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Senior Commercial Manager
Senior Commercial Manager
Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits Role Type: Full time / Permanent Role ID: SF72976
About the Role
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world. If you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Commercial Manager within our Mission Systems business, supporting critical defence capabilities across the Sense and Connect portfolio.
Responsibilities
As a Senior Commercial Manager, you’ll drive commercial success across complex defence programmes and take on the following key responsibilities:
- Provide commercial leadership and governance across a range of complex support contracts.
- Lead commercial negotiations, pricing activity, and contract amendments to achieve balanced, value-driven outcomes.
- Identify and manage commercial risks and opportunities throughout the contract lifecycle.
- Support tender activity and organic growth opportunities through the development of robust commercial proposals.
- Serve as a trusted commercial adviser, influencing decisions at every level with key stakeholders, customers, and delivery teams.
Operating in a flexible hybrid model, you’ll have options to be primarily based in Bristol, Plymouth, or Leicester with typically two days on-site per week.
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Essential Experience and Capabilities
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- Proven experience in leading contract management activities across the full lifecycle within a complex, matrix organisation.
- Demonstrated strong commercial capability with experience in negotiations, risk management, and diverse contract types.
- Background in supporting bids, proposals, and growth activities—either organically or through new business opportunities.
- Ability to operate confidently at senior stakeholder level, fostering enduring customer relationships.
- Strong business awareness, influencing skills, and ability to deliver under pressure.
Qualifications
- Degree-level qualification in a relevant discipline such as business, law, or accountancy, or equivalent experience.
- Professional commercial or procurement qualifications (or commitment to working towards them) desirable but not essential.
We recognise individuality and do not limit opportunities based on traditional backgrounds or education. Demonstrated experience and commitment to learning are what we value most.
Security Clearance
Mandatory requirement: To undertake this role, you’ll need to obtain and maintain Standard (BPSS) / Security Check (SC) / Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance.
Benefits
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched-contribution pension scheme with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations (Aviva DigiCare+)
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10 days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading benefit (annually February–March) to purchase additional leave or sell annual entitlement
- ‘Be Kind Day’ — take one paid working day per year for volunteer work
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About Babcock
We are Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people united towards a shared mission. From the earliest stages of system design to final decommissioning, our work contributes to essential capability in national security and public infrastructure. Here, careers place importance on meaningful work-life balance, enabling lasting influence. We call it lifetime engineering.
Join us and help shape a brighter future—together.
Inclusion & Flexibility
We are a disability confident employer. If you require reasonable adjustments during the application or selection process, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’.
We embrace flexible working and are happy to discuss alternative working patterns at interview.
Closing Date: 10/07/2026
For more information, refer to The United Kingdom Security Vetting.
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