Bid Lead (NHS Healthcare)

Location: London (Shoreditch), hybrid with three days per week in the office; core hours are 10am–4pm.

Salary: £70,000–£90,000 per year plus share options of up to £30,000.

Company

hirify.global builds a digital healthcare platform used by 98% of GP practices to support joined-up patient care and healthcare productivity.

What you will do

• Lead primary care bids from early capture and qualification through submission, presentations and post-award handover.
• Shape opportunities before release by working with opportunity owners and regional teams to understand NHS and ICB priorities.
• Make go/no-go decisions and develop win strategies aligned with customer needs, NHS priorities, company strategy and commercial objectives.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, plans, governance, risks, deadlines and stakeholder communication across multiple complex bids.
• Set win themes, key messages and supporting evidence while leading quality reviews of compliant, commercially sound responses.
• Build a reusable primary care bid strategy and improve frameworks, content and processes using feedback from wins and losses and thoughtful use of AI.

Requirements

• APMP Foundation certification or above, or equivalent proven bid expertise, with extensive experience leading multiple complex, high-value public sector tenders.
• Experience in capture and pursuit management, including shaping opportunities before release and developing pursuit and win strategies.
• Excellent writing and reviewing skills, with the ability to turn complex requirements, evidence and customer needs into compelling, compliant responses.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams through influence, managing deadlines, competing priorities, risks and difficult conversations.
• Strong knowledge of public procurement, including the Procurement Act 2023, the Social Value Model and relevant frameworks.
• Understanding of clinical systems and workflows, including EMIS, SystmOne, practice and PCN operations, integration and hosting.

Nice to have

• Experience bidding into NHS primary care, ICBs or CSUs.
• Understanding of how digital primary care is commissioned.
• Experience leading bids for SaaS or digital transformation solutions.

Culture & Benefits

• Established, fast-growing Tech for Good environment focused on improving healthcare productivity.
• Office-first culture with a dog-friendly Shoreditch office and flexible working arrangements.
• 28 days of holiday plus bank holidays, with up to four weeks per year to work from anywhere.
• Enhanced parental leave, fertility support and parental loss support.
• Healthcare cover, pension and life insurance options, plus free healthy breakfasts, snacks and lunches.