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About the Role

Bank of America's Global Payments Solutions (GPS) business is hiring an experienced Bid Manager to lead complex tenders (RFx) on an end-to-end basis. This critical pre-sales function supports over $450 million in new GPS business annually and focuses on strategic, must-win deals across EMEA.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end bid management lifecycle for must-win and complex GPS deals.
• Author technical tender responses (RFx), proactive proposals, and pitchbooks.
• Facilitate client solutioning to ensure recommendations are considered, consultative, and commercially sound.
• Manage and influence deal team resources and stakeholders to minimize risk, develop solutions, and meet deadlines.
• Coordinate deal team members, including facilitating calls, managing reviews, and producing communications and reporting.
• Monitor progress to ensure adherence to deadlines, action plans, and quality standards.
• Qualify opportunities and drive bid/no-bid decisioning for effective resource allocation.
• Lead deal post-mortems to capture and share lessons learned.
• Provide consultative support on bid management best practices and EMEA cash management.
• Ensure supported deals are accurately and timely tracked within the sales pipeline.

Requirements

• Technical writing, deal assessment, planning, and project/bid management expertise.
• Experience leading cross-regional deal or project teams.
• Advising peers on bid management best practices.
• Proven experience using RFP automation tools, proposal management software, and sales enablement platforms (e.g. Seismic).
• Experience in transaction banking or related enterprise B2B presales environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and clear ownership of outcomes.
• Understanding of needs-based / consultative selling methodologies.
• Solid grasp of document design fundamentals.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills (Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Excel).
• A structured, analytical, and detail-orientated approach.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines while managing multiple priorities.
• Developed commercial acumen and business development expertise.

Skills

• Bid management
• Technical writing
• Deal assessment
• Planning
• Project management
• RFP automation tools
• Proposal management software
• Sales enablement platforms
• Transaction banking
• B2B presales
• Consultative selling
• Document design
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Commercial acumen
• Business development
• EMEA cash management

Location

• London

Work Type

• In-office

Experience Level

• Vice President
• Experienced

Education Level

• Project and/or bid management accreditations beneficial (e.g. APMP, PMP, Prince2)
• Treasury qualifications desirable (e.g. ACT CertICM, AFP CTP)

Benefits

• Private healthcare for you and your family
• Annual health screen
• Competitive pension plan
• Life assurance
• Group income protection cover
• 26-weeks paid maternity leave
• 16-weeks paid paternity leave
• Inclusive family leave arrangements
• 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs
• 20 days of back-up adult care per annum
• Ability to change core benefits
• Option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits
• Access to a wellbeing account
• Travel insurance
• Critical illness cover
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to free counselling through the Employee Assistance Program
• Virtual GP services through private healthcare plan
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support
• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll with bank match
• Opportunity to access Arts & Culture corporate membership program
• Discounted entry to cultural institutions and exhibitions
• Opportunity to give back to your community
• Develop new skills
• Work with new groups of people by volunteering

About the Company

• Bank of America is guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection.
• We drive Responsible Growth and deliver for our clients, teammates, communities, and shareholders.
• We are committed to being a Great Place to Work and fostering a culture of caring and inclusion.
• We value unique perspectives from diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development.
• We offer opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact.

Equal Opportunity

• We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants or physical or mental disability.
• The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.
• We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.