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You know that a great bid isn't just a well-written document - it's a narrative built on insight, shaped around an evaluator's priorities, and differentiated from the first paragraph. You're comfortable making the call on bid/no-bid decisions, challenging scope when it isn't commercially sound, and holding yourself accountable for the outcome. Whether your background is public sector frameworks, enterprise RFPs, or both, you bring the rigour, credibility, and independent judgement this role demands.\nWhat you’ll be doing (in a nutshell):\nIn our Bids & Frameworks team, you'll own the full bid lifecycle across both public and private sector - from opportunity qualification through to submission, presentation and contract award. You'll hold a primary sector focus, but the expectation is that you can operate credibly across both. This is a senior, autonomous role: you're setting the strategy, not just executing it.\nDay-to-day you can expect to:\nDefine win themes and set the strategic direction for each bid before production begins - not after\n\nLead bid/no-bid decisions and present well-reasoned recommendations to the Head of Bids & Frameworks\n\nWrite, structure, and edit high-quality responses across all evaluation criteria, producing content that's specific, commercially compelling, and clearly differentiated\n\nManage submission timelines across multiple concurrent bids at different stages, escalating capacity risks before they become problems\n\nLead post-submission activity including clarification responses, client presentations, and negotiation support through to contract award\n\nOwn the debrief process - secure feedback, document lessons, and translate them into measurable improvements\n\nBuild and maintain pipeline visibility across your primary sector, flagging upcoming opportunities and cross-sector dependencies\n\nEngage confidently with senior stakeholders across commercial, sales, product, legal, and finance - including at CEO and Director level - to extract the insight and evidence needed to win\n\nContribute to a shared library of reusable, high-quality bid content, keeping it current and fit for purpose\n\nFor public sector bids: ensure full compliance with PCR 2015, the Procurement Act 2023, and relevant framework requirements\n\nFor private sector bids: interpret RFP requirements with commercial rigour and collaborate with sales on pricing strategy\n\nTo be successful, you'll have:\nA proven track record of independently managing and winning complex bids - public sector frameworks, call-off contracts, enterprise RFPs, or structured procurement exercises\n\nThe ability to develop win narratives and lead bid strategy from first principles, not just coordinate content\n\nExceptional written communication: clear, evaluator-focused, and free of the generic template-speak that loses bids\n\nStrong commercial acumen, including awareness of pricing strategy, risk, and ROI framing\n\nThe confidence to operate at CEO and Director level - both internally and with client organisations - and to hold contributors to deadlines\n\nAwareness of both public and private sector procurement landscapes; deep specialism in one, with transferable capability in the other\n\nWorking knowledge of AI tools and prompt engineering as applied to bid management\n\nBonus points if you bring:\nAPMP Foundation or Practitioner qualification\n\nExperience working across both public and private sector bid environments\n\nExperience building and curating a bid content library that demonstrably improves submission speed and quality over time\n\nWhy Perkbox?\nPerkbox is the employee experience platform built to care for, connect with, and celebrate employees in all areas of life.\nWith more than 20 years of experience across public, private, SME and corporate sectors, we support nearly 4 million employees across 7,500 organisations in the UK and Australia. From the NHS to leading private sector businesses, our platform brings together benefits, wellbeing, and recognition in one place people actually use.\nFrom access to expert mental health services to help with the cost of everyday essentials, our range of benefits and wellbeing tools meets people where they are, at work and beyond.\nWe're redefining what employee benefits can be. And we're just getting started.\nThe Interview Process\nOur interview process involves 4 main stages:\nApplication\n\nShort call with a member of the TA team\n\n30-minute video call with Hiring Manager and one other team member\n\nFinal Interview and task with two members of the team\n\nOur average process takes around 2-3 weeks, but we will always work around your availability. You will have the chance to speak to our recruitment team at various points during your process. 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