Bid / Proposal Manager
WakeCap · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Location: Riyadh, Khobar / Dammam, or Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)
Reports to: Senior Director, Project and Construction Management
Experience: minimum 5 years in Saudi Arabia on bids, tenders, and proposals (PMC, construction management, or owner's representative)
Responsibilities
- Run the bid calendar: EOI, RFP, clarification, submission, and presentation deadlines; keep a live go/no-go log.
- Lead proposal structure: executive summary, methodology, org chart, CVs, programme, commercial response, and compliance matrix against the client's terms.
- Coordinate inputs from delivery, project controls, commercial, HR, and legal; chase gaps and lock versions before issue.
- Apply KSA tender practice: Etimad / government portals, SAP Ariba and similar buyer portals, bid bonds, performance bonds, Nitaqat and Saudization implications for proposed teams, and Arabic/English document sets.
- Build and maintain a reusable proposal library and a lessons log after each submission.
- Support clarifications, presentations, and post-submission queries; hand a clean commercial and scope file to delivery at award.
- Flag no-bid early when scope, bonds, licensing, or named key staff cannot be met.
Requirements
- 5+ years in Saudi Arabia producing or managing bids for PMC, CM, cost, or engineering services.
- Proven submissions to developers, government, or semi-government buyers in KSA.
- Strong English; Arabic reading sufficient to work tender booklets and portals (writing Arabic is an advantage).
- Comfortable with pricing build-ups, rate cards, and staffing plans.
- Based in the advertised city (Riyadh, Khobar / Dammam, or Jeddah).