How hiring a bid manager could help you close more multi-year enterprise deals

Happy Friday! Welcome to #TalentAgnostic, Gigstart's weekly newsletter where we bring together experts from across the science and technology sector to share advice on how to build an enduring company and culture. Let's dive into this week's top tips:

We took a deep-dive into whether companies have a clear yearly talent strategy for 2024 and how this impacts their overall business performance.

According to our research only 17% of companies have a clear talent strategy for the next 12 months. Yet according to recent study by The Predictive Index companies that align talent with their business strategy outperform others by 16%, retain 30% more top-performers and see 34% higher employee performance.

Check out our top tips on how to develop a winning talen strategy for your company below:

If you are working on your 2024 talent strategy and would like some advice on how to stay ahead of the curve feel free to book in a free consultation with our Managing Director, Finbar Dalton, here!

We sat down with Christina Godfrey Carter Senior Proposal Manager on the Big Deals team at Amazon Web Services (AWS) to discuss why building a high preforming bid management function is crucial to accelerating growth as a B2B company.

If you're a Founder or aspiring Bid Manager this isn't one to miss as we covered everything from what it takes to be a high performer, the right timing and reasons to bring someone onboard and best practices for winning multi-year enterprise and public sector bids.

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