Bid Manager, Business

Job details

Job title:

Bid Manager. Type:
Full-time, Permanent.

Location:

UK, flexible home, office, or hybrid working. UK offices:
Edinburgh, Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester and London.

Please note that to be considered for this role, you must be based within 30 miles of one of our UK offices.

This is a rare opportunity to own and shape public-sector bidding at hedgehog lab.

You’ll lead bids from qualification through to submission, working across frameworks such as G-Cloud, DOS, TS4 and RM1043.

Tender requirements will be translated into clear, structured response plans. You’ll bring together input from product, design, engineering, data and commercial teams.

You’ll manage timelines, compliance and quality assurance, ensuring submissions meet CCS and government procurement standards.

You’ll develop winning themes and value propositions aligned to government priorities and buying behaviour.

Alongside live bids, you’ll shape how bidding works long term. You’ll define processes, templates and review stages, introduce tools and workflows, and build a reusable bid library of public-sector language, case studies and evidence.

You’ll also support public-sector sales operations in Hub Spot, keeping pipeline data clean, tracking opportunities and supporting reporting.

You’ll be the first dedicated public-sector bid hire at hedgehog lab.

That brings genuine ownership from day one. There’s no inherited process to work around. You’ll build the bid function in a way that makes sense.

Your impact will be visible. Bids you lead will directly influence pipeline, revenue and growth in a priority vertical.

You’ll work closely with the Director of Public Sector, shaping pursuit strategy, go or no-go decisions and framework positioning.

As the public-sector capability grows, your role will grow with it, bringing increased influence and progression.

You’ll join a collaborative consultancy where product, delivery, design and sales teams work closely together.

hedgehog lab designs and builds digital products and services for organisations solving complex problems, including public-sector bodies.

You’ll be trusted as a specialist. Your input will shape decisions, not just documentation.

5 Impact Days per year for learning, volunteering or innovation

Flexible working environment

Annual wellbeing budget plus two days of wellbeing leave

Mental health support

A company supplied Apple Mac

• Proven experience managing bids within the UK public sector
• Strong knowledge of CCS frameworks such as G-Cloud, DOS or TS4
• Excellent organisation and stakeholder coordination skills
• Strong attention to detail, with a clear focus on compliance and governance
• Experience supporting sales activity through a CRM
• Comfortable working autonomously and building processes

• Experience bidding for digital or technology services
• Understanding of GDS and government digital standards
• Experience building bid libraries or bid functions

If you want ownership, influence and the chance to build something meaningful from the ground up, this role offers exactly that. Apply now and help drive hedgehog lab’s public-sector growth. To be considered for this role, you must be based within 30 miles of one of our UK offices:
Edinburgh, Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester or London.