I am currently working with a leading traffic management and highway maintenance company who is seeking a business development and growth manager to join their Northern business unit in this newly created role. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a business where you’ll have the freedom to make a real impact and play a vital part in their growth.

You will come from the built environment (ideally a tier 1 or tier 2 contractor), have excellent relationship building and communication skills and have a proven track record of delivering growth within an organisation. 

This is a remote role with travel across the Northern region (Sheffield up to Newcastle, and across to Merseyside) and you will live within this area. You will be a visible presence across the company offices, client sites and potential customer sites. The salary is £60,000 – £70,000 depending on experience, £6,000 car allowance and up to 15% bonus (based on company and personal targets).

Duties and responsibilities

– Lead growth across the North through business retention and new business acquisition
– Achieve profitable growth through focus on Key Account Management and Priority Growth Customers
– Provide leadership across the region to coordinate pipeline and key account management activity, working with other BDM’s and the Regional Management Teams
– Establish win work best practice across the region creating a strong win work community
– Play an active part in bids, both quality-based tenders and commercial bids
– Involved in identifying, prioritising and winning local opportunities across the region
– Ensure winning bid strategies are in pace for selected opportunities
– Support the tender process for opportunities, both in quality and from a commercial perspective
– Use customer feedback and partake in regular win/loss reviews to celebrate success or ensure that lessons learnt are embedded. Use this approach to help drive continuous improvement in the region
– Actively engaged in implementing the regional business retention and new business acquisition plans. Undertake customer satisfaction and drive NPS reporting
– Assess opportunities to identify key customers and key target areas to develop a broad and appropriately balanced client base linked to the regional strategy
– Ensure regular feedback from operations is sought that can be used to develop the regional strategy for wining work and growth
– Coach and develop the teams within the region, engaging and motivating them to achieve and be highly productive, allowing multiple relevant individuals in the region to proactively win work
– Be a point of contact for the region for expert advice on sales and bidding excellence and technical skills
 

How to apply
To apply for this role or to find out more information, please send a CV to Hayley Wood.  

If you are seeking a career move but this position is not right for you please browse the other vacancies on our website. We are specialists in Bid Recruitment, Marketing Recruitment and Business Development Recruitment and have a range of posts available. We also welcome speculative applications.

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Key Responsibilities

• Lead end‑to‑end bid management across multiple social/affordable housing new‑build opportunities.
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• Develop compelling, compliant bid responses aligned to client requirements and scoring criteria.
• Manage bid programmes, deadlines, governance, and internal reviews.
• Support storyboarding and win‑theme development to strengthen competitive positioning.

Experience Required

• Proven Bid Manager experience within Tier One or major main contracting.
• Strong background in social/affordable housing – specifically new‑build construction.
• Ability to hit the ground running on live bids with minimal onboarding.
• Excellent writing, coordination, and stakeholder management skills.

Contract Details

• 8‑week contract with potential extension.
• Remote working
• Competitive day rate aligned to experience.
• March start (potential to be brought forward)

If you’re an experienced Bid Manager with a track record in social housing new‑build I would love to hear from you.

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What You’ll Be Doing

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What You’ll Need

• Proven Bid Writing experience within Tier One or major main contracting.
• Strong background in social/affordable housing – specifically new‑build construction.
• Ability to produce polished content quickly with minimal direction.
• Excellent writing, editing, and communication skills.

Contract Snapshot

• 8‑week contract with potential extension.
• Remote working.
• Competitive day rate aligned to experience.

• March start (potential to be brought forward)

If you’re an experienced Bid Writer with a track record in social housing new‑build I would love to hear from you.