Senior Deals / Pursuits & Bids Manager - London

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Please Note: Oliver Wyman/MMC operates a hybrid working policy and we will require the successful candidate to work from the London Baker Street office at least 60% of the time.
Oliver Wyman is seeking a highly motivated Senior Deals / Pursuits & Bids Manager for Europe, based in our London Baker Street office The Opportunity: As Senior Pursuits Manager for Europe, you will focus on supporting High Priority Project Opportunities (HIPPOs) and implementing pursuit best practice.
This role will work with the relevant delivery/supporting teams to further develop the HIPPO process to help all European Partners on our larger opportunities.
A high level of direct interaction is expected with the Partners, managers and consultants working within the region, as well as all other support functions.
The role is not limited to any individual industry, sector or OW platform.
This is an exciting and rare role to join a growing Business Development team, and there is much to do beyond individual opportunity support - the team are looking for someone who can bring a breadth of experience, knowledge and personal drive to the role to help the firm/team grow.
Who We're Looking For: The ideal candidate will have : Experience (c.7 years) of business development, pursuits and bid management; preferably with experience of working in a professional services/consultancy environment Experience in leading on bids of $2m+ A deep understanding of what makes a successful pursuit process and outstanding commercial knowledge, with the ability to structure complex deals in a professional services environment The willingness to act as an internal advisor and ability to effectively challenge senior leaders within the firm Natural multitasking and prioritization skills A high level of intellectual curiosity – interested in solving business issues Fluency with strong written skills in English essential; knowledge of German and/or other European languages helpful Knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel Specifics about the role : As Pursuits Manager you will be covering the full pursuit lifecycle, this will include: Opportunity identification – Working with firm leadership to identify opportunities that need assistance; and tailoring BD support packages based on what is required Pre-RFP opportunity management – Supporting client teams to create and implement pre-RFP engagement strategies Qualification – Challenging client teams on qualification; both on the decision as to whether to bid, but also the type of bid that should be submitted based on competitive standing Supporting bid teams with their proposals and pitch development – Providing insights on best practice, challenging the teams thinking, and ensuring there is a direct focus on the client need through a distinct set of key messages Commercial support – Building and challenging competitive and sustainable commercial models; sharing best practice on how different commercial levers can support the bid (e.g.
use of risk-share based pricing) Negotiating complex deals with client supply teams/procurement Conducting After Action Reviews – As part of a learning organisation, we want to know why we win/lose opportunities, and feed this intel back to the business so we can all improve The role will be expected to support on developing: Training/coaching sessions to upskill all OW staff beyond the Partner group Client Impact Team (CITs) account management best practice Knowledge of the market, and how our competitors' strengths and weaknesses effects OW's go-to-market strategy Relationships with third-party suppliers who OW can partner with (either as prime/subcontractor) to improve our go-to-market position Materials to aid BD (e.g.
development of marketing materials; collation of client testimonials; proposal of the future) Examples of best practice that can be shared with other pursuit teams to influence win rates beyond those opportunities the team is directly supporting Why join us at Oliver Wyman?
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