Bid Manager IT Managed Services (UK MSP) Location: Hybrid, UK (Southampton or Abingdon 1 day commutable)
The Company A well-established and growing UK-based IT Managed Service Provider delivering managed infrastructure, cloud, service desk, security, and professional services to a broad public and private sector client base.
The business competes for high-value, complex opportunities, including UK public sector frameworks, and places strong emphasis on quality, compliance, and collaboration in its bid process. The Role Bid Manager (IT Managed Services)
This is a key role within Sales / Business Development, responsible for owning and coordinating high-quality bid and proposal responses across IT Managed Services and transformation projects.
The Bid Specialist manages the full bid lifecycle from opportunity review and bid/no-bid support through to final submission ensuring responses are compelling, accurate, and fully compliant.
Writing and editing clear, persuasive, customer-focused responses across technical, service, commercial, and management sections.
Tailoring standard content (service descriptions, SLAs, transition, security, onboarding) to specific client needs.
Coordinating inputs from Sales, Solutions, Service Delivery, and Commercial teams.
Supporting pricing responses, assumptions, and risk commentary alongside Sales and Finance.
Maintaining and improving a structured bid content library and feeding lessons learned back into future bids.
The role offers exposure to strategic, high-value opportunities and the chance to directly influence win rates and bid quality.
An experienced Bid Specialist or Proposal Manager with a background in IT services, managed services, cloud, or technology environments, who enjoys working at the centre of complex pursuits.
Good commercial awareness and understanding of managed service delivery models.
The ability to translate technical input into clear, benefit-led language for non-technical evaluators.