Senior Proposals Manager

Willmott Dixon Group • Permanent • Remote (Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom) • 30min ago

Senior Proposals Manager

We are currently looking to recruit a Senior Proposals Manager to join our Midlands construction business, based in Birmingham. This will be a hybrid role with a mix of remote and office-based working. Being an experienced Senior Proposals Manager, you will oversee our proposals and ensure the team is preparing high-quality bids that delight our customers.

We are committed to really understanding our customer's needs, then developing sustainable solutions that are clearly articulated in customer-focussed, world-class submissions. You will partner with preconstruction managers, bid managers and subject matter experts to create winning strategies for our varied bids and proposals across a range of sectors, including Education, Leisure, Commercial, Healthcare, Defence, and Blue Light.

The team collaborates to produce creative, well thought out content, and you will be able to create "the golden thread" and craft well written, engaging content to "wow" our customers and ultimately win projects. You will likely be comfortable representing our business and presenting your proposals to our customer when its needed.

Responsibilities

Your main responsibilities will include:

Support and oversee the proposals process in all aspects of the submission including identifying and assembling the people needed to produce and win the bid.
Produce high-quality qualitative submissions on time and within budget.
Effectively collaborate, coordinate and lead proposal team contributor's input.
Work collaboratively with bid team and subject matter experts to identify and formulate proposal plan, schedule, and win strategies.
Coordinate team inputs and lead answer review sessions.
Manage the production of accurate, well-presented documentation for PQQ's and tenders.
Support the resolution of proposal development issues while overseeing production of proposal deliverables.
Provide and implement creative ideas and initiatives into proposals, actioning any lessons learned.
Assess technical and complex requirements, control, and shape the proposals.
Contribute to the preparation of customer presentations to ensure they are customer and people focussed.
Check progress and support team members.

Essential and Desirable Criteria

Essential

Proven experience and success in a proposals or bid management role within the construction industry.
Exceptional project management skills and ability to work with a large number of teams at once.
Understanding of different proposals processes.

Desirable

Experience leading or supporting with proposals for private-sector customers or developers in the construction industry.
Have or working towards a Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) qualification
APMP membership and accreditation.
InDesign/Photoshop experience.

Additional Information

Willmott Dixon embraces diversity in the workplace and will consider flexible and agile working.

We are a disability confident employer.

In return we reward our people generously with a competitive package that gives you flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities. This includes but is not limited to, an enhanced pension scheme, full private medical, life assurance, incentive bonus and a car scheme which will make us a market leader in sustainable company travel. Applicable roles will benefit from a motoring expenditure allowance (MEA) and everyone can access a new generation of low carbon and electric cars via the Willmott Dixon run car leasing scheme.

About Us

With over 170 years of rich history, Willmott Dixon's purpose is beyond profit; delivering brilliant buildings, transforming lives, strengthening communities and enhancing the environment so our world is fit for future generations. Ensuring that we add lasting value to the neighbourhoods we work in; our values, people, innovation, partnerships and focus on sustainability has allowed us to build a successful and solid privately owned business where our people can thrive.

Willmott Dixon was recognised by The Sunday Times as one of the Top 10 "Big" Companies to Work For in 2025, named among the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality in 2024, and ranked in the Top Five of Europe's 1,000 best workplaces by the Financial Times in 2025. Willmott Dixon is also the first major contractor and developer to win a King's Award for Enterprise in the category of sustainable development.

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