Senior Programme & Bid Manager
Read on to find out what you will need to succeed in this position, including skills, qualifications, and experience.
Location: UK (with occasional UK & overseas travel)
We're seeking an experienced Senior Programme & Bid Manager to lead and govern a portfolio of complex programmes and bids within a technically demanding environment.
This is a high-impact leadership role, accountable for bid strategy, programme execution, governance, and performance - from opportunity capture through contract award and into in‑life delivery.
What You'll Be Doing
* Leading and inspiring a team of Programme Managers and Bid Managers, creating a high‑performance, accountable delivery culture
* Owning the overall health of the programme and bid portfolio, ensuring alignment with business strategy and customer priorities
* Providing senior leadership and governance across complex, multi‑stakeholder programmes and bids
* Establishing and maintaining robust programme management processes, proportionate to business size and risk
* Overseeing bid strategy, governance, resourcing, approvals, and handover into delivery
* Ensuring strong control of schedule, cost, risk, change, and benefits
* Balancing resources and priorities across live programmes and concurrent bids
* Identifying, managing, and escalating risks, issues, and opportunities
* Preparing and presenting monthly programme status reports to senior leadership
* Supporting commercial activities including cost estimates, budgets, and revenue forecasting
* Driving lessons learned, continuous improvement, and capability development
* Acting as a senior interface with customers, suppliers, and partners
* Leading performance management, succession planning, and talent development
What We’re Looking For
* Proven leadership experience in programme and bid management within complex, multi‑disciplinary environments
* Strong track record of delivering major bids and programmes end‑to‑end
* Deep understanding of matrix organisations and cross‑functional leadership
* Excellent commercial, contractual, governance, and risk management capability
* Confident stakeholder management at senior customer and executive level
* Able to remain credible, decisive, and calm under pressure
* Customer‑focused, commercially aware, collaborative, and influential
Experience & Qualifications
* Strong background in project / programme management, ideally in a defence or regulated engineering environment
* Experience running bids and programmes from conception to delivery
* Exposure to international customers or export contracts
* Ability to manage budgets, forecasts, and financial performance
* Professional qualifications such as APM, MSP, PMP, PRINCE2 (or equivalent)
* Degree or HND in Project Management or related discipline (or equivalent experience)
* APM accreditation an advantage
Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG – The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
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