Bid Manager (Property) – Birmingham or Manchester (Hybrid)

Location: London
Salary: DOE
Salary band: Dependant upon experience
Contract type: Permanent
Date posted: 04/11/2026

Blue Legal is working with a leading UK legal and professional services group, which is recruiting a Bid Manager to join its Bids team in Birmingham or Manchester. You’ll take the lead on bids for the firm’s Property Platform, which brings together its property lawyers and built environment consultants. You’ll project manage formal tenders, proposals and credentials for both regional and national opportunities, helping partners win profitable work.

Day to day, you’ll work closely with the Senior Bids Manager, partners, fee-earners and the wider Marketing and Business Development team, as well as support departments across all offices. You’ll cover legal and consultancy tenders as well as cross-platform proposals. You’ll also join a large, award-winning marketing function with a strong track record of investing in its people, and the firm offers flexible working patterns.

The Responsibilities:

  • Lead tenders and proposals for regional and national opportunities, including legal, consultancy and cross-platform bids.
  • Work with the Senior Bids Manager and wider BD team to guide bid/no-bid decisions, and with fee-earners to develop winning bid strategies and propositions.
  • Research clients and prospective clients to inform bid strategy.
  • Project manage tenders from kick-off to submission, running progress meetings, coordinating pricing and contract reviews, and ensuring full compliance with client and regulatory requirements.
  • Draft, edit and proofread compelling bid content, ensuring all collateral follows brand guidelines.
  • Liaise with IT, HR, Accounts, Facilities and Compliance to ensure all information submitted is accurate.
  • Coach fee-earners to prepare for pitch presentations.
  • Analyse pitch wins and losses, run a proactive debrief process and follow through on bid promises after winning work.
  • Keep the bid content hub and precedent bank up to date, gathering best-practice answers, case studies and sector experience.
  • Identify cross-selling opportunities across the Property Platform and the wider group, and share best practice to continuously improve the firm’s approach to bids.

The Candidate:

  • At least three years’ experience in a bid or tender management role in a B2B environment, ideally within a law firm or professional services.
  • Experience of working on formal tenders.
  • Experience in the property and/or construction sectors would be advantageous.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence.
  • Confidence building and maintaining relationships at a senior level.
  • Fastidious attention to detail, with excellent IT and numeracy skills.
  • Strong organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise their own workload and work well under pressure.
  • A positive, self-motivated approach, taking ownership of tasks while working collaboratively within a team.
  • Knowledge of CRM systems and online research tools; InDesign experience preferred but not essential.

How to apply

Please email your CV and covering letter in the strictest confidence to james.buenaventura@bluelegal.com

Once you have sent your CV, feel free to telephone me on 0207 118 3003.

Please note: Due to the specific sectors we work in, only candidates with valid work experience in a Law Firm, Accountancy Firm, Management Consultancy, Property/Construction Firm, Financial Services Firm or a high-profile relevant Association or Agency will be considered. We regret that our clients will not accept applications outside of these areas.

About Blue Legal

Blue Legal is London’s go-to recruiter for legal BD, marketing and communications. It provides recruitment and executive search to law firms, sets and professional practices. It powers firms across the UK and EMEA from London, the US from New York and Los Angeles, and Africa from Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth). Its black book and knowledge map, built over 20 years, find the leaders who grow firms: CMOs, BD Directors, Heads of BD, and heads of strategy, AI, growth and innovation. It recruits at every level across business development, marketing, bids, pitches, communications, PR, events, AI, technology and CRM, in law firms, chambers, legal services, accountancy, insurance and professional services. It is a founding partner of Stars in Marketing.

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