Bid Manager Airlines

Amadeus • Irving, TX

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Summary of the role: The Bid Manager is responsible for leading bid qualification, governance and execution for Airlines vertical. The role ensures Amadeus focuses its presales and commercial efforts on bids that make strategic, financial and operational sense, while delivering high-quality, compliant and differentiated bid responses. Operating as an individual contributor within the Airlines Sales Engineering organization, the Bid Manager plays a critical role in relieving Sales Engineers from bid administration, enabling them to focus on other high-value customer engagements and solutioning. Success in this role is measured by win rate, bid quality, presales efficiency and disciplined bid selection, not volume of bids submitted. This is a hybrid position and would require you to be in the local office 50% of the time.

Requirements

• Bid and proposal management methodologies
• Understanding of complex B2B solution portfolios
• Commercial and financial awareness
• Risk assessment and decision framing
• Proficient in leveraging approved AI tools (Copilot) to improve turnaround time, consistency and quality in a high-volume bid environment
• MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Proposal and document management tools
• CRM and bid tracking tools (Responsive)
• Comfortable using AI tools

Responsibilities

• Lead bid qualification & governance
• Lead end-to-end bid management
• Value proposition and win strategy
• Commercial & risk awareness
• Continuous improvement

Benefits

• A critical mission and purpose - At Amadeus, you will be powering the future of travel and pursuing a critical mission and extraordinary purpose.
• A truly global DNA - Everything at Amadeus is global, from our people to our business, which translates into our footprint, processes, and culture.
• Great opportunities to learn - Learning happens all the time and in many ways at Amadeus, through on-the-job training, formal learning activities, and day-to-day interactions with colleagues.
• A caring environment - Amadeus fosters a caring environment, nurturing both a fulfilling career and personal and family life. We care about our employees and strive to provide a supportive work environment.
• A complete rewards offer - Amadeus provides attractive remuneration packages, covering all essential components of a competitive reward offer, including salary, bonus, equity, and benefits.
• A flexible working model - We want our employees to do their best work, wherever and however it works best for them.
• A diverse and inclusive community - We are committed to leveraging our uniquely diverse population to drive innovation, creativity, and collaboration across our organization.
• A Reliable Company - Trust and reliability are fundamental values that drive our actions and shape long-lasting relationships with our customers, partners, and employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees