Lead Bid Manager

Saab seeks a Lead Bid Manager to own end-to-end capture and bid activities for complex defense manufacturing programs. You will shape win strategies, analyze customer requirements, and lead cross-functional teams across engineering, finance, legal, and operations to deliver compliant, compelling proposals on time and within governance. Responsibilities include managing capture plans, pricing inputs, risk assessments, and reviews; coordinating responses to RFPs/RFIs; ensuring alignment with customer needs and Saab strategy; and providing clear status reporting to senior leadership in a collaborative, high-tech, mission-driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end capture and bid strategy for complex defense manufacturing opportunities
• Analyze RFPs/RFIs and customer requirements to shape compliant, winning proposals
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across engineering, finance, legal, and operations
• Develop and manage capture plans, schedules, and governance reviews
• Drive pricing, costing, and risk assessments in collaboration with finance and program teams
• Ensure proposal quality, consistency, and alignment with Saab's strategy and customer needs
• Manage stakeholder and customer communications during the bid process
• Prepare clear status reports and decision materials for senior leadership
• Continuously improve bid processes, tools, and best practices
• Support knowledge-sharing and mentoring within the bid and capture community

Required Skills

• Bid management
• Capture management
• RFP/RFQ response development
• Defense or aerospace contracting knowledge
• Costing and pricing for proposals
• Project and program management
• Risk assessment and mitigation
• Stakeholder and client management
• MS Office and proposal tools (e.g., SharePoint, Adobe)
• Data analysis and reporting