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:
12th December 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.
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