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Job Title: Head of Commercial
Location: Warrington Cheshire; Newbury Berkshire; Bristol; or Leicester Leicestershire Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Attractive Salary Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF66253
Lead the Future of Defence and Nuclear Innovation
At Cavendish Nuclear were working to create a safe and secure world together and if you join us you can play your part as a Head of CommercialatWarrington Newbury Bristol or Leicester.
The role
As a Head of Commercial youll be at the forefront of shaping the commercial strategy for Cavendish Nuclears Defence business unit. This is a high-impact leadership role where your expertise will drive contract success strengthen client relationships and support long-term growth across critical national infrastructure projects. Youll lead a team of commercial and quantity surveying professionals influencing outcomes that protect communities and defence capabilities.
Day-to-day youll be:
- Leading commercial projects and providing strategic guidance across the UK Defence Business Unit.
- Managing negotiations with government and commercial stakeholders on complex contracts.
- Driving changes and growth opportunities across defence contracts and frameworks.
- Developing new contractual documents including supplier agreements and consultancy contracts.
- Representing Cavendish Nuclear at key customer meetings and industry forums.
This is apermanent full-timeposition working37 hours per week. The role ishybrid with 23 days per week onsite at Warrington Newbury Bristol or Leicester withsemi-regular travel to client sites.
Essential experience of the Head of Commercial:
- Proven success in leading negotiations and closing multi-million-pound public sector contracts ideally within Defence.
- Senior-level experience managing complex high-value contracts across the full lifecycle.
- Strategic commercial leadership in multi-disciplinary environments.
- Ability to assess contractual terms and their impact on financial performance and delivery risk.
- Experience in commercialising new products services or technologies.
Qualifications of the Head of Commercial:
- We value difference and dont have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - ()
What we offer
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP annual health check and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare
- Employee share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
- Be Kind Day enables employees to take one working days paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical mental and financial wellbeing.
Cavendish Nuclear
As a leader within the UK nuclear industry Cavendish Nuclear part of Babcock International Group provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together were innovating to make nuclear safer faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group from Canada the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world together.
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please email with the subject header Reasonable adjustments requirement. Were committed to building an inclusive culture where everyones free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing date: 12/08/2025
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Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full Time
