Bid Manager
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Job Description
🚀 We’re Hiring: Bid Manager 📍 Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE 💼 Employment Type: Full-time 🏢 Company: Ankabut Information Technology Ankabut is looking for an experienced Bid Manager to lead the end-to-end bid process for complex ICT and digital transformation opportunities. This is a hands-on role for a technology-focused professional who can manage complex RFPs and tenders while leveraging AI-augmented tools to improve document analysis, proposal development, compliance tracking, and knowledge management — with full human ownership of quality, accuracy, risk, and client commitments. 🔹 Key Responsibilities • Manage the complete bid lifecycle from Bid/No-Bid through submission, clarification, negotiation, and handover. • Lead RFP, RFI, RFQ, and tender analysis and develop bid plans, compliance matrices, schedules, and submission checklists. • Coordinate multidisciplinary ICT solutions covering applications, infrastructure, cloud, networking, cybersecurity, data, integration, and managed services. • Work closely with Sales, Presales, Solution Architects, Technical Teams, Finance, Procurement, Legal, vendors, partners, and subcontractors. • Lead the development and consolidation of technical, commercial, contractual, and administrative proposal content. • Use Generative AI and AI-assisted tools for document analysis, drafting, summarization, compliance checking, and knowledge management. • Personally validate and quality-check all AI-generated content before client submission. • Manage bid risks, assumptions, dependencies, exclusions, scope boundaries, and contractual commitments. • Support customer clarifications, presentations, workshops, negotiations, and successful handover to Delivery teams. • Contribute to Ankabut’s AI-searchable bid knowledge repository and continuous improvement of bid processes. 🔹 What We’re Looking For: ✔ Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Telecommunications, Information Systems, or a related technology discipline. ✔ 7+ years of experience in the IT/ICT industry. ✔ Proven experience in Bid Management, Presales, Proposal Management, Solution Development, or a similar technology-focused role. ✔ Strong experience managing RFPs, RFIs, RFQs, and formal tenders. ✔ Strong understanding of multidisciplinary ICT solutions and technology ecosystems. ✔ Experience working with vendors, OEMs, technology partners, and subcontractors. ✔ Good understanding of BoQs, pricing, commercial proposals, assumptions, and contractual requirements. ✔ Practical professional experience using Generative AI tools such as Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude-class tools, or AI-assisted proposal/knowledge-management platforms. ✔ Strong awareness of AI risks, confidentiality, IP, accuracy, and hallucinations, with the ability to critically review AI-generated outputs. ✔ Excellent Arabic and English written and spoken communication skills. ✔ Strong proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. 🌐 Why Join Ankabut? Be part of a technology-driven organization working on ICT, digital transformation, cloud, cybersecurity, data, AI, and innovative technology solutions while helping shape how AI is applied to modern bid and proposal management.
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