Pitching & Proposals Manager

Your role

At Allens, our business teams are also specialists in their field, using their unique knowledge and expertise to solve critical client and business challenges. Based in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane or Perth, you'll be part of our Clients & Markets team. The Pitching & Proposals team plays a critical role in helping the firm win, retain and grow client relationships by delivering compelling pitches, tenders and proposal responses that showcase the strength of our people, experience and solutions.

As a Pitching & Proposals Manager in our Clients & Markets team you will:

• Lead the delivery of high-quality, client-focused pitches, panel tenders and transactional proposals, partnering with lawyers and business teams to develop compelling and commercially focused submissions.

• Apply best‑practice pitching and proposal principles, including reviewing and editing submissions for quality, consistency and alignment with client expectations.

• Own Client Vendor Questionnaires (CVQs) end-to-end, including managing intake and triage, coordinating responses, delivering timely and consistent first-draft submissions, and escalating to subject matter experts where required.

• Build and maintain a reusable, SME-approved response library for CVQs and embed streamlined ways of working that improve efficiency, consistency and the client experience across the firm.

This is a permanent, full-time opportunity. At Allens we have a hybrid working structure, typically 60% in the office and 40% from home. We would be happy to discuss any other flexible working arrangements that best support you.

About you

You will bring:

• Demonstrated experience managing bids, tenders, proposals, pitches or other strategic business development initiatives in a professional services, legal, consulting or similarly complex environment.

• Strong project management skills, with the ability to balance multiple competing priorities and deliver high-quality outcomes under tight deadlines.

• Excellent written communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to distil complex information into clear, consistent and client-focused content.

• Experience working with subject matter experts and senior stakeholders to gather information, drive decisions and achieve outcomes efficiently.

• A continuous improvement mindset, with an interest in developing processes, knowledge resources and scalable ways of working.

• A desire to learn, grow, network and mentor others.

Your development

At Allens, you’ll be supported to grow through meaningful work, stretch opportunities, feedback, coaching and access to high-quality learning. You’ll work with experienced leaders and colleagues across the firm, building your capability, judgement and influence through the work you do every day.

Our perks

Our benefits include:

• Financial: market competitive fixed remuneration, employee recruitment referral program, discounts at hundreds of suppliers including retail outlets, health and travel insurance, charity matched funding program.

• Health and wellbeing: fully subsidised gym memberships, annual flu vaccinations, skin checks, in-house snacks and catered meals, subsidised sporting and social activities, Employee Assistance Program including confidential counselling, wellbeing coaching and financial coaching for employees and their families.

• Flexibility: hybrid and flexible working arrangements to support you in your work and life commitments and passions, equipment to support working from home.

• Leave: ability to purchase additional annual leave, access to an enhanced, inclusive and flexible parental leave policy – 26 weeks paid parental leave with no minimum service for permanent employees and high quality executive coaching to support the transition.

• Recognition: team based recognition including social activities and contribution based recognition activities, and annual Allens Values Awards to nominate and recognise the incredible contributions of our people.

Allens is also proud to invest in our communities, giving you the opportunity to make a difference through our work on reconciliation, the environment and other social justice issues as well as our workplace giving and volunteering programs.

How to apply?

We'd love to hear from you so please click "apply now"! If you would like to find out more, please visit "This is Allens" or listen to our Allens Confidential podcast to hear real stories from real people about life at Allens. Alternatively, for a confidential discussion, please phone Priyanka Krishnan-D'Souza on +61 3 9613 8835.

At Allens, our culture is made up of unique backgrounds and varying life experiences. We celebrate our people's differences across gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, cultural backgrounds, First Nations communities, and family and caring arrangements. If you require adjustments to fully participate in our application process, please contact us at [email protected]. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align, please express your interest by emailing us at [email protected]. The right role for you might be just around the corner!