Commercial Manager – Digital & Programmes

Money & Pensions Service; Bedford; Hybrid; GBP 66,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working

Job summary

The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) seeks a Commercial Manager – Digital and Programmes in Bedford. This hybrid role offers the chance to guide digital and outsourced service procurement within a supportive team, shaping public sector outcomes across the UK.

You will lead commercial strategy, manage complex contracts, and negotiate value-driven changes with stakeholders, contributing to better financial futures for people in need.

Qualifications

• Public sector commercial experience is required.
• Experience with digital frameworks in procurement is preferred.
• Ability to lead negotiations and contract changes effectively.

Responsibilities

• Provide full-cycle commercial support for digital and outsourced services.
• Identify sourcing routes, run compliant award procedures, and manage procurements.
• Lead financial negotiations and maintain cost models.
• Manage stakeholders throughout the procurement process.

Skills

Senior-level commercial management

Negotiation skills

Excellent communication

Stakeholder management

Education

MCIPS / IACCM / WCC accreditation

Job description

Commercial Manager – Digital & Programmes

£73,000 per annum

Bedford

Permanent

Hybrid Working

Ready to make a real difference? Join us at the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) as our Commercial Manager – Digital and Programmes. This is your chance to play a meaningful role in helping people across the UK build stronger financial futures and to do it as part of a supportive, energetic team.

Why this role matters?

The Money and Pensions Service vision is better financial futures for everyone in need

The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is an arm’s-length body sponsored by the Department for Work and Pensions, established at the beginning of 2019, and also engages with HM Treasury on policy matters relating to financial capability and debt advice.

We help people – particularly those most in need– to improve their financial wellbeing and build a better, more confident future. Working collaboratively across the UK, we make sure customers can access high-quality money and pensions guidance and debt advice throughout their lives, how and when they need it.

The Commercial Manager will provide full-cycle commercial support, with a particular focus on digital and outsourced services.

The role sits within a Commercial team of approximately 18 people and forms part of a seven-person sub-team currently embedded within programme teams.

Key Responsibilities:

Sourcing

• Use knowledge and experience to identify suitable frameworks and sourcing approaches, primarily for digital and cloud-based requirements, while also supporting wider professional services requirements.
• Articulate the benefits of identified routes to market and recommend the most appropriate option.
• Run award procedures that enable contracts to be awarded compliantly and at pace.
• Manage procurements in accordance with relevant procurement legislation, organisational policies and internal governance requirements.

  Commercial Contract Management

• Follow and maintain the contractual change process, ensuring changes are tracked where necessary and that the underlying cost model remains current and accessible.
• Lead financial negotiations for changes to existing contracts at the appropriate management level, ensuring agreements remain commercially advantageous and are appropriately documented and tracked.
• Review and amend contract documents, including service-level exhibits and statements of work, in line with agreed changes.
• Manage stakeholders effectively throughout the process.

  You will need to demonstrate the following experience;

  Essential

• MCIPS, IACCM/WCC or equivalent relevant experience or accreditation.
• Solid public sector commercial experience, including selecting and using public sector digital frameworks efficiently and compliantly.
• Proven track record of working effectively with service delivery teams, business managers and project managers to support the delivery of service objectives.
• Strong and demonstrable senior-level commercial management experience, ideally with at least five years’ experience in similar roles.
• Ability to run and/or supervise compliant and pragmatic sourcing activity at pace without creating procurement risk.

  Personal attributes

• Excellent decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills at all levels.
• Collaborative, self-motivated and able to work effectively as part of a team.
• Analytical, with the ability to interpret information and support sound decision-making.
• Confident and effective negotiator.
• Able to build and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

About Us

The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is based in Bedford, in a recently renovated modern office. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to become an integral part of a dynamic organisation, working to help people across the UK.

At the heart of the Money and Pensions Service are our values – caring, connecting, and transforming, which are the foundation of our success. They permeate every area of our work and define all our business relationships and the way we work with each other. We’re not only looking for the best people to come and work for us, but we need people who align themselves with our values:

• Caring
  We care about our colleagues and the people whose lives we are here to transform.
• Connecting
  We will transform lives through our ability to make positive connections.
• Transforming
  We are committed to transforming lives and making a positive societal impact.

Our Inclusive Working Environment

By fostering our values, we are immensely proud of the inclusive working environment that we have created.