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Overview
Bid managers research and select tenders, analyse requirements, coordinate project and cost input, estimate risks and keep communication with contracting organisations moving toward submission.
In job descriptions, look for tendering, proposal writing, cost management, risk analysis, project plans, live presentations, information sources, customer interface work and resource coordination.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Bid managers sit at the point where tender requirements, delivery plans, costs and risks become a proposal. The role can include selecting opportunities, coordinating input, writing offer material and preparing presentations.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes tendering, cost management, project management, risk analysis, proposal research, information-source handling and presentation skills. Technical bids may also require close work with delivery specialists.
Salary context
Pay context is often linked to bid value, commercial responsibility, risk ownership, deadline pressure, customer-facing presentation duties and whether the role leads a full proposal team.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward senior proposal management, commercial management, sales project leadership, project management, account work or specialist tender roles for technical, public or grant-funded projects.
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Read adverts for the type of tenders, decision authority, writing responsibility, cost input and presentation role. Clear vacancies name whether the role manages the bid or mainly writes proposal sections.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Activities of head offices
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include commercial director, marketing manager and chief marketing officer.
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The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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70.1Activities of head offices
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Occupation group
Sales and marketing managers (1221)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/53a362a4-4c83-4ce2-837f-d1faba4cd247 |
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| ESCO code | 1221.7 |
| ISCO group | 1221 |
| Concept type | Occupation |