Senior Commercial Manager

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Commercial Manager

Location: Barrow-in-Furness

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: From £60,350 depending on skills and experience plus executive car allowance and bonus on top

Who we are:

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

Job Description:

As a Senior Commercial manager, you will manage a wide range of contract activities, whilst working closely with internal teams, alongside external suppliers and stakeholders. You will be supporting with contract and bid reviews, alongside contributing to commercial outcomes while supporting business and customer needs within a dynamic team.

Core duties:

• You will be responsible for managing contract activity including the drafting and negotiation of complex terms and conditions to form associated agreements with BAE customers
• You will be ensuring that contract activity is undertaken in accordance with the BAE Systems Operational framework and relevant business commercial processes
• You will be a commercial interface from a procurement aspect and manage the flow down of commercial contract requirements
• You will be supporting all contract and bid status reviews to justify, explain and conclude commercial contract activities
• You will be responsible for maintaining and developing customer stakeholder relationships

Essential Skills:

• You will be required to be educated to a degree level or hold an equivalent commercial management qualification
• You will need to hold relevant experience in commercial management within a major programme or complex programme environment
• You will be required to have strong negotiating, drafting and management experience of complex, high value contracts with defence domestic and international customers
• You will be required to have gained good bid management experience

The Commercial Function team

This is an exciting time to join our function, where you will be part of a dynamic team driving business and customer needs. The role offers current and future progression opportunities across multiple programmes and the chance to work with key stakeholders. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 11th May 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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