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Bid Manager – JLL

What this job involves:

As a Bid Manager at JLL, you will drive the creation of compelling, high-quality bid responses and sales collateral that win business and showcase JLL's value proposition across diverse real estate sectors. You will lead a team of bid support specialists, proposal writers, and knowledge management analysts to deliver exceptional RFI/RFP responses, pitch presentations, case studies, and structured content repositories. This role combines strategic content leadership with hands-on proposal writing and team management, directly contributing to JLL's business growth and competitive positioning. You will partner with subject matter experts across business lines and regions to ensure our proposals are compliant, customer-focused, and delivered on time.

What your day-to-day will look like:

• Develop and submit consistently high-quality, compliant, customer-focused bid responses for RFIs/RFPs, proposal presentations, and clarifications within allocated timelines

• Write, edit, and proof-read compelling proposal content with strong themes, logical information flow, and meticulous attention to detail

• Develop, update, and maintain proposal baseline repositories structured by logical taxonomy and content type for easy search and retrieval

• Understand various business sectors applicable for JLL (commercial/workplace, industrial, residential, hotels, and retail) and their respective proposal components

• Conduct research on customers and opportunities, and gather competitive intelligence to inform bid-evaluation processes and responses

• Engage with organizational subject matter experts to gather, understand, and incorporate inputs in a timely manner while keeping baselines constantly updated

• Obtain necessary information across business lines, regions, functional teams, and SMEs to complete JLL presentations and baselines

• Champion proposal best-practice and drive consistency across all documents in accordance with JLL corporate standards and templates

• Enhance visual impact of bid responses and presentations by working with graphic designers to create, edit, proof-read, and review graphics

• Ensure alignment to governance protocols, internal processes, trackers, update calendars, and document control guidelines

• Manage and maintain repositories of business metrics, past bids, case studies, and varied content types on JLL digital systems and platforms (such as Share Point)

• Proactively and promptly respond to requests from teams across the region and follow up to complete tasks

• Manage multiple assignments simultaneously while working both independently and collaboratively with other proposal professionals

Team Utilization and Management:

• Manage a team of varied proposal-related skills and levels, assuming full responsibility for hiring, grooming, training, and conducting regular knowledge-sharing sessions

• Undertake day-to-day work allocation, ensuring team's full utilization, efficiency metrics, timely project closures, and delivery to stakeholders

• Develop and enforce a quality-check framework appropriate for respective workstreams with required checks and balances

• Ensure appropriate stakeholder communication by team members in both written and verbal formats

• Hold crucial conversations and productive feedback discussions, both regular and year-end

• Take accountability for employee engagement and support team members' ambitions while delivering on organizational objectives

• Provide regular reporting on project and team metrics in custom formats meeting stakeholder requirements

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field

• 12-16 years of experience in a professional services firm with demonstrated progression in proposal and bid management

• Minimum 3-4 years of independent proposal writing experience with proven ability to craft compelling, customer-focused business content

• Minimum 6 years of team management experience, including hiring, grooming, and performance management of diverse teams

• Exceptional written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, including formal business writing for senior leadership and client audiences

• Strong understanding of proposal management best practices, content/knowledge management, and digital collaboration platforms

• Proven ability to manage multiple assignments simultaneously, work under tight deadlines, and operate effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of commercial real estate sectors (commercial/workplace, industrial, residential, hotels, and retail) and their respective proposal components

• Familiarity with graphic design principles and their impact on proposal effectiveness

• Experience with governance protocols, document control guidelines, and quality-check frameworks for proposal outputs

• Track record of driving content improvement initiatives, generating novel ideas, and championing proposal best practices

• Demonstrated ability to assess stakeholder expectations, manage crucial conversations, and deliver on mutually agreed objectives across different time zones

• Methodical and problem-solving approach with strong client-servicing orientation and attention to detail

• Flexibility to support critical client submissions during peak hours or after-office hours when required

Location:

On-site –Belen, CRI

If this job description resonates with you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all of the requirements. We’re interested in getting to know you and what you bring to the table!

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