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Technical Bid Writer About Tecknuovo We are a technology delivery partner, offering a unique service in the undiscovered sweet spot between consultancy and capability development. There’s a better way to deliver consulting services. We do that by freeing our customers from dependency in everything we do. We free them from relying on external sourcing by delivering on their complex technology challenges at pace with expert teams. And we eliminate their dependence on suppliers by creating the in-house technical capability they’ll need to build tomorrow. The quality of our people and teams hinges on our associate model. This is how we work with our community of un-benched, ego-free consultants to mobilise services within 14 days. About the Role We are looking for an ambitious and creative Technical Bid Writer to join our internal sales team and help create winning content for our proposals and responses. We’re looking for a strategic thinker who loves writing and can work first-hand with subject matter experts to understand complex solutions and technical information and articulate these into a concise and engaging narrative. You’ll need a strong attention to detail and be able to identify where responses can be improved and implement edits to add that value. Whilst homing in on technical details, you’ll need to weave in higher-level win themes to write fully rounded proposals that meet the client’s ask. Ideally, you’ll have an understanding of the public sector and technology consulting, in areas such as cloud, DevOps, platforms, and software engineering, and delivery within it. Key personal attributes Demonstrates a strong desire to continuously learn and understand complex concepts and cutting-edge technologies A passion for writing engaging content and persuasive content tailored to various audiences. Enjoys interviewing subject matter experts Passionate about turning large, complex ideas from disparate sources into cohesive narratives Key responsibilities Develop original, persuasive written bid content to meet deadlines. Translate complex technical information into clear, engaging content suitable for both technical and non-technical audiences Create high-quality, re-usable content, including case studies and stock answers. Continuously develop and maintain our content library. Support solution storyboarding sessions with bid team memberand key stakeholders to ensure alignment and clarity in bid responses. Proactively build and maintain relationships with subject matter experts and associates across Tecknuovo to gather essential information and insights. Interview subject matter experts and covert their technical expertise into bid-friendly content. Understand and articulate the current Tecknuovo product offering and intellectual property (IP) conveying how they meet client requirements effectively. Understand and describe previous Tecknuovo proposals and recent case studies that can be used in proposals. Work with the Bid Manager to create structured responses to bid questions and deliver completed written bid responses by agreed deadlines. Write, edit, and revise proposals according to feedback as well as maintaining consistency in proposal writing by adopting the same tone of voice as other proposals Support the Bid Manager in the simple administration of the bid function. Ability to coach teams and subject matter experts in writing best practices to ensure the highest quality of bid content. Experience required Previous experience writing public sector bid responses, preferably within the technology services industry  Ability to understand and explain complex technical concepts clearly and concisely. Advanced creative writing capability with the ability to write compelling copy Strong understanding of the English language Strong time management / prioritisation skills What we offer: A minimum of 27 days of annual leave, as well as your birthday off. Private medical insurance including medical, optical and dental cover. Comprehensive life assurance. Office space located in the heart of London with access to the building’s premium wellness facilities, including a gym, sauna and fitness classes. Annual allowance for personal and professional training to fuel your career growth. Contribution to your pension fund.   Our values Our values are our anchors, which we hold each other accountable for as a team and as a business. Make genuine connections. Have the courage to act. Embrace the pace. Move information freely. Be curious, always. Application process Screening call virtual interview Technical Task Values Interviews  

Platform Engineering Practice Lead   About Tecknuovo We are a technology delivery partner, offering a unique service in the undiscovered sweet spot between consultancy and capability development. There’s a better way to deliver consulting services. We do that by freeing our customers from dependency in everything we do. We free them from relying on external sourcing by delivering on their complex technology challenges at pace with expert teams. And we eliminate their dependence on suppliers by creating the in-house technical capability they’ll need to build tomorrow. The quality of our people and teams hinges on our associate model. This is how we work with our community of un-benched, ego-free consultants to mobilise services within 14 days. About the role                                                                             As a Practice Lead, you will spearhead the technical consultancy for this discipline across Tecknuovo's delivery portfolio. This role combines expertise in Platform Engineering, comprehensive knowledge of public and private sector architectures, and demonstrated leadership in consultancy programme management. You will advocate for and implement technology solutions that are deeply rooted in up-to-date technical principles, driving a technology agnostic approach that ensures the most appropriate and value add outcome for each of our customers. Key personal attributes Exceptional communication skills, creating trust through authenticity and knowing when to react and challenge.   Out of the box thinker who can look beneath the surface of things, ideate, and rapidly identify and solve impediments to delivery.   Ability to work at a fast pace to meet client and Tecknuovo expectations, adapting to changing requirements quickly and with resilience.   Ability to work collaboratively as well as alone; able to prioritise workload and safely context switch in a busy role.   Natural ability to lead by example and coach others through development.   Self-starter who requires little direction.   A deep passion for technology.   Key responsibilities Lead and expand the Platform Engineering service within Tecknuovo, driving growth and operational excellence. Provide critical input to tenders and sales opportunities, supporting pre-sales activities, and leveraging industry networking to enhance business opportunities and partnerships. Provide assurance for practice methodologies across our customer portfolio, and act as technical accountability or where needed escalation on elevant projects and programmes. Direct multidisciplinary teams in the design, development, testing, and refinement of applications and systems relevant to your practice specialism - this will include billable work directly with customers and stakeholders. Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the latest trends in Platform Engineering to ensure that solutions are both innovative and compliant. Help enhance and sustain a culture of creativity, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the team, and with our associate network in the practice community you will grow. Align with and help to evolve our daily Delivery rhythms and comprehensive risk management to create resilience in our portfolio. Offer thought leadership to senior stakeholders, advising on Platform Engineering across our strategy and delivery. Manage delivery client relationships to ensure alignment with strategic objectives and high levels of satisfaction. Take ownership of the practice's P&L once established, ensuring financial targets and other performance metrics are met. Experience required Proven track record of aligning technology practices with business goals, identifying opportunities for innovation and improvement Proven experience in building and managing strong relationships with stakeholders across various seniority levels articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. Experienced across both public and private sector.   Experience of fast-growing scale up businesses and understanding of the growth & innovation mindset and working style. What we offer: A minimum of 27 days of annual leave, as well as your birthday off. Private medical insurance including medical, optical and dental cover. Comprehensive life assurance. Office space located in the heart of London with access to the building’s premium wellness facilities, including a gym, sauna and fitness classes. Annual allowance for personal and professional training to fuel your career growth. Contribution to your pension fund. Our values Our values are our anchors, which we hold each other accountable for as a team and as a business. Make genuine connections. Have the courage to act. Embrace the pace. Move information freely. Be curious, always. Application process Screening call Virtual interview In-person interview with the team,  

About Tecknuovo  Tecknuovo is a technology consultancy with a Deliberately Different approach. This means we genuinely focus on people, not just technology. We move at pace and ensure Zero Dependency on us at the end of each project. Our mission is to challenge our industry’s norm of supplier dependency. We don’t only build and deliver solutions we train and up-skill our customer’s teams to transfer complete ownership to them after we exit the project.  We help our customers achieve lasting transformation. We are techies, chefs, wannabe sports stars, coders, comedians, mothers, fathers, gamers, superhero’s, book worms, geeks and creatives. We are deliberately different. About the Delivery Hub  The Delivery Hub is responsible for ensuring client expectations are exceeded with every interaction and throughout every engagement lifecycle. Delivery is the heart of Tecknuovo, where our reputation, values and behaviours align to ensure successful outcomes and repeat business that aligns with our mission.  You will sit alongside our other hubs (from Engagement, Talent, Marketing, PMO, Finance & Compliance), and is a mixture of permanent and associate consultants providing delivery services to our clients.   About the Role As a Delivery Lead, you’ll be responsible for building strong teams from a mixture of disciplines, capable of ensuring the successful realisation of products or services for our clients. You will be embedded within our project teams where you will be hands on with the team on a day-to-day basis. You will be trusted by the customer, and you will ensure that Tecknuovo has the outcome, the customer, and our “customer’s customer” front of mind.  In any given week you may find yourself travelling to a client site to build relationships and solve challenges, facilitating a remote planning workshop or coaching/mentoring a person in a client team. Expect to be developing proposals and creating assets alongside other hubs within the business.  Expect variety, pace, and challenge. Having a desire and willingness to share knowledge and co-create is essential.  Our Delivery Leads are expected to become leaders in their field, so you will be passionate about lean/agile delivery techniques and the latest trends for exceptional technology delivery.  When you are not delivering outstanding value to our clients, you will have the chance to provide thought leadership to technical communities to help build awareness around the best practices we are looking to implement across Tecknuovo’s practices.  Key personal attributes  Exceptional communication skills, creating trust through authenticity and knowing when to react and challenge. Out of the box thinker who can look beneath the surface of things, rapidly identifying and solving impediments to delivery. Ability to work at a rapid pace to meet client and Tecknuovo expectations, adapting to changing requirements quickly and with resilience. Ability to work collaboratively as well as alone; able to prioritise workload and safely context switch in a busy role.  Self-starter who requires little direction.  A deep passion for technology.  Key responsibilities  You actively listen and engage with stakeholders to understand their business problem or outcome and mapping that back to the technical solution that will deliver on those outcomes.  Be able to build successful delivery teams. You understand team dynamics and use modern motivational techniques to influence how a team operates. Be a catalyst for communication, encouraging team members and clients to speak up and share insight that will safeguard the success of the project.  Superb facilitation of key client and team workshops, whether in-person or remote. An advocate for the use of data in guiding decision making using appropriate metrics. Development of brilliant, context specific processes based on modern lean/agile principles that ensure that the work flows effectively.  Establish continuous improvement patterns that allow the team to continually reinvent those processes in pursuit of ever-increasing performance.  Ensure that data essential for tracking our commercial agreements and demonstrating our value is captured and shared effectively.  Ensure exceptional levels of quality in both outcomes and outputs, leading to high levels of client satisfaction.  Be commercially aware, support and understand the constraints of any given project and navigate those constraints  Be capable of taking a long-term view, with exceptional approaches to identifying and dealing with risks, issues, dependencies, and assumptions that may derail any initiative.  Report back to the business on project status and any risks and issues. Mapping out key stakeholders and points of contact to manage  Typical Engagement Stages  Core roles performed by the delivery hub during the engagement lifecycle  Pre-engagement/Sales  Supporting Engagement hub with qualification and management  Running discovery (pre-sales) workshops Supporting stakeholder mapping  Identifying new growth opportunities  Describing requirements and deliverables  Customer on-boarding  Project goals and objectives & success criteria  Account and team structure  Associate onboarding presentation  High-level release plan (where applicable)  Stakeholder mapping  Associate vetting and onboarding  Deliverables Validation   Delivery  Project delivery (scrum, agile, kanban, waterfall)  Spotting any new opportunities  Client QBRs  Producing any client status reports  Client stakeholder management  Maintaining the RAID log for clients in JIRA  Account Governance Calls  Sprint planning  Internal updates on engagements  Reporting against sprints or overall plan  Team retrospectives  Transition and off-boarding  Obtaining value metrics for case studies  The experience  3-5 years of delivery knowledge with a background in successfully achieving client outcomes.  Deep understanding of several different delivery methods together with an awareness of their underlying principles, and how those principles can be applied in unconventional environments.  Ideally have worked within a consultancy or a variety of interesting, challenging organisations.  Your support  We advocate for a continuous learning culture with bespoke training programmes to support you in your career growth. We recommend and contribute towards study materials, courses and conferences that will help you learn and further develop your skills.  You will be supported by the internal marketing team and you will have the opportunity to speak at meetups, run podcasts, write blogs and present at multiple different public events which will enable you to stand out as a leader in the space.  Our values  Here at Tecknuovo, it should be possible to see our mission and values at work every single day. Every practice, policy, interaction, or reward is recognisably tied to them. As we continue our journey to scale, we might not always get things right – we are all human after all. However, these will be our anchors, something which we expect everyone to hold each other accountable for:  Make genuine connections  Have the courage to act Embrace the pace  Move information freely  Be curious, always