Head of Bids

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Head of Bids leading competitive tenders for Masabi’s fare-payment platform serving public transport agencies and operators. Owning pricing, governance, bid operations and team development.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead each bid from qualification through submission and award
  • Partner closely with Business Development and maintain bid quality and deadlines
  • Own pricing and commercial strategy for every bid
  • Run governance to guide opportunity pursuit decisions at each stage
  • Present bid risks and recommendations to senior leadership
  • Coordinate Product, Engineering, Services, Legal and Finance contributions into a unified response
  • Build the bids function, including people, processes, content, tooling and AI capabilities
  • Plan resourcing across live bids
  • Support, coach and develop the bids team
  • Build trusted relationships with colleagues and partners so submissions reflect customer needs

Requirements:

  • Experience helping win high-value, competitive bids
  • Experience leading a bids or proposals team, including the process and governance around it
  • Ability to build and explain pricing strategy, balancing winning against margin
  • Ability to present bid risk to senior leadership, including recommendations to walk away
  • Understanding of sales and procurement
  • Ability to manage several bids simultaneously while maintaining accuracy under tight deadlines
  • Clear communication and ability to bring contributors together across teams, time zones and countries
  • Ability to handle disagreement respectfully and bring debates to decisions
  • AI is part of how you work; experimentation with AI tools and curiosity about their use expected
  • Enjoyment of developing people and providing effective feedback
  • Familiarity with public procurement for technology solutions
  • Experience in public transport, mobility, or another regulated, tender-led sector
  • Additional languages are advantageous given the range of markets
  • Experience introducing or improving bid tooling, content libraries or knowledge management
  • Applicants must be based in the US and hold a current right to work in the US

Benefits:

  • 20 days of vacation per year plus the option to buy an additional 5 days of vacation each year
  • Office closure between Christmas and New Year, totalling 28+ days of vacation
  • Private Healthcare and Life Insurance via Trinet
  • Menopause support
  • Training allowance of up to $1000 per year
  • Choice of a workstation
  • $250 per year to spend on your home office
  • Ability to work for up to 3 months per year from any country in the world
  • Enhanced family leave
  • Fun and collaborative environment with a focus on making a difference in the world