Bid Manager

Thales
Lyon, Grenoble
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Data Analytics & Business IntelligenceEducation: mastersSkills: ["Communication","Rigor","Autonomy","Synthesis","Writing"]

Produce winning commercial proposals by piloting the full bid response cycle for energy, industry, services, and finance transformation projects. Partner with the sales organization in upstream phases (offer presentation and opportunity qualification), analyze client needs for decision support, and coordinate the response team across finance, technical, legal, procurement, partners, and subcontractors. Lead or contribute to proposal drafting depending on bid size.

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Thales
Thales
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Bid Manager

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Job Summary

Produce winning commercial proposals by piloting the full bid response cycle for energy, industry, services, and finance transformation projects. Partner with the sales organization in upstream phases (offer presentation and opportunity qualification), analyze client needs for decision support, and coordinate the response team across finance, technical, legal, procurement, partners, and subcontractors. Lead or contribute to proposal drafting depending on bid size.
Location: Lyon, Grenoble
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Work with clients and prospects to deliver winning commercial proposals and manage the full bid response cycle for RFPs.
  • •Support upstream sales activities: present offers, qualify opportunities, and provide decision-support inputs based on client needs.
  • •Apply bid management processes and best practices to ensure compliant, high-quality responses.
  • •Coordinate bid contributors across finance, technical, legal, procurement, partners, and subcontractors like an orchestra.
  • •Lead the bid team or participate in drafting the proposal depending on the offer size.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Learning Budget

Key Requirements

  • •Master’s degree (Bac+5).
  • •First successful experience in pre-sales for IT services.
  • •Comfort with IT technologies and software development projects.
  • •Experience contributing to responses for major strategic projects.
  • •Strong communication, synthesis, and writing skills, with autonomy and rigor.
Experience:IT services
Education:Master's
Skills:CommunicationRigorAutonomySynthesisWriting
Tech Stack:ITSoftware development

Company Brief

Thales
Designs and delivers advanced systems and services for aerospace, defence, security, and digital identity and cybersecurity markets, serving government and commercial customers worldwide.
Industry: Defense Technology
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Paris, France
Founded: 2000
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