ROLES · DIRECTION · PURSUITS, PITCHES & FRAMEWORKS

National Framework Manager

Shape routes to market, framework positions, client pursuits and reusable commercial access.

createcoordinatedecidelearn
CURRENT FIELD289family search-route signal
COMPARISON BAND£85,500—£90,500current family signal joined to the role-stage reference
CAREER SIGNALdirectiontitle-language cue, not authority by itself
LIVE EDITION5 August 2026recomposed with the current specialist field

01 · THE WORK UNDER THE TITLE

A title is a label.
Custody is the real role.

The specimen separates purpose, capability and decision rights so seniority language cannot masquerade as demonstrated scope.

RESPONSIBILITY

01Shape routes to market, framework positions, client pursuits and reusable commercial access.

02Protect opportunity qualification across the pursuit.

03Make relationship planning visible before release.

CAPABILITY

01opportunity qualification

02relationship planning

03compliance

04performance reporting

05account growth

06pursuit strategy

DECISION RIGHT
Set portfolio thresholds, investment, authority and the operating system that survives individual pursuits.
Authority still depends on the organisation, contract and delegated governance.

02 · PRACTICE ALLOCATION

Where the role’s attention is expected to move.

This is a disclosed role model for comparison, not time-and-motion measurement of every person carrying this title.

create18%
coordinate20%
decide34%
learn28%

03 · ENTRY × EXCEPTIONAL PRACTICE

Knowledge may open the door.
Applied judgement changes the room.

Neither side is a personality type. The difference is whether claims can be traced to decisions, artefacts, outcomes, boundaries and learning.

ENTRY SIGNAL

Business, marketing, sales or procurement learning can help; employers should test how the person turns access into controlled, deliverable pursuits.

Test gently

Ask the person to reconstruct one task, one difficulty and one correction. Look for curiosity, honest boundaries and the ability to use feedback.

EXCEPTIONAL PRACTICE

Can show disciplined no-bid decisions, framework utilisation, stronger pursuit positioning and lessons that changed later choices.

Test precisely

Ask what they stopped, protected, measured, transferred and changed in the operating system—not only what the team won.

04 · GEOGRAPHIC SIGNAL FIELD

Location changes the visible route.

These are retained specialist observations by source region. They show where current language is visible, not the complete population of professionals or roles.

London154current specialist signals
East of England106current specialist signals
North West98current specialist signals
Scotland54current specialist signals
South West46current specialist signals
East Midlands45current specialist signals
West Midlands43current specialist signals
South East36current specialist signals

05 · ADJACENT FORMS

Different title.
Shared burden.

Move sideways to test whether the vacancy title accurately describes the work and authority being requested.

management

Pitches and Pursuits Manager

pursuit strategy · framework governance

Open role →
management

Pitch Manager

framework governance · client research

Open role →
management

Pursuits Manager

client research · pipeline management

Open role →
management

Framework Manager

pipeline management · pitch coaching

Open role →
senior

Senior Framework Manager

pitch coaching · opportunity qualification

Open role →
practice

Framework Coordinator

relationship planning · compliance

Open role →
practice

Framework Compliance Coordinator

compliance · performance reporting

Open role →

Edition 5 August 2026. Current provider observations, published career guidance and the disclosed role-practice model remain separate evidence types. No title, credential or method guarantees performance or appointment.