Senior Bid Manager

Hybrid in Glasgow·Full-time·Added today (last checked 4 Nov)

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Our summary

Salary: £60,000 a year
About £3,780 a month after tax.
Work mode: Hybrid, Glasgow
Contract: Full-time
Experience: Senior level
Holiday: 29 days holiday + bank holidays
Commute: Cycle to work scheme

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What you'll get

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow - is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

Starting salary circa £60,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
Bonus opportunity - 12% (E grade) of annual salary, (actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva's.)
Generous pension scheme e.g. if you put in 8%, Aviva adds 14%
29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it
Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts
Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme
Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer's leave
Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

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The role

Senior Bid Manager - Salary circa £60,000 (depending on location and experience)

Location: Glasgow, Norwich, Perth

This is a great role for someone who enjoys leading complex opportunities from initial engagement through to successful delivery and thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. You'll be confident bringing people together, influencing stakeholders and shaping solutions that balance customer needs, commercial goals and business strategy. This role would suit someone with strong bid, sales, business development or project leadership experience who enjoys solving problems and driving results. If you're naturally curious, organised and motivated by winning new business opportunities, we'd love to hear from you.

A bit about the job

Join our UKI Bid Team and play a key role in securing profitable business growth by leading complex bids, tenders and strategic opportunities across General Insurance and Life Protection. You'll work with colleagues from across Aviva, bringing together virtual teams to shape compelling solutions that deliver value for customers while supporting business objectives. Using your commercial judgement and organisational skills, you'll develop win strategies, coordinate bid activity and help ensure opportunities are positioned for success. You'll also lead governance activity throughout the bid lifecycle, providing clear recommendations, managing risks and supporting informed decision-making. This is a varied and highly visible role that offers the opportunity to influence significant business opportunities while working with senior stakeholders across the organisation.

Skills and experience we're looking for

Experience leading complex bids, business development opportunities, projects or virtual teams across multiple stakeholders is essential.
Strong influencing and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build engagement and manage competing priorities effectively.
Excellent planning, organisational and project management capabilities, with a track record of delivering results to demanding timescales.
Commercial awareness and the ability to shape solutions that balance customer, operational and business needs.
A proactive and curious approach, with strong problem-solving skills and the confidence to challenge constructively when required.

Aviva is for everyone

We're inclusive and welcome everyone - we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don't, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working - spending at least 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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We'd love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, or if you have any queries in relation to the vacancy, please email kitti.majer@aviva.com.

Hiring process

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With a recruiter
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We'll send a test
If you're successful at the first stage, you're invited to the next stage of the process, which could be an online test or interview. If you're unsuccessful, you're told.
You'll come to interview
Aviva agrees an interview date and time. The interview may be a one-to-one meeting or a group assessment; there may be more than one stage to this part of the process.
We'll make an offer
You'll complete screening checks · 1–2 days
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