Senior Commercial Manager
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Shifa Nasir
Senior Commercial Manager – Defence Programmes
📍 South West London (Hybrid Working) x2/3 days on site and rest working from home
⭐ Flexible working with a compressed week option – enjoy every other Friday off!
📅Full-time | Permanent
💼Salary up to £80,000
🔐 Security Clearance required or eligible for it.
A global, mission-led organisation at the forefront of defence and security innovation is looking for a Senior Commercial Manager to lead commercial strategy and contract management across a portfolio of complex, multi-million-pound programmes.
Working with a talented cross-functional team, this person will be instrumental in shaping commercial outcomes, supporting national defence clients, and ensuring best-in-class contractual performance across sectors such as Cyber, Aerospace, and Maritime.
🔹 Key Responsibilities:
- Lead commercial and contract management activities on major defence programmes
- Develop and implement commercial strategies to maximise value and manage risk
- Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of contracts and agreements
- Ensure compliance with internal policies, regulatory requirements, and governance frameworks
- Support business development efforts including bid strategy, pricing, and customer negotiations
- Act as the commercial point of contact for internal stakeholders and customers
- Mentor and support junior members of the commercial team
- Manage contract changes, performance, and lifecycle through to closure
✅ Required Skills & Experience:
- Proven experience in a commercial/contracts management role, ideally within the defence, aerospace, or secure government sectors within a customer facing role
- Strong understanding of UK government contracting, including MOD frameworks and DEFCONs
- Skilled negotiator with experience managing complex contracts and agreements
- Confident working cross-functionally with project, legal, and finance teams
- Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder engagement skills
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, regulated environment
💡 What’s on Offer:
- The opportunity to contribute to high-impact, secure national programmes
- A supportive, inclusive culture with hybrid working options
- Competitive salary, bonus scheme, pension, and private healthcare
- Ongoing professional development and clear career progression pathways
🔐 Make your mark in a business that protects and empowers through technology. If you thrive in complex environments and enjoy leading commercial strategy at scale this is the role for you.
📩 Apply now or email your CV to shifa@talentdrive.co.uk to learn more in confidence.
Talent Drive are committed to promoting Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace. We review all applicants on equal merit and we do not discriminate on the basis of age, gender, sex, relationship status, disability, race, religion/beliefs, or sexual orientation.
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