Engaging Bid Specialist – UK (Hybrid)

Overview

In this role you own Laminar’s bid function end-to-end, from market sounding to submission and lessons learned. You’ll build bid capability across the business and align opportunities with Laminar’s unique selling points. Expect to guide complex responses, collaborate with Subject Matter Experts, and shape winning proposals. This is a mission-driven opportunity to help digitalise construction and enable human flourishing through high-impact bids.

Pay / Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Pension Scheme
• Bonus Scheme
• Professional body membership
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• In-house coaching

Responsibilities

• Write and develop excellent bids by analyzing client needs and ensuring compliant, compelling responses
• Own bid management end-to-end, including initial eligibility assessments, go/no-go papers, and live bid coordination
• Facilitate graphics and diagrams with internal design teams to strengthen submissions
• Drive bid reviews, conduct client debriefs, and implement lessons learned to improve processes
• Maintain bid infrastructure (library, case studies, Confluence docs) and manage resume refresh cycles
• Support wider business development by monitoring procurement portals, market sounding, and PQQ/RFI responses
• Represent Laminar at client clarification sessions and market events; coach colleagues in bid activities
• Utilise PandaDoc for proposal development and production

Key requirements

• Excellent bid writer with a track record of competitive bids in project management, project controls, cost and commercial, or data and digital consultancy
• Ability to interrogate briefs to extract client needs and translate them into compelling, compliant responses
• Experience building or improving bid infrastructure (library, case study repository) and using PandaDoc or similar tools
• Strong communication to challenge directors with evidence and facilitate storyboarding with SMEs
• Self-starter with a history of building processes or tools and driving urgency across multiple bids
• Proven success in winning bids across public and private sectors

• Strong communication and stakeholder management
• Leadership and initiative
• Collaborative and cross-functional collaboration
• PandaDoc
• Claude-powered bid tools
• Confluence-based processes

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