12 Nov
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Convergint Australia
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Australia
12 Nov
Convergint Australia
Australia
Build a career where values meet worldwide opportunity. Job Description: Convergint is looking for an enthusiastic Bid Manager to join our amazing culture. The Bid Manager plays a key role in leading the end-to-end management of bids across Oceania, with a primary focus on electronic security and technology solutions.
Who We Are
With 20-years of proven growth and exceptional performance, our mission is to be our customer’s best service provider. We realise the importance of diversity in achieving that goal. Our company was built upon a solid foundation of 10 Values and Beliefs which drive our unmatched culture, making us the #1 global, serviced-based systems integrator in the industry. We take great pride in protecting the lives and assets of our customers and their communities with the solutions we provide.
Who You Are
You are collaborative, proactive and accountable, with solid bid leadership, planning and prioritisation skills. You can influence senior stakeholders, coordinate multiple teams and manage competing deadlines while maintaining a strong focus on compliance, commercial integrity and quality.
What you’ll do with “Our Training and Your Experience”
This is a bid management role focused on leading the end-to-end management of major proposals, RFx responses and contract submissions. You will be responsible for coordinating Sales, technical, operational and commercial contributors to deliver persuasive, compliant and approved submissions on time, while protecting margins, managing risks and improving bid processes and outcomes.
- Lead bid/no-bid assessments with Sales and relevant leaders,
considering customer fit, capacity, win probability, delivery capability and commercial risk
- Coordinate bid kick-offs and establish response strategies, scope, deliverables, responsibilities, resource requirements, milestones and review gates
- Manage multiple concurrent bids through live plans, action registers and decision logs, resolving dependencies and escalating missed commitments or resource constraints
- Coordinate Sales, Bid Writers, Pre-Sales Engineering, Estimating, Operations, Service, Finance and Legal throughout the bid process
- Work with Sales to translate customer priorities and evaluation criteria into win themes and clear response briefs
- Review submissions to ensure persuasive value, supporting evidence and consistency with approved solutions and commercial positions
- Manage bid compliance matrices, mandatory returnables, clarification processes and submission requirements
- Facilitate review gates and maintain auditable records of decisions, approvals, departures and document versions
- Ensure bids and commercial submissions comply with company policies, delegations of authority, probity requirements, Australian Standards (AS/NZS) and relevant regulatory and security industry obligations
- Coordinate pricing,
estimates, contract and risk reviews with relevant stakeholders
- Confirm alignment of scope, assumptions, exclusions, pricing schedules, delivery commitments and approved contract positions
- Lead structured reviews and ensure technical, commercial and editorial checks are completed before submission
- Control final submission release and timely lodgement, maintaining approved submission and receipt records
- Coordinate post-submission responses and handover of awarded scope, assumptions, exclusions, commitments and risks to delivery teams
- Conduct bid debriefs and track timeliness, compliance, review completion, bid effort and win/loss outcomes
- Maintain templates, content libraries and bid records, and coach colleagues in effective bid practices
- Use approved Convergint systems and AI tools, validating outputs and protecting customer, commercial and security-sensitive information
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as requested or required
What you’ll need
- Strong bid leadership, planning and prioritisation skills across multiple concurrent deadlines
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders and coordinate teams without relying on direct authority
- Commercial judgement to challenge assumptions, recognise risks and secure timely specialist review and approval
- Excellent communication and proposal review skills, with the ability to connect technical solutions to customer outcomes
- Strong compliance, document control and attention to detail, with sound judgement under deadline pressure
📌 Bid Manager (Australia)
🏢 Convergint Australia
📍 Australia