Senior Commercial Manager

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

What you’ll be doing

Manage  contract activity including the drafting and negotiation of  complex  terms and conditions to form associated agreements with BAE customers ensuring the interests of BAE are protected

Ensure that contract activity is undertaken in accordance with BAE Systems Operational framework and relevant business commercial processes including Request for Bid Approval

Be a commercial interface with procurement and flow down of commercial contract requirements

Support all contract and bid status reviews to justify explain and conclude commercial contract activities

Maintain and develop customer stakeholder relationships

Your skills and experiences

Essential:

Be educated to a degree level or hold an equivalent commercial  management  qualification and experience

Proven  experience in commercial  management  within a major programme or  complex  programme environment

Be a skilled negotiator, drafter and  manager  of  complex  high value contracts with defence domestic and international customers

Have gained good bid  management  experience

Desirable:

Knowledge of commercial frameworks and governance including request for bid approvals

Benefits

As well as a  competitive  pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Commercial Function team

This is a very exciting time to join us in the function where you will be part of our dynamic team who are responsible for driving the needs of the business and the customer.  The role  will offer you both current and future opportunities for progression across multiple programmes and the chance to work with some of our most key stakeholders.

We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder  etc .)

that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please  speak  to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

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:  26th January 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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