Bid Manager, Pacific (12-month Fixed Term Contract)

Requisition identifier 202605150

Location Auckland, New Zealand Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Employment type Full time

Description

The role

We are seeking a Bid Manager on a 12-month contract to lead the coordination, development, and delivery of high-quality proposals, tenders, and client presentations across WTW's business.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing the end-to-end proposal lifecycle for strategic pursuits, tenders, RFPs, EOIs and panel submissions.

• Partnering with business leaders and subject matter experts to develop winning strategies that clearly articulate WTW's value proposition and differentiators.

• Facilitating bid kick-off meetings, governance reviews, pursuit planning sessions and submission milestones.

• Reviewing tender requirements and developing response strategies that maximise compliance, competitiveness and client relevance.

• Writing, editing and refining proposal content to ensure clarity, consistency, accuracy and alignment with WTW brand guidelines.

• Translating complex technical, risk and consulting solutions into clear, compelling and client-focused messaging.

• Coordinating contributions from stakeholders across multiple business segments, functions and geographies.

• Managing proposal timelines, deliverables and risk mitigation activities to ensure on-time submission.

• Supporting the development of client presentations, pitch materials and finalist presentations.

• Leveraging proposal management tools, knowledge libraries and best-practice processes to drive efficiency and content quality.

• Analyzing bid outcomes and stakeholder feedback to identify opportunities for continuous improvement and increased win rates.

• Contributing to the ongoing enhancement of proposal methodologies, content frameworks, AI-enabled tools and pursuit best practices across the business.

Qualifications

The Requirements

We're interested in professionals who combine outstanding project management skills with strong commercial awareness, exceptional writing capability and a collaborative approach. Please note that this role is a 12-month fixed-term assignment supporting maternity leave coverage.

You will ideally bring:

• Proven experience in bid management, proposal management, tender management or pursuit management within insurance, professional services, consulting, financial services or a similarly complex environment.

• Demonstrated success managing multiple concurrent proposals and meeting demanding deadlines.

• Strong business writing, editing and storytelling skills, with the ability to create persuasive and client-focused content.

• Excellent stakeholder management skills and the confidence to engage effectively with senior leaders and technical experts.

• Advanced project management and organizational capabilities.

• Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality and accuracy.

• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams and managing competing priorities.

• Proficiency across Microsoft Office, particularly Word, PowerPoint and Excel.

• Experience using proposal management platforms such as Loopio, Responsive (formerly RFPIO), Qvidian, Ombud or similar systems is highly regarded.

• Experience incorporating data visualisation, graphics and presentation design into submissions is advantageous.

• Curiosity, initiative and a continuous improvement mindset.

• Tertiary qualifications in Business, Communications, Marketing, Journalism or a related discipline are advantageous.

At WTW, we believe that a culture of inclusion and diversity is critical to our business. It's not a separate initiative – rather it’s fundamental to everything we do. We are an equal-opportunity employer who is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and embrace diversity including gender, nationality, disability, age, marital/parental status, ethnicity, gender identity and sexual orientation. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds.

In the spirit of reconciliation Willis Towers Watson acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

We’re committed to equal employment opportunity and provide application, interview and workplace adjustments and accommodations to all applicants. If you foresee any barriers, from the application process through to joining WTW, please email candidate.helpdesk@willistowerswatson.com