Colt provides network, voice and data centre services to thousands of businesses around the world, allowing them to focus on delivering their business goals instead of the underlying infrastructure.

Bid Management Team Lead

Job ID: 36461

Location: Gurugram

Function: Finance

Job Level: S2 Core

Employment Type: Full Time

Why we need this role

The Bid Manager is responsible for leading, coordinating, and delivering high‑quality bid responses within Colt. This role requires strong commercial awareness, excellent project management skills, and the ability to work collaboratively across technical, commercial, and operational teams. The Bid Manager ensures that all proposals are compelling, commercially sound, compliant, and submitted on time

What You Will Do

General Role responsibilities:

Bid Leadership & Management

Own and manage the end‑to‑end bid process for telecoms tenders, RFIs, RFPs, and RFQs.
Develop and manage bid plans, timelines, and deliverables to ensure high‑quality submissions.
Run bid kick‑off meetings, manage stakeholder expectations, and maintain alignment throughout the process.

Content Development & Proposal Writing

Produce clear, concise, and persuasive bid content tailored to customer requirements.
Liaise with subject‑matter experts to gather technical, commercial, and operational input.
Ensure consistency of messaging, tone, and value proposition across all bid documents.

Commercial & Risk Management

Work with finance, legal, and commercial teams to shape pricing, terms, and risk assessments.
Ensure proposals are commercially viable, competitive, and aligned with internal governance processes.
Support the development of commercial models and pricing submissions.

Governance & Compliance

Ensure all bids comply with customer requirements, procurement rules, and internal standards.
Facilitate internal reviews, challenge assumptions, and drive approvals through the required governance stages.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

Build strong relationships with sales, product, engineering, finance, and delivery teams.
Ensure all stakeholders are informed of progress, risks, and required actions.

Continuous Improvement

Maintain a library of approved content, case studies, and proposal templates.
Conduct post‑bid reviews to capture lessons learned and improve future submissions.

Team Leader

Lead a small team of bid managers in matrix environment aligned to qualified pipeline demand
The ability to lead a team in a player/manager role

What We're Looking For

Proven experience managing bids within the telecoms industry (e.g., networking, connectivity, unified communications, mobile, managed services).
Strong project management and organisational abilities.
Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to create polished, customer‑focused proposals.
Ability to distil complex technical information into clear, compelling content.
Confident stakeholder manager with strong influencing skills.
High attention to detail and the ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines.
People management experience

What We Offer You

Looking to make a mark

At Colt, you'll make a difference. Because around here, we empower people. We don't tell you what to do.

Instead, we employ people we trust, who come together across the globe to create intelligent solutions.

Our global teams are full of ambitious, driven people, all working together towards one shared purpose: to put the power of the digital universe in the hands of our customers wherever, whenever and however they want.

We give our people the opportunity to inspire and lead teams, and work on projects that connect people, cities, businesses, and ideas. We want you to help us change the world, for the better.

Diversity and inclusion

Inclusion and valuing diversity of thought and experience are at the heart of our culture here at Colt. From day one, you'll be encouraged to be yourself because we believe that's what helps our people to thrive. We welcome people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, disability, neurodiversity, age, marital status, pregnancy status, or place of birth.

Most Recently We Have

Signed the UN Women Empowerment Principles which guide our Gender Action Plan
Trained 60 (and growing) Colties to be Mental Health First Aiders
Please speak with a member of our recruitment team if you require adjustments to our recruitment process to support you. For more information about our Inclusion and Diversity agenda, visit our DEI pages.

Benefits

Our benefits support you through all parts of life, for both physical and mental health.

Flexible working hours and the option to work from home.
Extensive induction program with experienced mentors and buddies.
Opportunities for further development and educational opportunities.
Global Family Leave Policy.
Employee Assistance Program.
Internal inclusion & diversity employee networks.

A global network

When you join Colt you become part of our global network. We are proud of our colleagues and the stories and experience they bring – take a look at Our People site including our Empowered Women in Tech.

Bid Manager Team Lead