Mozer is recruiting – Bid Manager – UP TO £50K
23 February 2026
Mozer is looking for a capable Bid Manager to join our small, successful, and growing team, reporting to the Managing Director. You will lead a team and work autonomously to produce high quality bid documents. You will have excellent organisation and time management skills and be able to manage multiple deadlines and competing priorities.
On a day-to-day basis, you will run kick off meetings, project manage and coordinate the bid, write bid content, manage the graphic designer, follow the in-house bid process, network to grow Mozer’s client base, and help to improve our business model.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Working for a small consultancy is very different to working inhouse for a company.
Bid and clients: Not only do we work on different bids each week, but we also work on them for different clients whose priorities we must balance.
Operational structure: We work within a flexible, flat structure with no HR, accounting, or IT departments.
Remote working: We need applying candidates to live in a location that provides easy travel to York, Leeds, Manchester, and London. In this role, you will mainly work from home. You will travel to the York office once a month and, on occasion, you will travel to client offices and networking events.
Business development: You will help to drive the Mozer pipeline by seeking out and building relationships with current and new clients.
KEY RESPONSIBILTIIES
- Qualify the opportunity: Support the client in their evaluation of the opportunity.
- Support the win strategy: Work with the bid team to develop the right solution for competitive advantage. Run kick-off meetings to identify win strategy and project submission details and tasks.
- Project manage the bid: Keep the bid team focused, on message, and on track. Manage the process from kick off to final debrief. Set up and run meetings, structure agendas, brainstorm strategy, and support communicate with the end client. Provide skeleton draft structures, coordinate, and help to write content, review, and comment on draft answers to ensure they fully respond to the questions, restructuring where necessary. Ensure content is concise, persuasive, and easy to read. Brief, liaise with, and manage suppliers for design and print production. Maintain client confidentiality at all times.
- Interview and produce content: Produce structured skeleton templates ready for drafting. Interview technical contributors to produce responses. Review, mark up and edit responses and other bid-related content when needed.
- Facilitate pitch/presentation strategy: Rehearse the bid team, focusing on clear added-value initiatives that drive the right results for the end client.
- Support and develop best practice: Provide tools and templates where necessary to improve client in-house processes and make sure they have everything in place to win (cvs, case studies, templates, training guides, statistics, bid data).
- Capture feedback: Conduct a debrief with the client, meet with/speak to end client to gather feedback to find out why the client won or lost.
- Maintain Mozer’s systems: Work with the Senior Bid Coordinator to manage housekeeping, capture useful content on client bids in preparation for future opportunities, maintain time sheets, bid logs, and tracking for business development.
- Build and maintain relationships: Work independently and with Mozer team members to build and build and maintain good relationships with clients. Attend networking events. Communicate professionally and effectively at all times.
LOCATION & TRAVEL
Location: You will be predominately home-based and required to work from our York hub twice a month to work alongside the Managing Director.
Travel: You will be required to occasionally travel to UK cities for client meetings and networking where Mozer will cover your expenses.
SUPPORT & DEVELOPMENT
The Managing Director will work closely with you to develop your skills and capabilities and support you in your growth within the business. You will be invited to attend Mozer training courses and where beneficial, Mozer will recommend and invest in personal development opportunities. You must be driven to develop your bid skills and keen to establish your career path within the business.
SKILLS
- Ambitious, highly motivated individual
- Extremely well-organised with the ability to multitask and manage several tenders at the same time
- A self-starter and problem-solver who can work under pressure
- Assertive and confident negotiator who can influence senior Directors
- Strong analytical and project management skills
- Exceptional writing skills with high attention to detail
- Excellent people management skills with strong tact and diplomacy
- Good communication skills is essential; you must be comfortable making regular phone calls and message/meet on MS Teams whilst keeping emails structured and short
- Capable networker who is professional
- Strong business awareness
EXPERIENCE
- 4+ years in a bid role and 2+ years as a Bid Manager
- 2+ years in property and construction
- Advanced in Microsoft Office
- Experience of more than one professional organisation or industry is an advantage
- Experience or knowledge of property and design/print production would be advantageous
PACKAGE
- Up to £50k per annum depending on level of experience
- Friday finish (13:00) – adding another 26 days to your annual leave
- Discretionary bonus
- Pension
- Laptop and phone
- 28 days annual leave per annum (including public holidays)
COMPANY SUMMARY
Mozer is a specialist bid consultancy; they support companies that are competitively pitching for new business across any industry.Mozer predominantly work across the UK, and occasionally overseas.
Services
- Training – Improve proposal writing, pitch, and negotiation skills
- Win strategy – Identify winning angles
- Project management – Run the bid from kick off to submission
- Presentation/interview – Prepare, rehearse, and deliver an engaging pitch
- Bid writing – Interview and write clear and persuasive responses
- Fee negotiation – Prevent fee discussions and win on value
- Best practice tools – Put in place winning content on tools, templates, and experience to prepare for future bids
- Feedback – Find out why the bid lost, understand why it won and use this chance to learn more about our client’s competition
- Design and print – Brief and manage designers and printers to produce materials that make content easy to absorb and retain
Offices
Mozer has a virtual office in London and in Manchester. All staff work from home with some requirement to travel. The Managing Director is based in York, but travels frequently to London, Leeds, and Manchester.
Team
The Managing Director (owner) is based in York, a Bid Manager based in Cumbria, a Bid Manager based in Barnsley, and two Associates in London.
Clients
Our clients are mainly based in London, Yorkshire, and Lancashire. We work with iconic international brands as well as small local SMEs. These mainly include developers, architects, engineers, construction companies, surveyors, stakeholder engagement companies, and planners in the property, construction, and development industry.