About the role

  • Senior Commercial Manager leading high‑impact commercial activity within the Mission Systems business at Babcock. Protecting people and infrastructure while fostering career development opportunities.

Responsibilities

  • Lead high‑impact commercial activity within our Mission Systems business
  • Help to deliver programmes that protect people and national infrastructure
  • Manage contracts across the lifecycle
  • Drive negotiations and pricing
  • Shape pragmatic, customer‑focused commercial solutions that enable our engineering and delivery teams to succeed
  • Provide contract management and governance, ensuring robust commercial control and compliance across a range of agreements
  • Execute commercial strategies in partnership with programme and functional leaders
  • Act as the senior commercial point of contact, building strong relationships and providing timely advice to internal teams and external customers

Requirements

  • Proven leadership of end‑to‑end contract management in complex, matrix organisations
  • Strong commercial acumen with the ability to spot opportunities for innovation and value creation
  • Experience creating proposals for both organic growth and new bids
  • Resilience under pressure with the ability to meet mission‑critical deadlines
  • Excellent relationship‑building and stakeholder management at senior levels
  • Ideally degree‑qualified (or equivalent) in a relevant field such as Business, Law, Engineering or Accountancy (or equivalent experience)
  • Preferred: Professional development towards (or membership of) bodies such as World Commerce & Contracting (WCC), Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS/MCIPS), or a Postgraduate Certificate in Commercial Management

Benefits

  • Generous holiday allowance
  • Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
  • Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
  • Employee share scheme
  • Employee shopping savings portal
  • Payment of Professional Fees
  • Reservists in the armed forces receive 10‑days special paid leave
  • Holiday Trading – buy additional leave or sell up to one working week
  • ‘Be Kind Day’ – one paid day each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice
  • Flexible working – options to better integrate work and life, subject to business needs
  • A dynamic working environment with strong career development opportunities

Job title

Senior Commercial Manager

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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