Bids Executive

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Manage bid production, coordinate contributors and deliver complete, high-quality responses by deadline.
• Shape bid strategy, identify key themes and messages, and advise on effective approaches.
• Write and edit proposals and supporting materials for written submissions and interview stages.
• Engage with clients during scoping and debriefs; work with Bid Managers on complex opportunities.
• Produce capability statements, proposals and bespoke marketing collateral.
• Use business-development tools to identify and collate relevant material.
• Manage pre-qualification and vendor registration, including opportunity assessment and stakeholder coordination.
• Support presentation rehearsals and own presentation materials.
• Maintain and improve content, guides and standard materials in the automated content library.
• Report and analyze bid activity and contribute to process and best-practice improvements.

What you’ll bring

• Experience managing bids and advising on approach and strategy; Middle East experience is ideal.
• Experience writing and editing persuasive client-facing copy.
• Ability to guide stakeholders through the bidding process and balance multiple bids and deadlines.
• Experience coaching presentation teams and supporting rehearsals.
• Creative problem-solving and strong project, time-management and communication skills.
• Fluency in English; written and spoken Arabic is an advantage.
• Strong document-production skills, particularly Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.
• Legal or other professional-services experience is preferred; bidding experience from other industries is welcome.
• Collaborative, proactive, organized, detail-oriented and resilient, with confidence building trust with senior stakeholders.

Working hours

• Standard hours are 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, with flexibility required depending on business needs.

Career and culture

• The firm describes structured development, meaningful work, support for career progression and a collaborative, inclusive culture.

Recruitment process

• The process typically has two interview stages; the first is usually virtual and the second usually in person at the role’s office, with flexibility depending on role or candidate needs.