Bids Executive

About the role

Pinsent Masons is looking for a Bids Executive in Dubai to join its Central Bids team of around 20 bid professionals. The role covers bids for the firm's Middle East offices in Abu Dhabi, Doha, Dubai and Riyadh, and supports the wider Central team. Standard hours are 9.00am to 6.00pm, Monday to Friday, with flexibility depending on business needs.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the bid process from start to finish, coordinating contributors and delivering complete, high-quality responses on time.
• Work with bid teams to shape strategy, identify key themes and messages, and advise on the most effective approach.
• Write, edit and develop proposal documents and supporting materials for written submissions and interview stages.
• Engage with clients during scoping and debrief, and work with Bid Managers on larger or more complex opportunities.
• Produce capability statements, proposals and bespoke marketing collateral for informally identified opportunities.
• Manage pre-qualification and vendor registration stages, including assessing the opportunity and coordinating partners and stakeholders.
• Support presentation teams through rehearsals and take ownership of presentation materials.
• Maintain and improve pre-written content, guides and standard materials in the firm's automated content library.
• Produce reports and analysis of bid activity and contribute to projects that improve bid best practice.

Required profile

• Experience managing bids, advising on approach and strategy, ideally within the Middle East region.
• Experience writing and editing persuasive copy for client-facing documents.
• Ability to manage, guide and advise stakeholders throughout a bidding process.
• Strong project and time-management skills, able to balance multiple bids and demanding deadlines.
• Experience coaching presentation teams and supporting rehearsals.
• Fluency in English; written and spoken Arabic is an advantage.
• Experience in a legal or other professional-services environment is preferred, but bidding experience from other industries is welcomed.

Required skills

• Document production, particularly in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

The firm offers structured development and a progressive, collaborative culture. Applications are reviewed by the Talent Acquisition team, which typically holds two interview stages, virtual and then in person.