We’re looking for a high-performing Senior Bid Writer/Manager to lead the development of compelling, strategic tender submissions for complex, high-value opportunities across enterprise and government clients.
Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end bid lifecycle across complex, high-value opportunities, ensuring all submissions are compliant, accurate and delivered on time
- Develop and drive clear win strategies that articulate a strong, differentiated value proposition aligned to client priorities
- Write and oversee the production of high-quality, client-focused submissions, including executive summaries, methodologies and mobilisation plans
- Translate technical capability and operational delivery into commercially compelling, easy-to-understand proposals
- Partner closely with senior stakeholders across sales, operations, finance and technical teams to shape opportunities and secure high-quality inputs
- Support bid/no-bid decisions and pipeline prioritisation in line with growth strategy
- Establish and implement best-practice bid processes, including governance frameworks, review gates, document control and version management
- Build and maintain a structured bid library, templates and content bank to improve efficiency and consistency
What Success Looks Like
- Strong, consistent win rates across targeted opportunities
- High-quality submissions that score well on both technical and presentation criteria
- A scalable, repeatable bid function embedded across the business
- Engaged stakeholders with clear expectations and minimal rework
- Seamless transition from sales to operations on awarded contracts
For any questions relating to this role or other opportunities with D&B and our clients please contact Renee Hamilton on 02 9376 8200 or rhamilton@designandbuild.com.au, or click apply. Your application will be treated as strictly confidential.

