Senior Commercial Manager

Babcock International Group; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense and engineering firm is seeking a Senior Commercial Manager to join their team in Bristol or Corsham. This full-time role focuses on delivering commercial solutions within the Space Business Unit, managing contracts, and driving business growth. Ideal candidates will have experience in contract management, project management, and strong commercial awareness. The position offers hybrid working and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience leading all contract management activities across the life cycle.
• Understanding of proposal creation for growth or new opportunities.
• Experience in a matrix organization preferably in defense.

Responsibilities

• Support and implement commercial strategies for success.
• Manage existing contracts and undertake negotiations.
• Drive business forward through innovative commercial solutions.

Skills

Leading contract management activities

Commercial awareness

Relationship management

Project management

Identifying commercial innovation

Education

Working towards MCIPS, WCC, PGCCM or equivalent

Job description

Job Title: Senior Commercial Manager

Location: Bristol or Corsham + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF

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 :

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

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.
• 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.
• 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.

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.

What we Offer

• 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 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.