Strategic Bid Manager

Strategic Bid Manager

Hybrid – Milton Keynes (1 day per week, expenses covered)

Up to £65,000 + Bonus

Urgent Appointment | Major NHS Bid Programme Launching June

I’m working exclusively with a growing healthcare services organisation at a pivotal point in its NHS growth journey. This is a genuinely exciting opportunity as they build an entirely new bid function from the ground up to shape how future NHS bids are built. This role will be integral in ensuring submissions are not just competitive, but operationally credible, commercially viable, and grounded in real-world service delivery

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This is not a “process admin” bid rol

e.
This is a high-impact opportunity for an experienced NHS bid leader to take full ownership of bid strategy, shape how the business competes, and build a more sophisticated, resilient approach to winning NHS contrac

ts.
The business needs someone who understands how NHS commissioners think, what drives scoring decisions, and how to build submissions that are genuinely winnable. You’ll be the person who bridges the gap between operational capability and commissioner expectat

ion.
What you’l

l own✔ End-to-end ownership of complex NHS bid programmes from qualification through to submi

ssion✔ Defining bid strategy, win themes, positioning and differenti

ation✔ Leading bid/no-bid decision making to focus effort on high-quality, commercially viable opportun

ities✔ Translating commissioner priorities into compelling submission str

ategy✔ Coordinating internal stakeholders and external bid writing resource to deliver exceptional ou

tputs✔ Running post-bid debriefs and embedding continuous improvement into future submis

sions✔ Building scalable bid processes, governance and templates to eliminate historic single-point-of-failure

risk
What we’re looki

ng forEsse

ntial:✅ Proven experience leading complex NHS bids end-

to-end✅ Strong understanding of NHS commissioning, contracting, scoring and evaluation fram

eworks✅ Experience within primary care commissioning, NHS contracting, procurement, or transformation enviro

nments✅ Strong strategic thinking with commercial delivery

focus✅ Able to influence and challenge senior stakeholders confi

dently✅ Highly organised with exceptional attention to detail under pr

essure
Highly des

irable:➕ Experience shaping strategic positioning against NHS comp

etitors➕ Horizon scanning / pipeline development cap

ability➕ Ability to combine both strategic and hands-on bid lea

dership
Why this role is d

ifferentThis role will help build a fit-for-purpose bid function with real strategic capability, one that doesn’t just submit bids, but wins the right contracts profitably and sustainably. You’ll work directly with senior leadership and have genuine influence over how NHS growth is de