Regional Bid Director

AECOM
London
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Executive & General ManagementSkills: ["Communication","Facilitation","Stakeholder management","Team leadership","Coaching","Client-focused strategy","Commercial awareness"]

Lead and win AECOM’s most strategic, high-value regional bids across the UK, directing complex pursuits from opportunity qualification through contract award. Act as pursuit lead and project director during bid phases: establish governance, manage multi-workstream delivery programmes, coordinate resources, and drive client-focused strategies and proposal development. Build integrated, high-performing bid teams, oversee a portfolio of strategic opportunities, and collaborate with senior business leaders and client accounts to secure major wins.

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Regional Bid Director

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Job Summary

Lead and win AECOM’s most strategic, high-value regional bids across the UK, directing complex pursuits from opportunity qualification through contract award. Act as pursuit lead and project director during bid phases: establish governance, manage multi-workstream delivery programmes, coordinate resources, and drive client-focused strategies and proposal development. Build integrated, high-performing bid teams, oversee a portfolio of strategic opportunities, and collaborate with senior business leaders and client accounts to secure major wins.
Location: London
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead and oversee the delivery of major pursuits across the region, accountable for overall pursuit delivery and winning outcomes.
  • •Operate as project director during bid phases, establishing governance, managing delivery programmes, coordinating resources, and driving planning and executive engagement.
  • •Build and lead integrated pursuit teams across technical experts, account leaders, operational teams, commercial specialists, legal advisers, and bid professionals.
  • •Manage a portfolio of strategic opportunities by aligning resources and investment to priority pursuits and supporting qualification, prioritisation, and go/no go decisions.
  • •Lead, coach, and develop major pursuits professionals; promote excellence in pursuit/proposal leadership and drive innovation, best practices, and AI-enabled approaches to improve win rates.

Key Requirements

  • •A proven track record of leading and winning large, complex pursuits and major programmes.
  • •Significant experience leading multidisciplinary teams through demanding bid and pursuit environments.
  • •Strong programme and project leadership skills to coordinate multiple workstreams, stakeholders, and deadlines.
  • •Experience developing pursuit strategies, managing executive engagement, and leading high-quality proposal development.
  • •Commercial awareness and the ability to influence investment, prioritisation, and resource allocation decisions.
Experience:InfrastructureTransportationBuildingsWaterEnergyEnvironmentDefenceProfessional services
Skills:CommunicationFacilitationStakeholder managementTeam leadershipCoachingClient-focused strategyCommercial awareness
Languages:English

Company Brief

AECOM
AECOM is a global infrastructure firm providing design, consulting, construction, and management services across transportation, buildings, water, environment, and energy sectors, delivering large-scale projects for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.
Industry: Civil Engineering
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Los Angeles, United States
Founded: 1990
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