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Job Title: Contracts Manager
Location: Rochester – onsite
Salary: Up to £55,000 depending on skills and experience
What You’ll Be Doing
* Providing guidance to and supporting the development of individuals in more junior roles
* Providing guidance to the business on commercial issues and internal governance throughout the contract lifecycle
* Collaborating with the project team, proactively engaging with other functions to enhance the commercial solution
* Playing a major role in winning new business and managing projects, drafting and negotiating moderately complex proposals, terms & conditions, agreements and changes
* Identifying commercial risks and opportunities, devising appropriate mitigations including seeking, presenting and obtaining relevant approvals
* Working as part of a team or independently with little supervision and guidance and using your own experience, judgement and initiative
* UK/overseas travel as required
Essential
Your skills and experiences:
* Contracts experience across various types of contracts and agreements (Customer facing)
* Negotiating and influencing experience
* Business acumen and financial awareness
* Experience in building and maintaining strong relationships, both internally and externally
* Track record of inclusive team skills as both a team leader and team member
* Degree level qualification in a business-related subject, or equivalent experience
Desirable
* Industry experience in aerospace & defence, or similar highly regulated and complex industries such as Rail or Energy
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 Electronic Systems Business Commercial Team
Become part of a dynamic team driving the delivery of cutting-edge technology to a diverse, global mix of military and commercial clients.
As a Contracts Manager, you will play a key role as a trusted business partner—overseeing customer relationships, leading contract negotiations, crafting innovative solutions, and advising on contractual, legal, regulatory, and governance matters in collaboration with both internal and external stakeholders.
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, 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: 10th June 2025
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.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Contract
Job function
* Job function
Management and Manufacturing
* Industries
Defense and Space Manufacturing
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