Rolls-Royce SMR
Commercial Manager
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Our Mission
Our mission is to deliver clean, affordable energy for all. Rolls Royce SMR provides a British solution to a global energy challenge, leading the way in Small Modular Reactor technology and shaping the UK’s premier green export opportunity.
About the Role
Our Customer Commercial function sits at the heart of this journey, enabling the successful delivery of major customer contracts while supporting future growth. With multiple customer agreements secured and more in development, we are entering a critical phase of delivery and expansion, with dedicated Commercial teams in place supporting our existing customers in the UK, Czech Republic, and Sweden.
If you have a specific preference in role, please let us know.
In this context, we’re looking for a Commercial Manager – Customer to lead the drafting, negotiation, and management of commercially significant customer agreements. Reporting into the senior leadership team, this role will support strategic customer programmes, shape commercial strategy, and contribute to the development of a mature, scalable commercial function within a fast-growing organisation.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Draft, negotiate, and manage a wide range of customer-facing commercial contracts, ensuring clarity, compliance, and effective risk management.
- Support commercial strategy development, risk allocation, contract structures, and in-contract management.
- Lead and contribute to the development and maturity of the commercial function, including governance, processes, templates, and training.
- Build strong working relationships with internal stakeholders at all levels, providing insight, guidance, and foresight on commercial matters.
- Translate complex commercial and technical information into compelling, clear formats for senior stakeholders.
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As you can see, this is a pivotal role supporting our commercial strategy, and you’ll bring a collaborative mindset, sound judgement, and first-class communication skills to help deliver the UK's clean energy future.
What You’ll Bring
- A degree (or equivalent experience) in Commercial Management, Business, Law, Finance, or a related field.
- Experience negotiating and managing complex commercial contracts within engineering, infrastructure, energy, or similar sectors.
- Confidence working with commercial mechanisms such as KPIs, target cost models, pain/gain, variations, and milestone payments.
- Experience working in highly regulated environments or similarly complex industries.
- Strong interpersonal and influencing skills, with the ability to advise stakeholders in ambiguous or fast-paced settings.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly.
- Experience supporting governance, processes, or capability development within a Commercial function (desirable).
- Experience of industry contract forms such as NEC, FIDIC, JCT, or similar (advantageous but not essential).
Location & Ways of Working
This role can be based from our Manchester office, with hybrid working and regular weekly attendance expected. Some travel may be required depending on project or customer needs.
What’s In It for You?
- Salary: The salary band for this role is £53,800 – £66,465, dependent on the skills, experience, and values you bring.
- Benefits Package: Comprehensive benefits package including:
- Bonus – performance-related up to 12.5%
- Benefits Allowance – £2,200 for a bespoke benefits package
- Pension – 12% employer and 6% employee contributions
- Holidays – 28 days (+ public holidays), with the option to buy/sell up to 4 days
- Private Medical Insurance – BUPA single cover
- Life Assurance – 6× pensionable pay
- £250 one-off payment for new starters to support home office set-up
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Why Join Us?
You’ll be joining a forward-thinking organisation that values transparency, fairness, and innovation. We offer:
- A flexible, inclusive, and supportive working environment.
- Opportunities for career growth in a rapidly scaling business.
- A culture that values diversity, innovation, and continuous learning.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds. Inclusivity is important to us, and as a Disability Confident organisation, we are committed to fair, supportive, and continually improving recruitment practices that ensure everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we'll let you in on a secret: there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. If you feel you meet 75% of the requirements for this role, we would love to hear from you.
Also, if you are considering a career move or a sector-jump, please get in touch – we welcome applications from people with transferable skills.
Our Application Process
Due to the safety regulations within the nuclear industry, applicants will be required to participate in additional screening. These are:
- Obtaining Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance
- Satisfactory completion of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
- Satisfactory completion of a basic financial probity check
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