Commercial Manager

Job Description

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An exciting opportunity has become available to join Boeing Defence United Kingdom (BDUK) as Commercial Manager in the Digital business unit, focusing predominantly on contract change and growth opportunities. The role is full‑time based in Bristol, with hybrid working available. This is a non‑line management role within the BDUK Digital Commercial Team, reporting to the Digital Head of Commercial. The Digital business unit is one of three business units in BDUK, and the digital commercial team supports a portfolio of complex contracts, mainly with the UK MOD, with ongoing growth activities and long‑term contracted programmes.

• Managing all contract change activity across a complex UK MoD digital services and support contract.
• Lead and participate in moderate complexity proposal development, negotiation, and execution of contractual agreements, including contract changes and amendments, within appropriate signature authority.
• Lead the presentation and development of complex business solutions to preserve and expand the business.
• Represent the company in external engagements, and negotiations of a moderate nature with responsibility to develop and maintain effective working relationships with customer counterparts.
• Authority to prepare, negotiate, execute, interpret and administer legally binding contractual agreements of a moderate to complex nature for The Boeing Company.
• Summarise contractual issues, and support development of creative solutions and coordination of contractual risk mitigation.
• Implement and maintain effective commercial governance to protect company interest and ensure fully aligned work approaches.
• Authorise company work and administer contracts and agreements in accordance with contractual requirements.
• Interpret contract requirements, advocate change and resolve conflict.
• Support with supplier (and intercompany) flow‑down, negotiation and mobilisation.
• Support, manage and/or govern the discharging of our contractual obligations.
• Draft, review, interpret, and administer terms and conditions (ranging from simple to moderately complex) and other legally binding agreements.
• Support and lead internal coordination across functional areas (programme, finance, legal) to deliver commercial solutions aligned with strategic goals.
• Anticipate, interpret, and mitigate commercial risks; summarise contractual issues and propose creative, risk‑aware solutions.
• Maintain effective commercial governance, ensuring compliance with Boeing Defence UK and corporate policies, applicable laws, and regulations.
• Lead or support development and review of Statements of Work.
• Administer contracts and authorise company work in line with contractual requirements and corporate policy.
• Understand and apply value‑for‑money principles in support of customer needs while delivering against business objectives.
• Fully understand, implement and adhere to BDUK Commercial policies/procedures and ensure compliance with Corporate Policies/Procedures and all legislation, regulations and standards applicable to your contracts/proposals.

As a mid‑level member of the team you will be expected to work with autonomy and minimal supervision, albeit as part of both the Digital Commercial team and your Programme teams. The ability to build strong effective relationships with the customer and stakeholders is vital. You’ll be expected to deliver continuous improvement that impacts the wider functions and business and you’ll be relied upon to develop and demonstrate a wide range of Commercial skills and assume positions of authority on commercial topics to provide benefit to your peers.

• Analytical skills
• Business financial acumen
• Communication
• Cross‑functional partnership
• Customer relationship management
• Decision making
• First Time Quality
• Knowledge and skilled in defence contracting and terms & conditions – drafting, interpretation and negotiating
• Understanding…