Commercial Manager - NEC

Future Talent Group; Reading, Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel expenses paid

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Future Talent Group has partnered with a leading commercial consultancy to find a Senior Commercial Manager for a major client in the nuclear space. Location is Reading/London with hybrid work and travel expenses paid.

The role sits in the commercial performance team, building dashboards and reporting for senior stakeholders. NEC contracting experience is essential, with opportunities to influence reporting governance and automation across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as Senior Commercial Manager with ownership of performance and reporting.
• NEC contracting experience is essential.
• Strong stakeholder engagement at executive level.
• Commercial acumen and curiosity about how a commercial function operates.
• Ability to translate complex data into clear actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Design and build performance metrics and dashboards for the commercial function.
• Engage senior stakeholders to define reporting requirements.
• Collaborate with internal software teams to turn requirements into dashboards.
• Lead development of key commercial reporting outputs across the organisation.
• Translate data into clear, actionable insight for non-technical stakeholders.
• Set and maintain documentation and governance standards for reporting processes.
• Identify opportunities to automate or streamline manual reporting.
• Manage competing priorities across multiple stakeholder groups and deadlines.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Commercial acumen

NEC contracting

Dashboard design

Job description

Location - Reading/London - Hybrid - (Travel Expenses Paid)

Salary - £75,000/£85,000 + Benefits - Depending on experience

Future Talent Group has partnered with a leading commercial consultancy known for its deep defence and nuclear-sector presence to find a Senior Commercial Manager for a major client in the nuclear space.

This is a rare opportunity to join a high-profile commercial function at one of the UK's most significant nuclear-sector organisations, helping to shape how commercial performance is measured and tracked across the business.

The role

You’ll join the commercial performance team, working to build out performance measures and improve visibility of the commercial function across the organisation. You’ll be working closely with senior stakeholders, translating commercial performance into clear, actionable insight that supports better decision-making.

Key responsibilities

• Design and build performance metrics and dashboards for the commercial function
• Engage senior stakeholders, up to executive level, to gather and define reporting requirements
• Work closely with internal software development teams to turn requirements into functional, working dashboards
• Lead and coordinate the development of key commercial reporting outputs across the organisation
• Respond to ad hoc reporting and analysis requests from senior leadership
• Ensure accuracy and consistency across all commercial reporting outputs
• Translate complex data into clear, actionable insight for non-technical stakeholders
• Set and maintain documentation and governance standards for reporting processes
• Identify opportunities to automate or streamline manual reporting
• Manage competing priorities across multiple stakeholder groups and deadlines
• Act as the link between commercial and technical teams, making sure requirements are understood on both sides

What you'll bring

• Proven experience operating as a Senior Commercial Manager, with full ownership of commercial performance and reporting within a complex organisation
• NEC contracting experience is essential - you’ll need to speak the same language as your stakeholders from day one
• Confident, senior-level stakeholder engagement - comfortable challenging and influencing at pace, up to executive level
• Strong commercial acumen and genuine curiosity about how a commercial function operates
• A sharp, switched-on mindset - able to pick things up quickly and add value fast