Bid Manager (APAC)

At Instructure, we believe in the power of people to grow and succeed throughout their lives. Our goal is to amplify that power by creating intuitive products that simplify learning and personal development, facilitate meaningful relationships, and inspire people to go further in their education and careers. We do this by giving smart, creative, passionate people opportunities to create awesome. And that's where you come in:

Instructure is looking for a Bid Manager to join our APAC team.

What you will do:

• Manage solicited and unsolicited bids and proposals from start to finish
• Research, write, edit, and organise information in a cohesive, compelling, and credible manner
• Facilitate all aspects of project management for bids and proposals, from helping to define the solution and response strategy to managing and reconciling input from various experts within our organisation, owning the final/overall response plan, and ensuring the proposal is delivered on time and to a high standard
• Manage several proposals simultaneously in a relatively high volume and often short turnaround atmosphere
• Proactively develop and manage a network of subject matter experts across our global office network
• Utilise Instructure’s methodology, systems, and processes to prepare responses to requirements (functional and qualitative) and develop the draft proposal
• Ensure a cohesive and consistent approach across all proposals and sales collateral 
• Gain and apply expert-level knowledge of company products, offerings, and industry specific terms, requirements, and expectations

Here's what you will need to know/have:

• Bachelor Degree (preferably in the Arts/Humanities, English, Creative Writing, Journalism, or other writing/critical thinking focused field)
• Proven experience in writing compelling documents or proposals in a collaborative, fast-paced environment
• Ability to manage multiple, competing tasks and prioritise workload
• Strong interpersonal skills and sense of ownership
• Highly desirable: project management experience to effectively manage the proposal process, from analysis and requirements to solution definition, project planning, meeting facilitation, draft development, and final proposal production 
• Desirable: experience working with proposal automation software such as Responsive
• Desirable: familiarity with the sales process, including experience working with sales organisations
• Excellent Microsoft Word skills, and solid knowledge of Excel and Acrobat Pro
• Must be organised, flexible, and self-directed to meet deadlines

We’ve always believed in hiring the most awesome people and treating them right. We know that the more diverse we are, the more diverse our ideas will be and when we openly welcome those ideas, our environment is better and our business is stronger.

At Instructure we participate in E-Verify and yes, in case you didn't catch it from the above, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All Instructure employees are required to successfully pass a background check upon being hired.