Senior Bid Manager

Territory Sales Executive

Analytical Editorial Operations Manager

Technology Sales Director UK

System engineer

Role Description: <ul><li>The Senior Bid Manager will establish and develop a new deal and bid management capability, acting as the central coordinator for complex Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and tenders across EMEA and North America, with support for APAC as required.</li><li>Based in the UK, the role will work closely with Sales, Pricing, Legal, Service Delivery, and other teams across the business to coordinate the end-to-end bid process and ensure the development of high-quality, commercially sound, and deliverable proposals.</li><li>This is an exciting opportunity to shape a new capability and play a key role in how the business approaches and delivers complex deals globally. The Senior Bid</li><li>Manager will bring structure and organisation to a developing function, establishing effective processes, tools, and ways of working while remaining adaptable as the business evolves.</li><li>This is a highly hands-on role requiring a proactive self-starter who can work autonomously while thinking strategically. An AI-first mindset is essential to identify smarter, more efficient ways of working and continuously improve the deal and bid management process.</li></ul> Responsibilities: RFP Orchestration and Qualification <ul><li>Own the RFP intake register and qualification process, assessing scope, probability of winning, and resource capacity.</li><li>Propose resource allocation to senior commercial leadership.</li><li>Develop and manage end-to-end bid plans, including meeting schedules, stage gates, task delegation, and deadline management across all workstreams.</li><li>Organise mandatory RFP strategy kick-off meetings and prepare decision-making packs for each stage gate.</li></ul> Contract and SLA Alignment <ul><li>Build and maintain a global standard contract clause library and deviation register.</li><li>Establish the standard contractual baseline for each RFP and consolidate regional amendments into a single position for negotiation.</li><li>Coordinate Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with Service Delivery teams, ensuring internal approval of operational feasibility before commitments are made to customers.</li><li>Manage contractual terms and SLAs as part of an integrated negotiation process.</li><li>Coordinate with Legal teams on standard contractual terms.</li><li>Refer significant contractual or SLA deviations to Pricing for financial impact assessment.</li><li>Track contract approvals and signatures through to completion.</li></ul> Proposal Excellence <ul><li>Develop compelling solution narratives and executive summaries tailored to the evaluation criteria and target audience.</li><li>Lead internal bid reviews and quality assurance processes.</li><li>Build and maintain a library of standard proposal content, templates, and reusable materials.</li><li>Evaluate and implement AI-powered bid management tools, such as Loopio or similar platforms, to improve proposal quality, consistency, and turnaround times.</li><li>Manage customer portal submissions, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and on-time delivery across relevant time zones.</li></ul> Continuous Improvement <ul><li>Facilitate structured win/loss reviews following each RFP to identify lessons and improvement opportunities.</li><li>Maintain and continuously improve bid processes, standard templates, reusable proposal content, and contractual clause libraries between live bids.</li><li>Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, consistency, and commercial effectiveness through automation and AI-enabled tools.</li></ul> Requirements: Relevant Skills and Experience <ul><li>12+ years of relevant pre-sales, bid management, or related commercial experience, with an AI-first mindset.</li><li>Essential experience in aviation, ground handling, or air cargo handling; knowledge of the Standard Ground Handling Agreement (SGHA) is a strong advantage.</li><li>Proven experience managing complex, multi-workstream bids and tenders against strict external deadlines.</li><li>Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to coordinate teams across regions, functions, and seniority levels without direct authority.</li><li>Strong contract management knowledge and sound commercial judgement.</li><li>Ability to work effectively in ambiguous, evolving environments and establish structure in a developing function.</li><li>Practical experience with bid management and AI tools, such as Loopio or equivalent platforms.</li><li>A proactive, hands-on approach with the ability to take ownership and deliver independently.</li><li>Excellent written communication, proposal development, presentation, and executive-level communication skills.</li></ul> Core Values <ul><li>Safety: Maintaining the highest standards of safety and operational responsibility.</li><li>Customer Focus: Delivering value and creating positive customer experiences.</li><li>Respect: Listening to, understanding, and respecting colleagues and stakeholders.</li><li>Excellence: Pursuing high standards in every aspect of delivery.</li><li>Teamwork: Collaborating effectively and building on the strengths of others.</li></ul>

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Execute the strategy defined by the Strategic Account Executive across assigned regional customer locations and branches.</li><li>Develop and maintain strong relationships with local and regional distributors within the territory.</li><li>Coordinate closely with Enterprise Account Teams to ensure effective coverage of strategic and large enterprise accounts.</li><li>Support and engage key wholesale partners and their branch networks through training, business development, and activation initiatives.</li><li>Deliver product training and technical support across distributor branches and contractor networks.</li><li>Work directly with contractors as key influencers in the sales process, ensuring they are equipped to specify and promote our solutions.</li><li>Implement channel strategies to drive revenue growth and increase market share through distribution partners.</li><li>Negotiate and manage local agreements, pricing structures, and performance metrics with distributors.</li><li>Conduct regular business reviews with partners to track performance and identify growth opportunities.</li><li>Ensure strong alignment and communication between all stakeholders across the value chain.</li><li>Promote client full portfolio, including compressors, controls, electronics, monitoring solutions, and related technologies as part of a complete customer offering.</li><li>Maintain accurate sales activity, pipeline, and account information within Salesforce CRM.</li><li>Travel extensively within the assigned territory to support customers, distributors, and contractors.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Technical qualification, degree, HNC/HND, apprenticeship, or equivalent experience in Refrigeration, HVAC, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.</li><li>Minimum of 5 years experience in technical sales, application engineering, business development, or channel sales.</li><li>Strong technical understanding of HVAC/R systems, including compressors, controls, electronics, and related solutions.</li><li>Proven experience working with distributors, wholesalers, contractors, and installation partners.</li><li>Excellent communication, relationship-building, and stakeholder management skills.</li><li>Strong commercial acumen with the ability to influence and negotiate effectively.</li><li>Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a matrix organization.</li><li>Proficiency in Salesforce or equivalent CRM systems.</li><li>Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel extensively.</li></ul> Preferred Qualifications and Experience: <ul><li>Experience working with enterprise-level customers and complex account structures.</li><li>Previous experience within the HVAC/R, refrigeration, building services, or industrial solutions sectors.</li><li>Exposure to regional or national sales environments.</li><li>Understanding of contractor influence models and specification-driven sales processes.</li><li>Experience delivering technical product training and supporting channel partner development.</li></ul>

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Lead a team of UK-based editors to create, maintain, and deliver exceptional analytical content for Legal and Tax Markets portfolios, as well as for Halsbury’s Laws of England and the Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia of the Laws of Scotland.</li><li>Lead adoption of AI as a core component of editorial workflows, guiding the team to leverage LLMs and AI-enabled tools to drive efficiency, scale, and content innovation; document and iterate prompts, and apply strong editorial judgment to validate, refine, and continuously improve outputs for publication and stakeholder use.</li><li>Set and elevate expectations for team performance and operational success; own, drive and articulate performance KPIs, manage metrics dashboards and production schedules; set and track productivity goals; and take decisive action to ensure content meets quality, timeliness, and completeness targets.</li><li>Support the development of an integrated global team, influencing stakeholders across regions to maximise operational value through shared best practices, tools, and the continuous improvement of digital and print workflows.</li><li>Develop a cross-trained team across UK analytical editorial operations functions, enabling flexibility to respond to changing priorities and workload demands within and across business units.</li><li>Conduct regular coaching sessions, mid-year reviews, and annual evaluations, building a high-performing, accountable team and fostering a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and innovation.</li><li>Collaborate closely with commercial (in-market) stakeholders and Global Operations and Global Tech teams, ensuring editorial operations are aligned to global priorities, customer needs, and product performance.&nbsp;</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Bachelors degree in law preferred.</li><li>Candidate must reside in the United Kingdom.</li><li>6+ years of people management experience required.</li><li>Hands-on experience deploying AI in workflows (content/knowledge domain preferred), translating use cases into scalable operating models with a focus on measuring impact on quality, throughput, and risk.</li><li>Proficient in Microsoft Suite, including Excel and PowerPoint; experience using project management software such as Monday.com or Asana; XML a plus.</li><li>Publishing or content experience preferred.</li><li>Change management experience preferred.</li></ul> Skills: <ul><li>Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills; ability to synthesise relevant information for Global Editorial Operations and commercial leaders and your team.</li><li>Collaborative management style with ability to lead cross-functional, team-based, deadline-intensive strategic initiatives and delivery.</li><li>Business/commercial acumen; data analysis.</li><li>Excellent organization/project planning and time management.</li><li>Strong process-orientation (developing consistent processes, documenting best practices, etc.).</li><li>Experience leading teams through organizational transformation, operating effectively in environments where priorities, processes, and ways of working continue to evolve.</li></ul>

Role Description: <ul><li>ICT has ambitious growth plans for our technology-based propositions and seeks a Technology Sales Director to drive the accomplishment of these plans. In this role, you will actively seek, develop, and close new business opportunities to achieve our technology sales goals in the P&amp;C and Life insurance markets.&nbsp;</li><li>The role holder will be a senior colleague responsible for driving revenue growth in the South-West European division through strategic technology sales pursuits, partnerships, and client engagement.&nbsp;</li></ul> Responsibilities: Your main areas of focus will be:&nbsp; <ul><li>Engage as a market-maker across SWE focussed on large and strategic technology opportunities in which you will work collaboratively with regional, divisional and local teams to help seek, develop, and close new sales pursuits.&nbsp;</li><li>Take accountability for client retention and actively collaborate with client relationship managers.&nbsp;</li><li>Develop and maintain c-suite relationships, especially CTO/CIOs within select technology clients.&nbsp;</li><li>Support and mentor fellow consultants, other technology sales colleagues, and regional proposition teams to help achieve ICT’s overall growth plans within the EMEA region.&nbsp;</li><li>Align technology capabilities with insurer requirements ensuring value and return on investment is maximized for success.&nbsp;</li></ul> Pipeline and Sales:&nbsp; <ul><li>Develop and manage a qualified pipeline through seeking out prospects, calling on potential clients and building upon existing client relationships.&nbsp;</li><li>Collaborate with the senior consultants to leverage existing relationships and technology footprint in the market.&nbsp;</li><li>Identify and conduct initial triage of client needs, and develop ideas for meeting those needs, presenting information on our client capabilities, strategically cross-selling ICT and other our client businesses solutions aligned with client needs and introducing subject matter experts, as required, to win the business.&nbsp;</li><li>Promote our client as a leader in the market with superior industry knowledge, insights, and solutions.&nbsp;</li><li>Design and lead execution of go-to-market sales strategies and campaigns focused on new and existing clients.&nbsp;</li><li>Engage directly with prospects to showcase our client capabilities and provide customized solutions that address their unique challenges.&nbsp;</li><li>Collaborate with marketing and proposition leadership to create sales messages, product collateral, and increase overall market awareness.&nbsp;</li><li>Obtain referral leads from existing clients.&nbsp;</li><li>Identify and pursue cross-selling opportunities.&nbsp;</li><li>Develop new relationships with individuals responsible for making or influencing decisions in areas relevant to our solutions.&nbsp;</li></ul> Client Management:&nbsp; <ul><li>Take accountability for client retention and the development of c-suite relationships with select technology clients&nbsp;</li><li>Maintain consistent/high quality touch points by phone and face to face with prospects and clients.&nbsp;</li><li>Participate in client relationship stewardship and planning meetings.&nbsp;</li><li>Support Client Management teams in identifying and closing opportunities.&nbsp;</li><li>Act as a client relationship manager to select technology clients.&nbsp;</li><li>Foster relationships with client c-suite and decision makers in areas relevant to our solutions.&nbsp;</li></ul> People:&nbsp; <ul><li>Collaborate with other technology sales colleagues with regards to technology sales activities.&nbsp;</li><li>Help to identify and develop/mentor future technology sales talent.&nbsp;</li></ul> Technology Product Development and Strategy:&nbsp; <ul><li>Work with consultants, other technology sales colleagues, and regional and global proposition teams to:&nbsp;</li><li>Identify current and emerging market trends and client needs.&nbsp;</li><li>Provide input into the development of new products or enhancements to current products.&nbsp;</li><li>Contribute to roadmap discussions.&nbsp;</li><li>Identify and suggest potential inorganic opportunities (acquisitions, partnerships).&nbsp;</li><li>Develop /improve or market collateral and sales messaging.&nbsp;</li></ul> Financial metrics:&nbsp; <ul><li>Meet technology annual new business revenue targets&nbsp;</li><li>Provide guidance and participate in sales and revenue forecasting.&nbsp;</li><li>Participate fully in the ICT practice and the achievement of the overall ICT business plan and budget.&nbsp;</li></ul>&nbsp;Requirements:&nbsp; <ul><li>Proven success in senior client management and/or sales roles with revenue targets.&nbsp;</li><li>Minimum of 10 years of industry experience.&nbsp;</li><li>In addition to English, at least one of Italian, Franch or Spanish is required.&nbsp;</li><li>Proven track record of successful pipeline development, delivery of effective sales strategies and reputation as a client-centric sales professional.&nbsp;</li><li>Extensive understanding of and experience in insurance underwriting, actuarial (product development, valuation, financial reporting, modelling, experience studies, assumption setting), risk (including economic capital) and finance functions and related technology&nbsp;</li><li>Ability to learn new technology solutions and demonstrate these solutions to clients at a high level.&nbsp;</li><li>Meticulous and analytical, confident in problem solving and decision making.&nbsp;</li><li>Good team player with ability to influence without authority in a matrix organisation.&nbsp;</li><li>Ambition to help insurers succeed.&nbsp;</li><li>Excellent communication (written, verbal and oral) skills and interpersonal skills and ability to forge relationships at senior levels of organisations.&nbsp;</li><li>Ability to work in a client-centric strategic and decisive manner according to tight deadlines.&nbsp;</li><li>Availability to travel on an as needed basis including client visits, conferences, internal meetings, etc.&nbsp;</li></ul>

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Provide application L1/L2 support and system checks (CPU, disk usage, logs, services)</li><li>Troubleshoot and resolve system and application issues, and provide on-site technical support to ensure timely resolution and minimal disruption to business operations</li><li>Monitor application health and system alerts, escalating issues as needed</li><li>Log incidents and service requests in the ticketing system, ensuring timely resolution</li><li>Coordinate with L3 teams and vendors for issue escalation and follow-up</li><li>Perform routine maintenance tasks, such as application updates, patching, and backups</li><li>Maintain clear documentation of issues, fixes, and procedures</li><li>Participate in system testing, deployment, and post-deployment support activities</li><li>Assist in user access management and configuration </li><li>Requirements:</li><li>Diploma/Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Communications Engineering or equivalent</li><li>Minimum 2 years in application maintenance, support or server infrastructure setup</li><li>Experience participating in Kubernetes cluster projects, with proficiency in using relevant commands to check application logs</li><li>Experience with at least two of the following Virtualization Technology/Platforms: VMware, Xen, KVM, OpenStack, Cloud Stack, Azure Stack</li><li>Experience with cloud orchestration, configuration management and auto-scaling techniques</li><li>Thorough knowledge of networking, routers, switches, and WiFi setup</li><li>Hands on experience in deploying ceph using different file system such as object storage, rbd, cephfs storage</li><li>Good knowledge of storage technologies, such as NAS, SAN, SDS</li><li>Experience with automation tools such as Salt/Chef/Puppet/Ansible</li><li>Experience with load balancing setup for TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS, routings.</li><li>Experience in using software version control</li><li>Knowledge of IT security standards, for instance from CIS or IM8.</li><li>Experience in IT security policy management and enforcing IT security</li><li>Knowledge of computer hardware components and ability to restore faulty servers to working condition.</li><li>Experience in coding or scripting languages such as bash, windows batch script, powershell, perl, python, etc.&nbsp;</li></ul>

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