Senior Bid Manager

About Us

At Agile, we believe in the power of data to transform lives, and those our customers serve, and are dedicated to unlocking the full potential of data for our clients. We offer comprehensive services across various industries, including Data Strategy, Governance, Data Platform Engineering, Visualisation, Analytics, and Insights. Our goal is to deliver tangible business benefits by helping our clients manage, monetise, and leverage their data effectively. As a trusted partner of Microsoft, Informatica, AWS, and Snowflake, we're poised for growth.

We’re dedicated to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. We believe that diversity drives innovation and fosters creativity. We actively promote diversity and inclusion through our hiring practices, employee development initiatives, and company culture. We are committed to providing equal opportunities for all employees, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, ability, or background.

This is an opportunity to join at a key stage in our growth, where you can shape how we win business, influence strategy, and see the direct impact of your work on the company’s success.

About The Role

We are looking for a Senior Bid Manager who combines strategic thinking with a strong delivery focus. You will lead and deliver public and private sector bids, shaping bid strategy, drafting and elevating the overall quality of every submission.

You will work across multiple opportunities, collaborating with technical, commercial, and delivery teams to produce compelling, high-impact bids and proposals. A key focus will be on public sector opportunities, where you will help position Agile for continued success across frameworks and strategic programmes.

Your Responsibilities

• Lead Agile’s bid management function reporting into Director for Public Sector.
• Support wider presales activities, contributing to early-stage opportunity shaping, solution positioning, and client engagement.
• Own and deliver bids end-to-end, from qualification through to submission and post-bid review.
• Develop clear bid strategies aligned to client needs and business objectives.
• Shape and write high-quality, persuasive proposal content, particularly for critical and complex sections.
• Lead cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, timely submissions.
• Translate complex technical and commercial inputs into clear, client-focused messaging.
• Manage multiple concurrent bids, ensuring deadlines, governance, and quality standards are met.
• Ensure submissions are compliant, competitive, and clearly differentiated.
• Analyse bid outcomes and continuously improve win rates and bid quality.
• Evolve the bid function, including processes, tools, templates, and the adoption of AI-driven solutions, to improve efficiency, quality, and consistency.

What Success looks like

• Winning strategic and high-value bids.
• Improving bid win rates and overall conversion performance.
• Consistently delivering high-quality, well-structured, and compelling proposals.
• Strengthening Agile’s position across public sector frameworks and opportunities.
• Raising the standard of bid capability across the business.

About You

• Proven track record of securing complex, high-value bids.
• Strong experience in both writing and managing bids, with the ability to produce high-quality content under pressure in short turnaround time.
• Understanding of public sector procurement processes and evaluation criteria.
• Ability to operate strategically while remaining hands-on in delivery.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organisational and stakeholder management capability.
• Commercial awareness and understanding of what drives winning bids.

Essential

• Experience in digital consultancy industry.
• Working in UK public sector frameworks (e.g. G-Cloud, Digital Outcomes & Specialists, Technology Services 4).
• Developing tailored solutions unique to every bid and proposal differing Agile from competitors.

It would be desirable if you would have...

• Experience in data, AI, analytics, or digital consultancy services.
• Experience in developing proposals involving licensed technology solutions (e.g. Informatica, Semarchy), ensuring accurate positioning, pricing alignment, and clear articulation of value.
• Familiarity with UK public sector frameworks (e.g. G-Cloud, Digital Outcomes & Specialists, Technology Services 4).
• APMP certification or equivalent.
• Experience working on small to medium (£1m+) public sector bids.
• Experience working with partners or consortiums.

What You Will Get in Return

Annual Leave: 25 days + Bank Holidays

Expenses: Reimbursement for travel and subsistence

Lifestyle / Personal Benefits:

• Company pension contributions
• Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice
• Private Medical Insurance
• Health Cash Plan
• My Gym Discounts
• Death in Service (4 x basic salary)
• Employee recognition with Amazon vouchers
• Subsidised employee parking (MK Office)
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay

Culture and other Benefits:

• Career Progression, training, and development
• Supportive and passionate colleagues
• Social Solutions (supporting health and wellbeing)
• Flexibility in working hours/pattern
• Positive company brand, image, and reputation
• Welcoming office premises in MK

If you are interested, please apply and someone from our recruitment team will be in touch!