✍️ The Role

We are looking for an experienced Proposal & Bid Manager to join our growing team and lead our tender and proposal activities, especially targeting government and public sector clients. In addition, you will be responsible for leading our responses to publicly funded innovation projects - typically at the EU (EU Horizon/ EIT Urban Mobility) or National level.

You will be instrumental in helping Vianova expand its presence through strategic bid management, exceptional writing, and compelling product storytelling.

🎯 What You’ll Do

• Manage the full bid lifecycle: from opportunity identification, qualification, and response strategy to submission and post-submission debriefs

• Own and write high-quality tenders and proposals for government and public sector clients (Europe, Middle East, North America)

• Work closely with Product, Sales, and Engineering teams to craft impactful narratives that showcase our technology solutions

• Be treated as a member of Vianova’s sales team, with commissions based upon value of contracts won as well as a quota

• Develop and maintain a library of reusable proposal assets, case studies, and templates

• Ensure compliance with all tender specifications and provide creative, competitive answers that differentiate Vianova

• Improve processes and share best practices to continually raise the quality and win rate of our bids

• Represent Vianova’s mission and vision for smarter, safer cities through every proposal delivered

🚲 Why Join Vianova

• A mission-driven company helping build sustainable and efficient cities; a high-growth environment where your impact is visible — and celebrated

• Competitive salary, commission plan and stock options package ; exciting benefits from health insurance, to travel and meal tickets

• Be part of a challenging adventure, with a passionate and multicultural team, with high technical and scientific backgrounds, from Google, Alliance Renault-Nissan, Dassault Systemes, Uber, Michelin, Stellantis

• Immerse yourself in a collaborative, entrepreneurial, international, fun and agile working culture, with a team that values ownership and excellence

• Remote friendly working policy, with offices based in Paris including gym as well as various team activities and events ; opportunity to work elsewhere from another European capital

🧠 Who You Are

• +2 years experience in proposal management, bid writing, or tender response, ideally within a tech company or consulting environment

• Strong track record responding to RFPs/RFIs/RFQs from public sector or municipal clients

• Exceptional writing and storytelling skills: you make complex technology understandable and inspiring

• Product-minded: you can quickly grasp technical solutions and frame them in customer-centric value propositions

• Deep interest in urban mobility, transport innovation, and smart cities

• Organized, meticulous, and strategic: you know how to juggle deadlines, compliance, and creativity

• Fluent English is mandatory; French, Dutch, German, or Spanish are a plus

1. Screening interview (~30min)

2. Functional fit interview with a C-level (~45min)

3. Fully remote case study to evaluate your hard skills

4. Debriefing your exercise and projecting yourself in the company (~60min)

5. Cultural fit interview with x-functional team members (~45min)

6. Reference checks