Manager, Proposal Writing; EMEA)

As the largest global shared micromobility business, Lime is on a mission to build a future where transportation is shared, affordable and carbon-free. A Time Magazine 100 Most Influential Company, Lime has powered more than one billion rides in close to 30 countries across five continents, spurring a new generation of clean alternatives to car ownership. Learn more .

Public tenders are how Lime wins and keeps cities: every contract decides where we operate and how we grow. That makes proposals the most important business project at Lime, and the Manager, Proposal Writing sets the standard for how we make our case.

You will write our most important bids yourself, shape the narrative and messaging behind them, and raise the quality of everything the team submits. At this level you lead through expertise: you solve the hardest problems in a bid, set the methods the team follows, and influence decisions well beyond the Proposals team.

You will write bids across Europe and work with Government Affairs, Operations, Product, Policy, Data, design and our policy & content team across countries and time zones. Above all, we want someone who wants to win and is energised by the challenge of each individual project. You won’t be starting from scratch. You’ll join a global team of 30 specialists in strategy, proposals, content, policy and design, with proven playbooks, sharp tooling and a dedicated content team behind you.

Lime is the biggest shared micromobility company in the world, but we still prioritise the spirit, drive, resourcefulness and competitiveness that got us here. We want builders, thinkers and creatives who pull together and figure out how to do it better each and every time.

• Real impact. A strong bid can open or protect a whole market. Your work is our top company priority.
• Ownership. You will set the writing standard and own the processes and tooling the whole team relies on, and see the effect on every bid. You will also have opportunities to manage consultants, mentor and coach colleagues, lead virtual project teams and run improvement and strategic projects.
• Good company. The deadlines are demanding, but the team is one you will enjoy working under pressure with. You’ll collaborate with capable, creative and driven professionals in government affairs, local operations, product, policy, data, design and fellow proposal team members, across countries and time zones.
• Variety. Bids, pursuit planning, strategy and campaign work, and projects to build our knowledge and tools. No two days are the same.
• An entrepreneurial culture. We build as we go: trying ideas, sharing what we learn and improving how we work with every bid. Many of our most innovative features and ideas started in a proposal war room. This is a chance to make your mark on Lime.
• A mission worth working on. We're committed to a future where transportation is shared, affordable and carbon-free, and we live our mission.

• Write clear, persuasive and creative content for our most important RFPs, RFIs, permit applications and other public procurement processes, often to tight deadlines, and own the review and revision cycle
• Develop the themes, narrative and messaging that make Lime the strongest answer for each city, working with our policy & content team, graphic designer, content creators and analysts
• Set the writing standard for the team: review and coach colleagues' drafts, hold the bar for quality, tone and consistency across every submission, and set the method for new types of submission where no template yet exists
• Manage and brief external consultants and agencies, mentor and coach colleagues, lead virtual project teams, and run improvement and strategic projects…