Bid Manager (6 Month FTC)

Location: Hybrid / Redheughs Rigg, Edinburgh EH12 9DQ, UK
job type: Permanent / Full-time
Sector and subsector: IT | Cybersecurity
Salary: Competitive salary

At Quorum Cyber, we're on a mission to help good people win.Founded in Edinburgh in 2016, we're one of the fastest growing cyber security companies in the UK and North America, serving over 400 customers on four continents.

We protect organisations against the rising threat of cyber-attacks, enabling them to thrive in an increasingly unpredictable and inhospitable digital landscape.

As a Microsoft-only security house, a Microsoft Solutions Partner for Security, a member of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA), and winner of the Microsoft Security MSSP of the Year 2025 award, we offer a unified security ecosystem comprised of innovative services, all delivered through our customer platform, Clarity.

In September 2024, Quorum Cyber acquired Canada-based, Microsoft Solutions Partner for Security, Difenda. This was closely followed in December 2024 by the acquisition of US-based, Kivu Consulting, a global cyber security firm with world-leading incident response capabilities.

Role Purpose:

This role oversees and manages tender submissions and proposal content, coordinating stakeholders and supervising bid activity to ensure consistency, competitiveness, and sales team support that drives contract wins and business growth.

What I Do Is:

• Supervise the process for reviewing and summarising tender documents upon release, sending out to key internal stakeholders.
• Supervise the coordination of clarification requests and responses via relevant portals.
• Lead completion of Selection Questionnaires (SQs) and Pre-Qualification Questionnaires (PQQs), liaising with Finance and Compliance as required.
• Manage communication with internal stakeholders to collate tender-specific information.
• Run bid kick-off and review meetings and lead bid/no-bid process.
• Review content for tender submissions ensuring this is completed in a timely manner.
• Proofread, finalise and submit compliant tender submissions via tender portals.
• Develop and drive the continuous improvement of the internal Bid Library containing tender responses, company information, case studies and images.
• Analyse tender feedback to identify areas for improvement or competitive advantages and report back to the Head of Bids and Proposals.
• Manage the creation and library of proposal and presentation content creation process, identifying areas for templated content.
• Identify opportunities for further sales enablement activity.

The Skills I Need Are:

• Experience in writing and managing bids.
• Experience of working in a Cyber Security environment.
• Drive and ability to work both flexibly and autonomously, managing your own workload.
• Ability to think clearly under pressure and work in a rapidly changing environment, often with tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written).
• Great general IT skills: Proficient in MS Office products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project etc) and Loopio.
• A positive, professional, ‘can do’ and results-oriented attitude with the ability to meet operational and customer needs.

I Know I Have Done A Great Job if:

• We’re winning bids and getting great feedback from our customers.
• The sales team feel supported in all bids and sales enablement activity.

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