Job title: Bid Manager
Type: Full-time, Permanent
Location: UK, flexible home, office, or hybrid working
UK offices: Edinburgh, Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester and London
Start date: Monday 4th May

Please note that to be considered for this role, you must be based within 30 miles of one of our UK offices.

What you’ll do

This is a rare opportunity to own and shape public-sector bidding at hedgehog lab.

You’ll lead bids from opportunity identification and qualification through to submission, working across frameworks such as G-Cloud, DOS, TS4 and RM1043.

Tender requirements will be translated into clear, structured responses. You’ll work closely with product, design, engineering, data and commercial teams to gather input and develop high-quality written submissions.

You’ll manage timelines, compliance and document quality, ensuring responses meet CCS and government procurement requirements.

You’ll contribute to win themes and value propositions, ensuring responses clearly demonstrate capability, evidence and public-sector value.

Alongside live bids, you’ll help bring structure to how bidding works. You’ll introduce processes, templates and review stages, improve workflows, and build a reusable bid library of public-sector language, case studies and evidence.

You’ll also support light sales operations in HubSpot, tracking opportunities, updating pipeline activity and helping maintain visibility across bids, frameworks and pursuits.

What this role gives you

You’ll be the first dedicated public-sector bid hire at hedgehog lab.

That means real ownership from day one. The public-sector capability is still developing, so you’ll play a key role in shaping how bidding is approached, managed and improved.

Your work will directly support growth in a strategic vertical. The bids you lead will influence pipeline, new client wins and long-term expansion in government.

You’ll work closely with the Director of Public Sector on opportunity qualification, pursuit strategy, framework positioning and bid priorities.

As the public-sector business grows, the role will evolve with it, offering increasing influence over process, tooling and the wider bid capability.

Who you’ll work with

You’ll be the first dedicated public-sector bid hire at hedgehog lab.

That means real ownership from day one. The public-sector capability is still developing, so you’ll play a key role in shaping how bidding is approached, managed and improved.

Your work will directly support growth in a strategic vertical. The bids you lead will influence pipeline, new client wins and long-term expansion in government.

You’ll work closely with the Director of Public Sector on opportunity qualification, pursuit strategy, framework positioning and bid priorities.

As the public-sector business grows, the role will evolve with it, offering increasing influence over process, tooling and the wider bid capability.

What you get in return

• 28 days holiday plus bank holidays

• 5 Impact Days per year for learning, volunteering or innovation

• Flexible working environment

• Annual wellbeing budget plus two days of wellbeing leave

• Mental health support

• A company supplied Apple Mac
  

What we’re looking for – essential

• Proven experience leading bids within the UK public sector

• Strong knowledge of CCS frameworks such as G-Cloud, DOS or TS4

• Strong bid writing skills, with the ability to turn SME input into clear, persuasive responses

• Strong organisational and stakeholder coordination skills

• Excellent attention to detail, with a clear focus on compliance and submission quality

• Comfortable working autonomously and helping introduce structure and process
  

What we’re looking for – nice to have

• Experience bidding for digital, software or technology services

• Understanding of GDS and government digital standards

• Experience working in a consultancy, digital agency or SME environment

• APMP qualification

• Experience developing bid libraries, templates or bid processes
  

Ready to apply?

If you want ownership, influence and the chance to build something meaningful from the ground up, this role offers exactly that.

Apply now and help drive hedgehog lab’s public-sector growth.

To be considered for this role, you must be based within 30 miles of one of our UK offices: Edinburgh, Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester or London.