Job Title: Bid Manager
Organisation: Spidd Africa
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
With courage and determination, Spidd Africa stands at the forefront of technology as a fearless company, delivering a remarkable service experience that is unmatched in its responsiveness, clarity, and ease of use. Empowering African businesses to reach new heights, our innovative solutions promote growth, drive team productivity, and facilitate a seamless workflow. Our skilled team combines technical expertise with a passion for excellence, delivering results that exceed expectations and reshape the landscape of business in Africa. We stand proud and unyielding, forging a brighter future through the transformative power of technology.
Job Summary: The Bid Manager is responsible for the end-to-end management of assigned tender opportunities, coordinating the bid process from opportunity assessment through proposal development, submission and post-submission follow-up. The role ensures bids are well planned, responsive, compliant and delivered within required timelines.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Manage assigned bids end to end, from bid/no-bid assessment through proposal development, submission and post-submission follow-up, maintaining overall control of progress and delivery.
- Plan, coordinate and follow up on all bid activities and contributions from the various individuals, teams and partners ensuring inputs are received on time and deadlines are actively managed.
- Manage bid compliance and risk, ensuring tender requirements are identified, tracked and addressed throughout the bid process.
- Coordinate proposal review and finalisation, ensuring review findings are resolved and the submission meets the required quality, responsiveness and deadline.
- Participate in post-submission reviews, capturing lessons learned and improvement actions for future bids.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
Essential
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Minimum five years’ relevant experience in bid management, including responsibility for managing deadline-driven submissions.
- Experience managing high-value multi-technology or otherwise complex tenders involving multiple contributors.
- Practical working knowledge of public and private-sector tendering in Uganda, including interpretation of tender instructions and evaluation requirements.
- Experience managing multiple bid schedules, requirements, documents and deadlines.
- Experience managing ICT bids for financial institutions and public-sector organisations in Uganda or East Africa.
- Professional certification in bid or proposal management such as APMP Foundation or equivalent
- Training in responsible use of AI for business or proposal development.
- Skills
- Ability to analyse tender documents and accurately extract requirements.
- Strong planning, organisation and time management across concurrent bids
- Ability to coordinate multiple contributors and work effectively under competing deadlines.
- Professional written English and ability to turn technical input into clear proposal content.
- Attention to detail in document editing and formatting.
- Proficiency with word processing and collaboration platforms.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and Interested applicants should apply online at the link below.
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Deadline: 16th October 2026
NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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Level of Education: bachelor degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 60