Bids Manager

This role is about helping our expert Partners to win by delivering unforgettable and persuasive pitches and proposals. You will work alongside our Head of Bids, wider Bids Team, BD professionals, the firm's Partners, and an internal team of other specialists. The team is well established and supports on a wide range of proposals from "routine" service line opportunities through to major FTSE100 panel opportunities. There are established best practices, and the team prides itself on its ethic of continual improvement. The role reports to the Senior Bids Manager and has close working relationships across many areas of the business, including Partners and Senior Managers. While there is no direct line report into this role, the Bids Manager will be required to work with other BD colleagues, and others from around the business, who may be less experienced in bids work but who have a deeper knowledge of the client/client's sector. It is expected that the Manager will feed into other BD teams - Clients, Sectors & Divisions, Marketing, Communications etc. - on key themes being seen in bids and client feedback. DUTIES Working as part of the Bids team the Bids Manager will:

• Challenge on Bid / No Bid decisions, with both quantifiable evidence and knowledge of other decisions for the same / similar clients around the business
• Advise and lead partners and associates through the development of a bid strategy and formulation of a winning proposition
• Project manage the overall bid process, including:
• initial scoping calls
• document development, editorial control, including writing some content
• developing and challenging key messages/propositions
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  Addleshaw Goddard is a premium, international business law firm. Our lawyers help many of the world's best-known brands - including 45 FTSE100 companies - and central government departments to defend their rights, protect their interests and to make the most of business opportunities. We operate from 19 offices in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, and focus heavily on industry sectors such as retail & consumer, transport, real estate, financial services, and the public sector.
In recent years we were recognised by the FT as one of the top 5 most innovative law firms in Europe; we have been named Law firm of the Year 2024, Litigation Law Firm of the Year, Real Estate Law Firm of the Year and Private Equity Firm of the Year in the UK; Corporate & Commercial Firm of the Year in Qatar; Law Firm of the Year in Oman; and have opened new offices in Germany, France, Luxembourg and Ireland. Our core values include delivering MORE IMAGINATION and MORE IMPACT to our client relationships and projects. We are committed to inclusivity and sustainability and have a modern and approachable culture. This role sits within the Marketing and Business Development team, whose focus is on helping our expert Partners and other lawyers to win business and deliver excellent client service. We are ambitious to demonstrate the firm's premium quality and imagination, and so are investing in our bids approach, systems and processes to make people's working lives easier. That has brought with it new opportunities for brilliant bids talent.