Commercial Contracts Manager

Were seeking a Commercial Contracts Manager to manage our commercial and contractual frameworks ensuring contracts are robust compliant and value newly created role manages complex contracts with government agencies defence primes and international partners balancing profitability risk and strict regulatory requirements.

The ideal candidate blends commercial pragmatism legal discipline and defence-sector awareness to drive success in a highly scrutinized environment.

This role can be based in Great Yarmouth or Milton Keynes. The role covers our EMEIA and SSIA divisions.

What Youll Do

• Lead the drafting review and negotiation of contracts with government bodies prime contractors and subcontractors.
• Ensure compliance with MOD DEFCONs FAR/DFARS ITAR/EAR and other export control regulations.
• Interpret and implement complex contract provisions around delivery milestones pricing adjustments intellectual property and offset obligations.
• Identify and mitigate contractual financial export and reputational risks associated with defence contracts.
• Oversee the full contract lifecyclefrom bid support to closeoutbalancing profitability risk and regulatory requirements.
• Implement performance monitoring systems for contractual obligations and commercial KPIs.
• Partner with Legal Finance and Programme teams to shape commercially viable strategies.
• Provide commercial input to bids and proposals balancing competitiveness with risk exposure.
• Evaluate pricing models cost-plus structures fixed-price and incentive-based contracts.
• Champion digital transformation in contract management embedding automation and secure workflows.

What Were Looking For

• Bachelors degree in Law Business or Engineering (LLB MBA or CIPS certification advantageous).
• 7 years experience in commercial or contract management within defence aerospace or security.
• Strong knowledge of defence contracting standards and export control frameworks e.g. DEFCON FAR/DFARS ITAR/EAR
• Proven ability to manage complex multi-party agreements and negotiate under pressure.
• Strong negotiation and analytical skills.
• Excellent knowledge of export control offset and compliance frameworks.
• Strategic thinker with excellent stakeholder engagement skills.
• Solid financial literacy.

Other Requirements

• SC cleared or ability to obtain
• Ability to travel to Spectrum Control sites and other locations as required

What We Can Offer You

• Flexible working practices we work a 9-day fortnight offer flexitime and work a half day Friday
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) with the option to buy up to 5 additional days
• Health cash plan cash back for everyday health expenses
• Private healthcare
• Pension scheme with 6% employer contributions
• Life assurance 4 x annual salary
• Reward and recognition platform
• Discount platform retail leisure gym discounts and more
• Employee assistance programme with access to confidential counselling services
• Support for further training and education
• Relocation assistance up to 8000 if you relocate to take up a position with us

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about discussed or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge (b) in furtherance of an investigation proceeding hearing or action including an investigation conducted by the employer or (c) consistent with the contractors legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Third-Party Recruiters

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