Senior Bid Writer - Public Sector (UK)

What you'll be doing:

• Public Sector Opportunity Identification & Pipeline Management
• Own the search, monitoring, and identification of relevant UK public-sector opportunities, including NHS tenders, ICS procurements, Trust-level opportunities, and national frameworks.
• Actively track portals and routes to market.
• Qualify opportunities in collaboration with commercial, clinical, and leadership stakeholders.
• Maintain visibility of upcoming opportunities and re-procurements across Sword’s core service lines.


• Bid Strategy & Leadership
• Lead the end-to-end bid process for public-sector tenders, from kick-off to submission.
• Develop clear, compelling bid strategies aligned to commissioner priorities, evaluation criteria, and procurement rules.
• Translate complex clinical, technical, and AI-enabled propositions into persuasive, compliant responses.
• Ensure bids clearly articulate value around outcomes, waiting list reduction, cost-effectiveness, equity, and NHS transformation priorities.


• Writing & Content Ownership
• Take primary responsibility for writing and editing high-quality tender responses, including: Service delivery models, Clinical pathways, Digital and AI-enabled care approaches, Outcomes, evidence, and evaluation & Implementation, mobilisation, and governance
• Maintain and evolve a bid content library, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure all submissions are fully compliant, well-structured, and compelling.


• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Work closely with Clinical, Product, Regulatory, Operations, Finance, and Commercial teams to gather inputs and shape winning submissions.
• Facilitate bid kick-offs, content reviews, and sign-off processes.
• Coordinate contributions from multiple stakeholders while maintaining ownership of the final narrative.


• Governance, Quality & Continuous Improvement
• Manage bid timelines, inputs, and internal approvals to ensure on-time, high-quality submissions.
• Lead post-bid reviews to capture feedback, lessons learned, and areas for improvement.
• Contribute to improving Sword’s overall public-sector bid capability, processes, and tools.

What you need to have:

• Core Requirements
• Significant experience (typically 5+ years) writing and managing public-sector bids, ideally within the NHS or wider UK healthcare environment.
• Strong understanding of NHS procurement processes, including Trusts, ICSs, frameworks, and national programmes.
• Proven ability to lead complex, multi-workstream bids under time pressure.
• Exceptional written communication skills, with the ability to translate complex information into clear, persuasive responses.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional contributors and managing competing priorities.
• Strong attention to detail, structure, and compliance.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, high-growth environments with evolving priorities.
• Proficiency with common bid tools, document collaboration platforms, and structured content management.


• Bonus Points
• Experience bidding for digital health, AI-enabled healthcare, or clinical services.
• Familiarity with MSK, physiotherapy, mental health, women’s health, prehab/rehab, or occupational health services.
• Experience working on large-scale ICS or multi-Trust procurements.
• Understanding of NHS strategic priorities, including the Long Term Plan, elective recovery, and health inequalities.
• Experience contributing to bid strategy rather than writing alone.

To ensure you feel good solving a big Human problem, we offer:

• A stimulating, fast-paced environment with lots of room for creativity.
• A bright future at a promising high-tech startup company.
• Career development and growth, with a competitive salary.
• The opportunity to work with a talented team and to add real value to an innovative solution with the potential to change the future of healthcare.
• A flexible environment where you can control your hours (remotely) with unlimited vacation.
• Access to our health and well-being program (digital therapist sessions).Remote or Hybrid work policy.
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