At Ashurst Perkins Coie, we're helping shape the future economy. With a global team of more than 3,500 legal professionals across 52 offices, we partner with leading organisations to solve complex challenges across a diverse range of industries, with a distinct strength in technology, energy & infrastructure, and financial services. Our people work on market-leading matters that drive innovation, growth, and transformation around the world. For Ashurst Perkins Coie, innovation is our tradition.
What makes Ashurst Perkins Coie a great place to work?
- Flexible work options - part-time, working from home and additional leave
- Health and wellbeing benefits, gym membership, and discounted corporate health plans
- Family & caring - 26 weeks paid parental leave
- Career advancement - client secondment opportunities, global opportunities, and award-winning Learning & Development programs
The Opportunity
We currently have an opportunity for a Bids & Pursuits Manager to join us in either Brisbane, Sydney, or Melbourne on a full time, permanent basis.
Our Global Bids & Pursuits Team are enthusiastic and passionate professionals, unified by a common goal: to ensure we deliver excellence in winning work and generating profitable business for the firm.
You will be an integral part of the team supporting the development of best practice bids in collaboration with the wider Business Development (BD) team, partners, clients, and other stakeholders.
Working directly with partners and key stakeholders across practice, industry and business services you will lead the end-to-end development of high quality, distinctive and compelling client-centred bids and pursuits. This role will work closely with our strategic focus industries and practices, reporting to the Regional Head of Pursuits.
Additionally, you will support with Pursuits Operations, Resourcing, and Reporting, which includes responsibilities such as overseeing resourcing across the Pursuits team, maintaining oversight of competing deadlines, and maintaining accurate and timely pursuit reporting and data, ensuring all pursuits are appropriately tracked.
As part of our commitment to excellence and professional development we are a Corporate member of APMP.
A full job description, including a breakdown of responsibilities, can be found attached to the role on our careers page: https://www.ashurstperkinscoie.com/en/careers/.
We are interested in hearing from people who have:
- Demonstrable experience in a pursuit and bid role in legal, professional services or other relevant environments with a proven track record of winning strategic bids
- Strong technical capability in leading pursuits including stakeholder engagement and project management skills and a proven ability to successfully manage complex work-winning processes
- Extensive experience developing win strategies with an ability to successfully articulate themes, differentiators, and benefits
- Ability to effectively manage and engage key stakeholders in leading pursuits/bids along with the ability to manage multiple opportunities simultaneously (based on complexity)
- Highly competent user of the Microsoft Office suite including Word and Powerpoint
We value diverse perspectives at Ashurst Perkins Coie, so even if you don't feel you meet all of the requirements, we still encourage you to apply.
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