Pinsent Masons

Requirements

Candidates should have experience managing bids, shaping bid strategy, and writing persuasive client-facing documents, ideally in the Middle East and preferably in legal or professional services. Strong stakeholder, project, and time-management skills, presentation coaching experience, creative problem-solving, excellent English communication, and proficiency in Word and PowerPoint are expected; Arabic is an advantage.

Job Summary

Bids Executive

Dubai | Permanent

Our standard working hours are 9.00am–6.00pm, Monday to Friday, with flexibility
required depending on business needs.

Exceptional by design. A career where your ideas shape winning bids.

The opportunity

Join a collaborative Central Bids team of around 20 bid professionals,
supporting Pinsent Masons’ key global sectors, legal practice areas and
locations. Based in Dubai, you’ll focus on bids for our Middle East offices in
Abu Dhabi, Doha, Dubai and Riyadh, while supporting the wider Central team as
required.

You’ll take responsibility for managing the production of bids from start to
finish, working closely with the Bids Manager and Senior Bids Executive in
Dubai, as well as the Bid Partners leading each opportunity. You’ll advise on
bid best practice, coordinate stakeholders across the firm and provide the
project-management and creative oversight needed to deliver high-quality
responses on time.

The team’s focused support has helped deliver significant improvements in both
bid processes and win rates. This role gives you the opportunity to contribute
across bid strategy, proposal development, client engagement, presentation
preparation, content management, reporting and continuous improvement.

At Pinsent Masons, your career is exceptional by design – intentionally shaped
to support high performance, meaningful development and long-term progression.

What you’ll do

You’ll manage and shape bids throughout the full process, providing practical
advice, creative input and disciplined project management. Your responsibilities
will include:

* Managing the bid process from start to finish, coordinating contributors and
delivering complete, high-quality responses to deadline.
* Working with bid teams to shape the strategy, identify key themes and
messages, and provide advice on the most effective approach.
* Writing, editing and creatively developing proposal documents and supporting
materials for both written submissions and interview stages.
* Engaging with clients during scoping and debrief activity and working closely
with Bid Managers on larger or more complex opportunities.
* Producing focused capability statements, proposals and other bespoke
marketing collateral for informally identified opportunities.
* Using business development tools to identify and collate the most relevant
material efficiently.
* Managing pre-qualification and vendor-registration stages, including
assessing the opportunity, coordinating Partners and other stakeholders, and
producing the completed response.
* Supporting presentation teams through rehearsals and taking ownership of
presentation materials.
* Maintaining and improving pre-written content, guides and standard materials
within the firm’s automated content library.
* Producing reports and analysis of bid activity and contributing to projects
that improve information flow, analysis and bid best practice across the
firm.

What you’ll bring

You’ll be collaborative and proactive, with the confidence to build trust and
respect with senior stakeholders. You’ll also bring strong organisation,
attention to detail, resilience and enthusiasm, alongside:

* Experience managing bids, advising on approach and strategy, ideally gained
within the Middle East region.
* Experience writing and editing persuasive copy for high-quality client-facing
documents.
* The ability to manage, guide and advise stakeholders throughout a bidding
process.
* Strong project and time-management skills, with the ability to balance
multiple bids, priorities and demanding deadlines.
* Experience coaching presentation teams and supporting rehearsals.
* A creative approach, with the ability to develop solutions to client needs
and visualise alternative ways of presenting information.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with fluency in English;
written and spoken Arabic is an advantage.
* Strong document-production skills, particularly in Microsoft Word and
PowerPoint.
* Experience in legal or another professional-services environment is
preferred, although we welcome bidding experience gained in other industries.

Why Pinsent Masons

Our “exceptional by design” approach means we’ve deliberately shaped a firm
where you can do your best work. We combine meaningful work, clear expectations
and the support to build a career that works for you. Why join us?

* Meaningful work, real impact – the opportunity to contribute to initiatives
and projects that have a genuine impact on our clients and the success of a
leading international law firm.
* A firm that backs your growth – clear expectations, structured development
and real investment in helping you reach your potential.
* A progressive culture – collaborative, inclusive and forward-looking, with
the space to innovate and do your best work.

What happens next?

Once your application has been submitted and reviewed, our Talent Acquisition
team will share the outcome with you by email.

We typically hold two interview stages providing the opportunity to meet
different members of the hiring team at each stage. The first stage is typically
conducted virtually and the second stage typically in person at the office in
which the role would be based. However, we strive to remain flexible depending
on the requirements of the role or the candidate.

Our commitment

At Pinsent Masons, we are committed to recruiting and retaining the best talent
and building an inclusive and fair workplace. We value the strength that comes
from different experiences and strive to create an environment where everyone
feels they belong.

 We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates and are
dedicated to ensuring equitable opportunities throughout our recruitment
processes. In line with local laws and cultural contexts across the
jurisdictions in which we operate, we encourage people of all backgrounds,
identities, and lived experiences to apply.

 If you need reasonable adjustments or accommodations to participate in our
recruitment process or to perform the role, please tell us, we will work with
you to identify a suitable approach.

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Responsibilities

Manage bids from initial planning through submission, coordinating contributors and advising on strategy to deliver persuasive, high-quality responses on time. Develop proposals and presentation materials, engage with clients and stakeholders, maintain bid content, and contribute to reporting and continuous improvement.