Senior Bid Manager and Writer

Overview
At System C, we create software that helps drive 21st century health and social care in the UK. Using leading-edge technology and data, our systems are trusted by hundreds of health and social care organisations, and our work impacts millions of lives every day. What we do matters.Responsibilities
Bid Leadership: Own the strategy, development, and delivery of multi-million-pound NHS/public sector bids.Opportunity Identification: Scan NHS procurement portals and frameworks to identify relevant tenders aligned to business priorities.Content Creation: Write and edit tailored responses, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and alignment with the evaluation criteria.Team Development: Coach and mentor Bid Leads and Coordinators; embed a culture of collaboration, clarity, and high standards.Business Influence: Shape go/no-go decisions, win strategies, pricing narratives, and customer messaging with senior stakeholders.Cross-Functional Alignment: Engage Sales, Legal, Product, Pricing and Execs in coordinated bid responses.Quality and Governance: Lead all process reviews, oversee content QA, and ensure library compliance and knowledge management.Post-Bid Reviews: Analyse outcomes, extract lessons learned and drive continuous improvement.Leads 1-2 complex bids and 1-3 smaller retenders, renewals, pre market engagements or light-touch bids.Deputise for the Strategic Bid Director.Skills
Strategic thinking and leadership under pressureExpertise in public sector/NHS procurement frameworksTeam coaching and developmentHigh-impact proposal writing and storytellingStakeholder influence and negotiationBid analytics, CRM reporting, and pipeline managementExperience
Leading high-value, cross-functional bids (incl. ICS/region-wide NHS solutions)Mentoring team members and embedding process best practiceDriving organisational change through bid feedback and market insightsActing as commercial advisor during early bid qualification stagesRepresenting bids at SMT and leadership forumsSeniority level
Mid-Senior levelEmployment type
Full-timeJob function
Sales and Business DevelopmentIndustries
Hospitals and Health Care
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