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Senior Commercial Officer

2/20/2026

The role involves supporting internal impact assessments and managing the contractual basis for claims, alongside leading negotiations of proposals and claims with customers to achieve business objectives. Responsibilities also include the coordination, control, and drafting of these claims and proposals, as well as monitoring contractual data.

Working Hours

40 hours/week

Company Size

10,001+ employees

Language

English

Visa Sponsorship

No

About The Company
At BAE Systems, we help our customers to stay a step ahead when protecting people and national security, critical infrastructure and vital information. We provide some of the world’s most advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions and employ a skilled workforce of 107,000 people in more than 40 countries. From state of the art cyber threat detection to flight control systems that enable pilots to make better decisions, we never stop innovating to ensure that our customers maintain their advantage. This is a long-term commitment involving significant investments in skills. We also work closely with local partners to support economic development through the transfer of knowledge, skills and technology.
About the Role

Job Title: Senior Commercial Officer

Location: Barrow-in-Furness. 3 days per week onsite

Salary: £42,215+ depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing :

  • Supporting the internal impact assessment and contractual basis of claims
  • Supporting/leading negotiation of proposals and claims with customers, ensuring this results in an acceptable agreement that aligns with business objectives
  • Coordination and control of claims and proposals. Drafting and completion of claims and proposals
  • Monitoring and maintenance of contractual data and artefacts, including liaison with wider functions to improve

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

  • Drafting of contracts and customer negotiation
  • Ability to work unsupervised, manage own workload and prioritise
  • Ability to understand commercial issues

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 team:

The Dreadnought Class will be the Royal Navy’s biggest, most powerful and technically advanced submarines when they begin to enter service in the early 2030s. Their construction is the biggest defence project underway in the UK today, involving new levels of innovation, technology and collaboration, and is also one of the largest and most complex engineering projects in the world. 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: 6th 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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Key Skills
Contract DraftingCustomer NegotiationClaims AssessmentProposal NegotiationContractual BasisClaims CoordinationProposal CoordinationContractual Data MaintenanceStakeholder Liaison
Categories
Government & Public SectorEngineeringManagement & LeadershipSecurity & Safety
Benefits
Competitive pension schemeEmployee share plansFlexible discounted health benefitsWellbeing benefitsLifestyle benefitsGreen car schemePrivate health plansShopping discountsAnnual incentive
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