Principal Commercial Officer

Job Title:

Principal Commercial Officer

Location:

Barrow-in-Furness (3 days per week on-site)

Salary:

Circa £50,000

What you’ll be doing :

Reviewing, drafting, negotiating, and finalising contracts and commercial agreements with customers and suppliers

Provision of contract

management

support, including contract administration,

managing

change, contract configuration and contract closure

Customer relationship

management : applying a high degree of customer focus, developing and maintaining relationships with both internal and external stakeholders

Managing , developing and mentoring junior members of the team

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

Excellent communication skills

Experience in drafting, writing and negotiating contracts

Demonstrable client/customer relationship

management ; ability to forge

strong

working relationships

Ability to present in senior

management

forums

Desirable:

Knowledge of terms and conditions, types of contracts, commercial skillset, risks and opportunities

Defence sector experience

Experience in

managing

and developing others

Business acumen and Submarines product knowledge

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 Commercial team:

As a member of the Commercial Team, you will work cross-functionally and with the customer. Your primary role will be to support the contact preparations, negotiation, bidding, writing and drafting, configuring, and

managing

of contacts. These consist of multi-function teams, such as Project

Management , Engineering, Technical Specialist, and Supply Chain. Career Development is fully supported within the team, with

the opportunity to move up to

management

level along with skillset development through further education and recognised training to facilitate lateral moves within the wider BAE business. 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:

16th March 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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