Bid Content Database Manager

We have an exciting opportunity for a Content Database Manager to join our Bid Team! As Bid Content Database Manager you'll be part of the Insurance, Pensions and Investment (IP&I) Bid Team within Scottish Widows Distribution Development & Performance. Our aim is to become the best Bid Team in the Financial Services marketplace! You'll be joining the Bid Team which is a fast paced, deadline driven team who are responsible for building and responding to questionnaires, Request for Information (RFI), Request for Proposals (RFP) and Beauty Parade pitches for both retention/new workplace pension business and assist with general new business enquires. The key accountabilities include

• Management and maintenance of the Qvidian database to ensure all content is up to date, of a high quality, technically compliant and searchable for the Bid Team
• Facilitate the identification and creation of new knowledge or update existing knowledge to ensure it remains relevant
• Establish procedures, processes, standard methodologies and recommendations for the use of the knowledge repositories including expired content
• Management of Client Testimonials and Case Studies
• Working in close cooperation with the distribution sales teams, proposition managers and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to ensure proposal input is well-written, accurate, balanced, persuasive and timely
• Conduct post RFP/Pitch technical reviews to ensure content used is current and up to date and to gather new and updated material to add to the database.
  
  Experienced in database management with a working knowledge of Qvidian system or other proposal management software.
• Familiarity with protection, pension and investment products and experience of working within a Bid Team environment
• Awareness of Bid Management principles and particularly how to create compelling and persuasive bid content.
• Excellent written, spoken, and presentation skills with ability to problem solve, make decisions and prioritise workload
• Have the skills to build relationships, network, and build contacts across the organisation through being approachable and empathetic
And any experience of these would be really useful
• APMP qualified to Foundation level or willingness to work towards
  
  At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we're building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We're disability confident. So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know. We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 28 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies