Contract Bid Project Manager
Rochester Based
£67.47 an hour Umbrella Inside IR35
12 Month Contracts
As a Bid Project Manager, you will lead and deliver complex bids and proposals across a range of product lines, operating primarily in the early stages of the project lifecycle. You will run bids as structured, high-impact projects - from opportunity shaping and campaign activity through to contract award and handover into execution.
This is a highly visible role where your work directly contributes to major business wins. You will operate at pace, lead multi-disciplinary teams across a matrix organisation, and apply strong project management discipline to ensure bids are delivered on time, to quality, and in line with commercial and customer objectives.
This role is ideal for an experienced Project Manager who thrives in early-lifecycle environments.
Knowledge:
Proven experience leading complex bids, proposals or early-lifecycle projects from capture through to contract award, ideally within an engineering, aerospace, defence or similarly regulated environment.
Strong project management capability, with experience applying planning, scheduling, risk management, governance and controls.
Experience operating across multiple phases of the lifecycle, particularly campaigns, new Business proposals and early solution development.
Strong commercial and financial awareness, with the ability to balance cost, schedule, risk and value.
Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and engage senior leaders and cross-functional teams.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting to customers and executive stakeholders.
Resilience and confidence operating in high-pressure, time-critical environments.
Skills:
Advanced MS Office skills (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Power BI), plus familiarity with MS Project or similar
For more information please contact Lauren Morley at JAM Recruitment or click apply