Bid Manager

Bid Manager Aim high, go beyond! At Open Cosmos we are solving the world’s biggest challenges from space, providing businesses, governments and researchers access to more readily available information than ever before - ready for the challenge? Then read on… Working in our Chief Revenue Office (CRO) Our CRO division drives the commercial growth of Open Cosmos. The team works across business development, marketing, and customer success to connect with partners worldwide, understand their needs, and turn opportunities into space missions. Their work expands our reach and ensures we deliver meaningful impact for customers and end users. The Growth team acts as the powerhouse of the company, ensuring the immediate needs of the customers are swiftly met and the future ones are translated into a product roadmap and deliverable projects. Each member of the team combines a mix of programmatic, system engineering, and commercial skills with specific strengths. What will you be doing? As Bid Manager, you’ll play a key role in ensuring that Open Cosmos’s future mission opportunities are properly addressed through effective coordination, collaboration, and delivery. You’ll work closely with our Mission Concept Engineers and Business Development (BD) teams to manage complex proposals, while also supporting team reporting, workload assessment, forecasting, and opportunity pipeline analytics. Your role will have two major functions: proposal management and bid operations. Proposal Management: Coordinate the full proposal process from go/no-go through submission — ensuring quality, compliance, and on-time delivery Set up proposal templates and manage updates to shared documentation (company profiles, WPDs, CVs, and literature) Lead large and complex bids in collaboration with Mission Concept Engineers (MCE) and internal stakeholders across engineering, finance, and commercial teams Liaise with external partners and suppliers to coordinate joint proposals and consortium responses Support the definition of bid strategy with MCE and BDs, including win themes, partner alignment, and pricing structure Bid Operations: Produce analytics and summaries of the company’s opportunity pipeline to support team and leadership decision-making Track and report workload forecasts, ensuring visibility of resources and priorities Maintain structured bid monitoring systems and digital tools for tracking opportunities, submissions, and outcomes Contribute to the improvement of proposal processes and documentation efficiency What You’ll bring You’ll combine structured project management with creative problem-solving — balancing technical understanding with commercial awareness. You’ll have: Proven ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder bids or proposals Understanding of ESA/EU/national space or high-technology procurement frameworks Excellent organisational, analytical, and communication skills The ability to manage large documentation sets with precision and consistency Confidence working cross-functionally and aligning diverse teams to deadlines This role will be based in any of our locations. To apply, you must have the legal right to work in this location. When applying, please submit your CV in English. Why Open Cosmos? Work at the cutting edge of space technology with customers around the globe A mission-driven company making space accessible to help solve real-world challenges A diverse, ambitious, and supportive team Equal opportunity employer At Open Cosmos, we are dedicated to fostering a workplace built on respect, dignity, and belonging. As an equal opportunity employer, we actively challenge bias to ensure every candidate and employee feels truly welcome. We celebrate diversity in all its forms and are committed to maintaining an inclusive environment where everyone has the opportunity to thrive. Division CRO Department GROWTH Role Bid Manager Locations Harwell, UK Remote status Hybrid Employment type Full-time About Open Cosmos Open Cosmos is dedicated to solving Earth's critical challenges using actionable data and connectivity from space. The company offers a complete, end-to-end service for satellite missions, from design and manufacturing to launch and operations, simplifying access to orbit. A key initiative is the Open Constellation, a mutualised satellite infrastructure that allows organisations to access vital information. This collaborative model makes space simple, affordable, and scalable, enabling partners to share data and assets for wider global coverage and more frequent insights. By empowering clients in Earth observation, IoT connectivity, and secure communications, Open Cosmos is building a better future powered by space technology to understand and connect the world.