Senior Bid Writer

The Role

IPA is a high-growth part of Cognizant’s IOA business, with UK public sector growing at 30%+ CAGR. We need an experienced bid writer and solution expert to turn public sector tender and questions into clear, compelling, high-scoring responses. You will work closely with the pursuit lead, solution architects, delivery and pricing teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Write/Author and edit tender responses, including executive summaries, technical and quality answers, and commercial proposals, for UK public sector bids. Storyboarding is key.
• Interpret ITTs and RFPs, scoring criteria and client needs, and solution/shape win themes and compliant, evidence-based answers
• Working with solution architects, delivery leads and onshore/offshore teams to gather inputs and turn them into persuasive content
• Support deal solutioning/shaping and pricing narrative with the pursuit lead
• Manage bid timelines, reviews (pink/red team) and final quality control
• Build and maintain a library of reusable, high-quality content and case studies

Essential Experience

• Extensive experience in bid writing and solution development, ideally for IT, automation or consulting services
• Proven record of winning UK public sector bids (central government, NHS, or similar)
• Strong understanding of public sector procurement, long sales cycles, frameworks and compliance requirements (e.g. Procurement Act, social value)
• Excellent written English, able to make complex technical content clear for senior decision-makers
• Comfortable working independently under tight deadlines and handling multiple bids

Desirable

• Familiarity with automation and Agentic technologies (Microsoft, UiPath, AWS)
• Experience writing C-level presentations and supporting orals or presentations
• Degree, MBA or APMP certification