Bid / Proposal Manager

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).