Regional Bid Team Lead

Our Bid Team Leads oversee the deployment, development and recruitment of win professionals across the offices in their region as we support technical colleagues in securing new projects which enable Ridge to grow.

Although based in a local office, the individual will lead a team of bid managers, coordinators and writers that supports opportunities across their geographic region. They will also be an integral part of a likeminded community through which we share best practice, define common ways of working, and drive improvement across the UK. Candidates will role model best practice to their team as they take a hands‑on role on our key proposals - working with client-facing teams to develop winning strategies for their pipeline, managing the bidding process throughout the tender window, and contributing to the writing of compelling and convincing responses.

Ridge is a growing built environment consultancy that helps clients create better, more sustainable places for people to live, learn, work and play. We are committed to delivering outstanding service and providing our people with the support, opportunities and environment they need to thrive.

You will report to the Director of Pursuits with day‑to‑day accountability as:

The individual will provide day‑to‑day line management, resource planning, on‑the‑job coaching and personal development to their team:

• Maintains and recruits a blend of bid‑focussed resources that meet forward pipeline demand
• Establishes and leads bid team line management – creating a suitable hierarchy as appropriate
• Identifies and implements development plans and coaching within their team (including appraisal reviews)
• Undertakes bid team resource planning – a sustainable plan for the right people on the right bids
• Leads weekly, monthly and quarterly calls to communicate plans across individuals in their team
• Works with Pursuits Director and other Regional Bid Team Leads to coordinate UK‑wide bid effort
• Instils the right culture to support, direct and motivate their bid team

Based on an objective understanding of demand and priorities (both long‑term future opportunities and short‑term live proposals), the individual will agree where and how their bid team will (or will not) support:

• Works with leaders to create, maintain and champion regional pipeline visibility – single version truth
• Supports regional leaders and the Director of Pursuits in holding data‑driven pipeline conversations
• Acts as the conduit for ad‑hoc requests for bid support from office, sector and discipline leads
• Chairs ‘go / no go’ bid meetings with appropriate leaders – seeing there is independent challenge
• Uses a regional view to identify priorities and appropriate ‘service level’ support from the bid team
• Supports the Director of Pursuits with updates on pipeline strength, milestones and performance
• Acts as a focus for best practice, sharing and learning – champions the big picture across the region

The individual will take hands‑on leadership (eg bid management) and / or provide value adding contributions (eg review of draft responses) on our key proposals during both advance capture planning and live bid stages.

• Acts as Bid Manager - leading the end‑to‑end process to develop, prepare and submit our key bids:
  • Facilitates pre‑bid activities to research clients, competitors and markets to support bid strategy
  • Actively participates in early ‘go…