Job Title:

Commercial

Manager

Location:

Barrow-in-Furness (3 days per 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:

£55,000+ depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

Support to all contract activity including the drafting and negotiation of

complex

terms and conditions and associated agreements with customers ensuring the interests of BAE Systems

Responsible for all contract aspects of business winning

Responsible for ensuring that contract activity is undertaken in accordance with BAE Systems Operational Framework and relevant business unit commercial processes including Request for Bid Approval

Responsible for delivery of commercial interface with Procurement and flow-down of commercial contract requirements

Support

all Contract and Bid Status Reviews to justify, explain and clear ongoing commercial contract activities

Contract interface with domestic and international customers

Your skills and experiences:

Educated to degree level or equivalent in relevant subject,

e.g.

Law, or evidence of relevant experience

Proven

experience in commercial

management

within a major project or

complex

programme environment

Skilled in drafting, negotiating, and

managing

complex

contracts and associated agreements with domestic and international customers.

Strong

understanding of bid

management

processes and experience supporting business-winning activities

Knowledge of commercial governance frameworks and processes, including Request for Bid Approval

Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including Procurement, Finance, Estimating, and Project

Management

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 AUKUS Commercial team:

The SSNR programme is entering a pivotal phase of expansion, marked by the UK Programme of Record, the inclusion of an Australian partner under the tri-national AUKUS agreement, and planned investments in critical enablers to strengthen our capacity, capability, and resilience. This growth drives the need to establish a dedicated bid

management

function to develop high-quality, best-practice proposals that meet evolving customer requirements. This role presents an exciting opportunity to join a newly formed, innovative team working on unique international contracts and shaping the future of our bid and contracting strategy. 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:

20th January 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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