Senior Commercial Manager

Job Title: Senior Commercial Manager

Location: Portsmouth Broad Oak – 2-3 days a week onsite

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: Up to £80,000 dependent on skills and experience

Who we are: 

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

Job Description: 

You will join our Underwater Battlespace business as a Senior Commercial Manager, shaping and delivering commercial strategy across a fast‑moving, mission‑critical portfolio while leading a team of circa 10 commercial professionals. In this influential role, you will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to drive value, strengthen customer relationships, and support successful programme delivery alongside winning bids and proposals. You will contribute to high‑impact, high‑value programmes while benefiting from considerable leadership development opportunities to support your growth and long‑term career progression.

Core duties: 

• You will lead commercial strategy by shaping and delivering approaches for complex underwater defence programmes
• Provide expert commercial guidance across bids and contracts, including pricing, cost structures and risk management
• Working in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams is essential to align commercial decisions with technical, legal, financial and performance needs
• Complex contract negotiations will be overseen, ensuring clarity on incentives, change, IP and through‑life support terms
• Ensure commercial governance in a creative and supportive way to drive effective risk management, regulatory compliance and continuous improvement, but in an agile and innovative way.

Essential Skills: 

• Proven experience in a senior commercial or contracts management role within defence, aerospace, engineering, or highly technical environments
• Good commercial acumen with a deep understanding of pricing strategies, cost drivers, and programme financials
• Demonstrated success negotiating complex, high-value contracts, including long-term or through-life support agreements
• Flexible mindset with the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, complex, and evolving environment

The Products Commercial Team: 

The Products Commercial team is a 31‑strong, supportive group providing trusted advice that balances opportunity and risk. With access to the wider global BAE Systems commercial community, the role offers exceptional development and growth. Operating within a vibrant, fast‑evolving business, you’ll have the chance to demonstrate your strengths and make a meaningful impact on its success.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

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: 22nd June 2026

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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