Job Title: Senior Commercial Manager
Location: Ashchuch, Gloucestershire + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Shaping smart commercial decisions that protect what matters
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Commercial Manager at Ashchurch, near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire.
Babcock is a truly purpose‑driven organisation, operating at the heart of defence, aerospace and engineering. Our people support critical national infrastructure and deliver capabilities that matter keeping communities safe, connected and resilient. Join us and be part of something meaningful, where your expertise helps safeguard the future.
The role
As a Senior Commercial Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role within our Mission Systems providing commercial leadership across complex, business‑critical contracts. This is a role with scale, influence and impact supporting customer missions, enabling sustainable growth, and shaping commercial strategies that balance performance, innovation and risk.
You’ll lead high‑value contract management activities, support negotiations and bid development, and act as a trusted commercial partner to senior stakeholders. In return, you’ll gain exposure to strategic programmes, work alongside highly experienced professionals, and enjoy real opportunities to grow your leadership capability within a supportive, forward‑thinking environment.
Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:
1. Lead commercial contract management and governance across the full contract lifecycle
2. Deliver negotiations, pricing activities and commercial input for new and organic growth opportunities
3. Identifying and implementing pragmatic, value‑adding commercial solutions that support win‑win outcomes
4. Supporting and executing commercial strategies aligned to business and customer objectives
5. Mentoring and guiding commercial team members, sharing best practice and supporting development
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with a minimum of 2 days onsite and rest of week days working from home.
Essential experience of the Senior Commercial Manager
6. Proven experience leading commercial and contract management activities within complex, matrix organisations
7. Strong background in negotiations, commercial risk management and contractual frameworks
8. Demonstrated experience supporting bid activity, proposals and pricing strategies
9. Ability to operate confidently with senior internal and external stakeholders
10. Experience leading, inspiring and developing people at all levels
Qualifications for the Senior Commercial Manager
11. Ideally be degree qualified (or equivalent) in Engineering, Business, Law, Accountancy but not essential.
12. Functional qualifications achieved, or would be willing to work towards, may include Membership of Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (MCIPS), International Association for Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM) or Post Graduate Certificate in Commercial Management (PGCCM)
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / Security Check (SC) and Developed Vetting (DV) 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
13. Generous holiday allowance
14. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
15. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
16. Employee share scheme
17. Employee shopping savings portal
18. Payment of Professional Fees
19. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
20. Holiday Trading to buy or sell annual leave
21. ‘Be Kind Day’ – one paid volunteering day each year
22. Flexible working options to support work‑life balance
23. A dynamic working environment with genuine career development opportunities
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.