Senior Commercial Manager

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor is seeking a Senior Commercial Manager to drive business within the Space Business Unit at their Bristol or Corsham location. The successful candidate will implement commercial strategies and manage contracts in a hybrid working environment. Strong relationship management and project management skills are essential, along with relevant professional qualifications. This full-time role offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package, including a matched contribution pension scheme and development opportunities.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and health consultations

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading benefits

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Understanding and experience in creating proposals for growth.
• Significant experience managing relationships at a senior level.
• Experience of managing multiple projects simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Drive business and contracts within the Space Business Unit.
• Implement commercial strategies and solutions.
• Provide governance support to teams.

Skills

Relationship management

Project management

Commercial awareness

Education

Professional qualifications (MCIPS, WCC, PGCCM)

Job description

Location: Bristol, GB, BS3 2HQ; Swindon, GB, SN13 9NR.

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Senior Commercial Manager
Location: Bristol or Corsham + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF63950

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Commercial Manager at our Bristol or Corsham and customer sites.

The Role

As a Senior Commercial Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Joining our team and supporting our drive to transform Mission Systems by delivering innovative and pragmatic commercial solutions for our customers, and our business.

Day‑to‑day, you’ll be working within our Space Business Unit to drive the business and contracts forward; all whilst managing existing contracts, undertaking negotiations, pricing activities and dynamic contractual risk assessments along with supporting tender and organic growth activities at every level to achieve our customer’s mission:

• Identify and implement pragmatic commercial solutions to achieve a win : win.
• Support, implement and coordinate the execution of commercial strategies to achieve success.
• Providing governance support to business and commercial teams.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and requires regular travel across a range of internal and customer sites on a weekly / monthly basis alongside home working arrangements.

Essential Experience of the Senior Commercial Manager

• Understanding and experience in the creation of proposals whether as organic growth or for new opportunities.
• Significant relationship management experience to work at a senior level with our customers to identify and implement pragmatic commercial frameworks.
• Experience of project management and prioritising deliverables to independently manage concurrent and multiple business change projects and day to day operations simultaneously.
• Demonstratable experience of leading all contract management activities across all aspects of the life cycle in matrix organisations from across industry however defence experience would be desirable, but this is not essential.
• Commercially driven and can identify commercial innovation with a good business awareness of customers and competitors.

Qualifications for the Senior Commercial Manager

• Holding or working towards suitable professional qualifications (MCIPS, WCC, PGCCM) or equivalent / similar is highly desirable but, not essential.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we Offer

• 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 is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International

For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing Date

09/12/2025