Job Title: Head of Commercial
Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute or Rosyth, Fife + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Shape the Future of Defence and Engineering
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Head of Commercial at our Helensburgh or Rosyth site.
The role
As a Head of Commercial, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll lead the commercial strategy for our Fleet Time operations, supporting the Royal Navy and Ministry of Defence. This is a pivotal role where your expertise will ensure the successful delivery of high-value contracts, strengthen customer relationships, and influence decisions that safeguard national security. It’s an opportunity to make a tangible impact while advancing your career in a dynamic, mission-critical environment.
Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:
1. Overseeing delivery of a high-value single-source contract to the UK Ministry of Defence
2. Providing governance and guidance on complex commercial issues
3. Acting as an escalation point for high-risk matters and coordinating responses with legal teams
4. Negotiating price, terms, and scope with customers to achieve positive outcomes
5. Collaborating with internal teams (finance, supply chain, technical) to develop commercial solutions.
This role is full time, 37 hours per week with hybrid working arrangements. You can be based at either our Helensburgh or Rosyth site, with occasional travel between locations.
Essential experience of the Head of Commercial
6. Proven experience managing large, complex contracts and bids in regulated or government environments
7. Strong negotiation skills and ability to build effective customer relationships
8. Leadership experience managing and developing commercial teams
9. Expertise in commercial governance and oversight for complex projects
10. Knowledge of Single Source Contracting Regulations
Qualifications for the Head of Commercial
11. Degree-level education in Business, Law, or equivalent experience.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at .
What we offer
12. Generous holiday allowance
13. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
14. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
15. Employee shopping savings portal
16. Payment of Professional Fees
17. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
18. Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
19. ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
Babcock
We’re Babcock — a global FTSE organisation with over 26, people working together to make a difference.
Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.
We call that lifetime engineering.
Join us and see how far we can go, together.
We are a disability confident committed employer.