Proven, technically-minded solution architect / pre-sales professional, capable of dealing at director and C-level and ideally carrying a working knowledge of broad technologies and enterprise architecture (web, on-premise, SaaS, PaaS, Cloud, AWS or Azure). Excellent listening and communication skills, able to distil and action key points identified during conversations.  Read More

A bid manager’s job is to oversee the entire bidding process, right from selecting relevant bids through to managing the team who will be writing them. Bid managers will also contribute to the bid where relevant.

It is essential that a bid manager has a deep understanding of the commercial and operational aspects of a business. This supplies them with the knowledge they need in order to write some parts of the bid and select the best-suited contributors that can enhance the bid with their own knowledge and specific information.

Bid managers also need to understand what the tendering organisation is looking for in order to create a bid that will really prove why your company should be successful in securing the tender project.

All project managers must possess organizational prowess, leadership capability, and communication skills to be successful. When it comes to IT projects, you can add technological knowledge and expertise to the equation. Technical project management is a unique branch of the field that comes with its own challenges and opportunities.

Technical project management is the process of managing IT or IT-related projects. Technical project managers are critical to the conception, development, and execution of these projects. In addition to understanding the technical content of the project, they must handle all the duties normally ascribed to project managers, such as:

• Planning
• Scheduling and timeline maintenance
• Execution
• Managing the budget
• Communication with stakeholders
• Ongoing maintenance