BID MANAGER (AI-AUGMENTED)
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Bid Manager to lead and manage the end-to-end bid process for complex ICT and digital transformation opportunities. This role for a leading national technology and digital infrastructure enterprise based in Abu Dhabi specializing in high-performance computing advanced networking and cloud/cybersecurity solutions tailored for the education research and government sectors across the UAE. This role is uniquely designed for a forward-thinking professional who leverages AI-augmented tools to accelerate document analysis proposal drafting and compliance tracking while maintaining full human ownership quality control and risk oversight over all client commitments.
The Bid Manager will coordinate the complete lifecycle of RFPs RFIs RFQs and tenders ensuring submissions are technically compliant commercially competitive and delivered within strict deadlines.
Key Responsibilities
1. Bid Lifecycle & Process Ownership
Manage the complete proposal lifecycle from opportunity qualification and Bid/No-Bid analysis through submission clarification negotiation and handover to project delivery.
Analyze complex RFP RFI and tender documents using AI extraction tools to generate initial requirement breakdowns personally validating and refining all outputs.
Develop and maintain bid schedules compliance matrices responsibility trackers and submission checklists.
2. Solution & Proposal Development
Collaborate with Solution Architects Presales Engineers and Technical SMEs across Cloud Cyber Infrastructure and Managed Services to build cohesive end-to-end ICT proposals.
Direct AI-assisted drafting of technical and commercial sections utilizing the corporate proposal repository ensuring every piece of content is thoroughly reviewed rewritten and fact-checked before client submission.
Consolidate technical commercial legal and administrative inputs into a seamless high-quality proposal package.
Ensure strict alignment between technical architecture Bills of Quantities (BoQs) vendor quotations and contractual scopes.
3. Quality Control Compliance & Risk Management
Maintain final accountability for the accuracy and authenticity of all submitted proposals enforcing strict review processes to eliminate AI hallucinations or factual errors.
Enforce institutional data-handling and confidentiality protocols regarding what client data can be processed by external generative AI engines.
Identify bid risks exclusions dependencies and contractual gaps coordinating mitigation strategies with legal and finance teams.
4. Partner & Stakeholder Coordination
Liaise with global technology OEMs vendors and subcontractors to obtain necessary technical licensing and commercial inputs.
Coordinate responses to client clarifications support post-submission technical presentations and lead smooth handovers of awarded bids to the Delivery/PMO teams.
Maintain and continuously enrich the AI-searchable bid knowledge repository with past proposals standard templates and post-bid lessons learned.
Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science Computer Engineering Telecommunications or a related technology discipline.
Minimum of 7 years of professional experience in the IT/ICT industry with a strong background in Bid Management Presales or Proposal Management for complex enterprise technology solutions.
Solid understanding of multi-disciplinary ICT ecosystems (Cloud Cybersecurity Data Networks System Integration and Managed Services).
Hands-on experience directing enterprise Generative AI tools (e.g. Copilot ChatGPT/Claude-class applications RAG-based search engines) for document summarization drafting and analysis.
Fluent in both English and Arabic (Written and Spoken) essential for interacting with government education and commercial stakeholders.
Proven track record managing government and public-sector formal tender processes across the UAE.
Work Location:
Abu Dhabi
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Required Skills:
Requirements 12 years of experience; 14 years overall preferred. 10 years of experience. Strong experience with JavaScript databases and TypeScript. Experience with REST APIs GraphQL Docker Kubernetes CI/CD and Kafka. Banking / Financial Services / Fintech experience preferred. Bachelors degree / postgraduate qualification in Computer Science or related field. Degree attestation required.
Required Education:
Bachelor/MS degree in a related field
About Company
Black Pearl is a progressive, dynamic and well structured HR solution provider that offers permanent recruitment services, HR consultancy, psychometric assessments, coaching and also professional training services for clients from different corporate sectors in the Middle East. Like a ... View more