Senior Programme & Bid Manager 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