Senior Services Bid Manager

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, more than 80 000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Could you be the full-time Senior Services Bid Manager in Cairo we’re looking for?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your strategic and operational expertise in a cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside **dynamic, results-driven, and collaborative** teammates.

You'll play a pivotal role in managing the Tender Quality Costs Delivery Performance (QCDP) commitment for highly critical bids, ensuring a winning proposal that aligns with Alstom’s vision and customer needs. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with cross-functional teams, including tender leaders, project managers, and subsystem bid managers, to deliver accurate QCDP commitments and drive impactful outcomes.

You’ll specifically take care of defining bid operational strategies and aligning them with customer requirements, but also ensuring compliance with Alstom’s processes, ethics, and safety standards.

We’ll look to you for:

• Coordinating internal activities to identify and understand customer needs.

• Managing the tender process, ensuring compliance with Alstom rules and instructions.

• Building and overseeing the bid operational strategy and schedule for tender preparation.

• Ensuring alignment of the offered solution with customer requirements and internal product strategies.

• Preparing and maintaining tender documentation, including technical descriptions, compliance matrices, and risk registers.

• Collaborating with tender leaders to support customer negotiations and contract preparations.

• Driving risk and opportunity reviews to ensure mitigation plans are in place.

• Contributing to the Win-Loss analysis and the preparation of the first financial project review (FPR0).

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• Master’s or bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.

• 15-20 years of experience in project or bid management, with expertise in costing, planning, and risk management.

• Knowledge of Alstom processes, including Golden Rules and Ethics & Compliance standards.

• Successful experience managing medium to highly critical bids.

• Strong understanding of financial, contractual, and legal aspects related to tendering.

• Proven ability to lead and inspire teams under tight deadlines and high-pressure conditions.

• Excellent communication, negotiation, and reporting skills.

• A high sense of anticipation and customer orientation.

• Experience in partnership setups, such as consortiums or joint ventures, is a plus.

Things you’ll enjoy Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges, and a long-term career free from boring daily routines.

• Work with new security standards for rail signalling.

• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues.

• Contribute to innovative projects that shape the future of mobility.

• Utilise our flexible and inclusive working environment.

• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries.

• Benefit from our investment in your development through award-winning learning programs.

• Progress towards senior leadership roles within Alstom.

• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension).

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.