GEDON Executive is partnering with a leadingHigh Performance Engineeringfirm in the search for a strategic and dynamicBid Managerto join their team inDublin, Ireland. This critical role is centered around leading the "work winning" function, driving strategic thinking, and managing the entire bid lifecycle for complex, high-value engineering, consultancy, and construction services solutions.This position is ideal for a proven work-winner ready to influence strategy and execution, with a competitive salary ranging from€100,000 to €120,000.Key ResponsibilitiesBid Leadership & Strategy: Lead and coordinate the "Work winning" team to develop and deliver top-quality, commercially compelling bids. Influence the team's approach by developing and driving the 'win-strategy' thinking across all stages of the bid lifecycle.Bid Production Management: Directly manage the question and response process, including allocating questions, chasing responses, writing original content, and meticulously editing and improving key narratives. Contribute substantially to the final proposal across written content and presentation.Process & Governance: Introduce and implement all necessary bid procedures, governance, and processes. Manage the bidding pipeline to ensure maximum time is available for each bid opportunity.Collaboration & Stakeholder Management: Drive, evaluate, and manage input from subject-matter experts and stakeholders across all levels and functions. Encourage cross-company collaboration by building strong relationships across regions/sectors.Knowledge Management: Be responsible for establishing and maintaining the firm's repository of best-practice evidence and knowledge-management data to continuously improve future bids.Research & Review: Undertake substantial company and industry research to write authoritative and persuasive narratives. Arrange and undertake thorough post-bid reviews .Continuous Improvement: Contribute to the continuous development of the estimation department, working closely with the Estimation Manager and team.Mentorship & Culture: Provide mentorship and support to junior and mid-career colleagues, promoting positive behaviours within the team.Candidate RequirementsSector Expertise: An excellent understanding of the mechanical, process industrial services, and specialist engineering industry is crucial, with particular experience in the pharma, biotech, advanced manufacturing, semi-conductors, food and beverage, and data-centre markets .Bid Management Experience: Strong bid management experience with a proven ability to win work in a bidding and estimating environment.Strategic & Commercial Acumen: Experience in developing and implementing bid-winning strategies. Possesses an excellent eye for detail with outstanding commercial skills and acumen, able to provide valuable input into opportunity qualification, win strategies, and commercial discussions.Organizational Skills: Highly organized, meticulous, and able to work under pressure to hit strict deadlines, possessing a "can-do" attitude.Soft Skills: Comfortable engaging with people at all levels (internal and external clients), able to work effectively with multiple internal stakeholders (including marketing and business development), and prepared to go the extra mile to get the job done and wonQualifications: Relevant engineering qualifications are highly beneficial .The GEDON AdvantageGEDON Executive specializes in connecting top-tier talent with strategic leadership roles in the engineering and construction sectors. We are committed to finding a Bid Manager who can immediately drive significant commercial success for our client within the highly technical Irish and European markets.