Head of Bid Costing Management

Head - Bid Costing Management

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling, and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

our future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your financial and costing expertise in a cutting-edge, fast-paced field. You’ll work alongside a collaborative, innovative, and results-driven team of professionals.

You'll play a pivotal role in shaping the financial and commercial success of our project-based bids in the signalling and associated services domain. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (engineering, supply chain management, finance, tax, and legal), lead a team of bid costing professionals, and ensure alignment with organizational and customer requirements, and much more.

You’ll specifically take care of developing and managing all financial and costing aspects of bids, but also ensure compliance with global cost governance frameworks and group costing tools.

We’ll look to you for:

• Leading the bid costing team and associated activities across the full tender lifecycle, ensuring all financial inputs are consistent, validated, and aligned with business strategy and customer requirements.

• Interpreting and integrating RFP conditions related to costing, financial terms, taxes, and commercial clauses into cost structures and bid documentation.

• Consolidating cost estimates from multidisciplinary work packages, including PMO, system engineering, installation, testing & commissioning, logistics, and sourcing.

• Assessing financial impacts of proposed technical or commercial solutions, identifying cost optimization opportunities and risk exposure.

• Translating solution-level cost inputs into detailed price schedules and customer-compliant formats (e.g., unit rate sheets, BOQ-based inputs, and milestone payment breakdowns).

• Simulating cash-flow and cost curves to evaluate project profitability, financing costs, and working capital efficiency.

• Collaborating with Legal, Taxation, and Finance teams to validate contractual payment terms, taxes, and financial guarantees.

• Preparing sensitivity analyses and scenario-based cost simulations for executive decision-making.

• Ensuring bid compliance with global cost governance frameworks, group costing tools, and tender management procedures.

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Commerce/Finance, or Business; advanced qualification preferred (e.g., MBA, Chartered Accountant, or Cost Engineer).

• Experience or understanding of bid costing, commercial tendering, or cost management for large project-based businesses in rail signalling, infrastructure, or industrial automation sectors.

• Knowledge of signalling systems business models, project delivery frameworks, and solution-driven cost implications.

• Familiarity with regional tax legislations, import/export duties, and public procurement frameworks.

• A strong analytical mindset with a focus on scenario analysis, margin risk control, and financial quality.

• Proficiency in cost engineering, tender pricing, risk management, and financial simulators.

• Skilled in managing interdependencies across functional domains (engineering, supply chain management, finance, tax, and legal).

• Strong stakeholder communication and presentation skills to engage with leadership and bid governance boards.

Things you’ll enjoy Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges, and a long-term career free from boring daily routines.

• Work with new security standards for rail signalling.

• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues.

• Contribute to innovative projects that shape the future of mobility.

• Utilise our inclusive and flexible working environment.

• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries.

• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning programs.

• Progress towards leadership roles or specialized expertise in financial and costing domains.

• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognizes your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension).

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.

Experience Level

Executive Level