Bid Manager Team Lead

Bid Management Team Lead

Job ID: 36461

Location: Gurugram

Function: Finance

Job Level: S2 Core

Employment Type: Full Time

Why we need this role

The Bid Manager is responsible for leading, coordinating, and delivering high‑quality bid responses within Colt. This role requires strong commercial awareness, excellent project management skills, and the ability to work collaboratively across technical, commercial, and operational teams. The Bid Manager ensures that all proposals are compelling, commercially sound, compliant, and submitted on time

What you will do

General Role responsibilities:

Bid Leadership & Management

• Own and manage the end‑to‑end bid process for telecoms tenders, RFIs, RFPs, and RFQs.
• Develop and manage bid plans, timelines, and deliverables to ensure high‑quality submissions.
• Run bid kick‑off meetings, manage stakeholder expectations, and maintain alignment throughout the process.

Content Development & Proposal Writing

• Produce clear, concise, and persuasive bid content tailored to customer requirements.
• Liaise with subject‑matter experts to gather technical, commercial, and operational input.
• Ensure consistency of messaging, tone, and value proposition across all bid documents.

Commercial & Risk Management

• Work with finance, legal, and commercial teams to shape pricing, terms, and risk assessments.
• Ensure proposals are commercially viable, competitive, and aligned with internal governance processes.
• Support the development of commercial models and pricing submissions.

Governance & Compliance

• Ensure all bids comply with customer requirements, procurement rules, and internal standards.
• Facilitate internal reviews, challenge assumptions, and drive approvals through the required governance stages.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

• Build strong relationships with sales, product, engineering, finance, and delivery teams.
• Ensure all stakeholders are informed of progress, risks, and required actions.

Continuous Improvement

• Maintain a library of approved content, case studies, and proposal templates.
• Conduct post‑bid reviews to capture lessons learned and improve future submissions.

Team Leader

• Lead a small team of bid managers in matrix environment aligned to qualified pipeline demand
• The ability to lead a team in a “player/manager” role

What we're looking for

• Proven experience managing bids within the telecoms industry (e.g., networking, connectivity, unified communications, mobile, managed services).
• Strong project management and organisational abilities.
• Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to create polished, customer‑focused proposals.
• Ability to distil complex technical information into clear, compelling content.
• Confident stakeholder manager with strong influencing skills.
• High attention to detail and the ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines.
• People management experience