Senior Bid Manager (Software)

Location: Amsterdam, Berlin or Frankfurt (Schwalbach); other listed locations include Eindhoven and Munich, Germany and the Netherlands. Travel up to 10% is required.

Company

hirify.global is a location data and technology platform company creating solutions for infrastructure management, asset optimization, and navigation.

What you will do

• Form and lead virtual bid teams across Sales, Product Management, Professional Services, Quality, Legal, and other functions.
• Define bid action plans, deliverables, milestones, and competitive strategies for high-value RFPs.
• Structure customer requirements and coordinate end-to-end proposal development, approvals, assumptions, commitments, and decisions.
• Support bid business cases by assessing profitability, risks, commercial implications, and investment considerations.
• Coordinate customer presentations, proposal refinement, negotiations, and final acceptance.
• Facilitate handover to program execution and identify lessons learned to improve future bids.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of customer-facing experience in embedded software, cloud software or platforms such as SaaS/PaaS, enterprise software, and/or industry software solutions.
• Ability to rapidly understand technical concepts and advise customers on their value propositions.
• Strong customer-facing and negotiation skills focused on influencing customer and internal stakeholder decisions.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, a Master’s degree in Information Systems (MIS), or a related technical field.
• Ability to meet tight deadlines while maintaining high-quality results.
• Solid understanding of the software application development lifecycle and supporting infrastructures.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including clear and concise presentations.
• Ability to collaborate in a team-based stakeholder environment and work independently with effective time management.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within the COO Bid Management organization and report to the Head of Bid Management EMEA.
• Culture based on openness, empathy, collaboration, and honesty.
• Customer-facing role with close collaboration across expert Sales, Product, technical, legal, and delivery stakeholders.
• Full-time employment includes pre-employment screening covering employment, education, and criminal verification where applicable.