including Asia, North America and Europe. The Business Solutions division of Hitachi Solutions’ is a fast growing and leading Microsoft Partner in providing industry-based solutions using Microsoft Dynamics365 and cloud technology. Our teams provide advice and expertise to a diverse range of customers before designing and deploying bespoke ERP, CRM and business intelligence applications that we continue to service and support post go-live. Our people are passionate about technology, whether they are developers with deep technical expertise or more general technology practitioners with business acumen. Job Description About the Role We are seeking a highly organised and proactive Bid Manager to support our European business in delivering high-quality, compliant, and compelling bids across public and private sector opportunities. This role is central to our European growth strategy and will involve leading the end-to-end bid process, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with client expectations and evaluation criteria. In addition to managing the bid process, this role requires a hands-on approach to bid development. The successful candidate will actively contribute to bid content, working alongside subject matter experts to shape win themes and produce high-quality written responses that clearly articulate our value proposition. This role mainly targets UK opportunities but also supports our markets in France and Germany. Mission Win complex, high-value public and private sector deals, through disciplined and compliant bids that score highly. Key Responsibilities Bid Management Lead the full bid lifecycle from opportunity qualification through to submission and post-submission reviews. Develop and manage bid plans, schedules, and resource allocation using collaboration tools (e.g. Microsoft Teams, Planner). Facilitate kick-off meetings, win theme workshops, and regular progress reviews. Coordinate inputs from commercial, delivery, and technical teams, ensuring clarity of roles and responsibilities. Ensure bids are compliant with client requirements, including formatting, structure, and submission protocols. Apply appropriate governance and quality gates (e.g. Pink/Red/Gold reviews), maintain a compliance matrix, and ensure traceability to all requirements. Manage bidder Q&A, risks, issues, and mitigation plans; track status and actions to senior stakeholders. Maintain a central repository of bid documentation, templates, and reusable content. Support continuous improvement by capturing lessons learned and evolving bid processes. Bid Development and Writing Actively contribute to bid writing, including drafting and refining executive summaries, value propositions, and case studies. Translate technical and commercial input into clear, persuasive, evaluator-focused responses aligned to scoring criteria. Conduct SME interviews and desk-based research to strengthen bid content. Own sections of bids where appropriate, taking accountability for quality and timely delivery. Contribute to the development and maintenance of reusable proposal collateral and knowledge libraries. Qualifications 5+ years’ experience in a bid management role, ideally within technology consulting or systems integration. Proven ability to manage multiple bids simultaneously under tight deadlines. Strong understanding of UK public sector procurement processes (e.g. Crown Commercial Service frameworks, competitive tenders). Excellent organisational, written, and verbal communication skills. High attention to detail and commitment to quality. Language: Native-level English (written and spoken). Desirable Skills & Exposure Experience with Microsoft technologies (e.g. Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Azure). Familiarity with digital transformation programmes. Strong bid writing and editing capability. Personal Qualities Confident and professional communicator, comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders. Highly proactive and self-driven, with a pragmatic, hands-on mindset. Comfortable balancing bid leadership with direct contribution to bid outputs. Calm and structured under pressure, with strong time management skills. Outcome-focused, always working from the evaluator’s perspective Additional Information What we offer: Hitachi Solutions offers competitive compensation packages (incl. bonuses), pension and benefits plans. Work/Life balance is an essential part of our culture, and all our employees are home workers, although you will be expected to come into our or customer’s offices regularly. We operate a comprehensive career development programme that includes mentoring and training plans to ensure that you will continue to grow and develop your career at Hitachi. In responding to this application you are explicitly giving your permission under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) & the UK Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA), for Hitachi Solutions Europe Limited to collect your information, store & process it for this role & / or any others that may be suitable now or in the future subject to Hitachi Solutions Europe Limited’s Data Retention Policy. For more information please refer to our Privacy Policy located on http://www.hitachi-solutions.co.uk/. Beware of scams Our recruiting team may communicate with candidates via our @hitachisolutions.com domain email address and/or via our SmartRecruiters (Applicant Tracking System) [email protected] domain email address regarding your application and interview requests. All offers will originate from our @hitachisolutions.com domain email address. If you receive an offer or information from someone purporting to be an employee of Hitachi Solutions from any other domain, it may not be legitimate.

Responsibilities

The Bid Manager will lead the entire bid lifecycle from qualification through submission, ensuring compliance with client requirements and managing progress reviews and resource allocation. This role also requires hands-on bid development, including drafting persuasive written responses and translating technical input into clear value propositions.