Senior Commercial Manager

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:

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

Qualifications for the Senior Commercial Manager

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

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.

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