Head of Commercial

Glasgow - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 10 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Title: Head of Commercial

Location: Helensburgh Argyll and Bute or Rosyth Fife Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF69821

Shape the Future of Defence and Engineering

At Babcock were working to create a safe and secure world together and if you join us you can play your part as a Head of Commercial at our Helensburgh or Rosyth site.

The role

As aHead of Commercial youll have a role thats out of the ordinary. Youll lead the commercial strategy for our Fleet Time operations supporting the Royal Navy and Ministry of Defence. This is a pivotal role where your expertise will ensure the successful delivery of high-value contracts strengthen customer relationships and influence decisions that safeguard national security. Its an opportunity to make a tangible impact while advancing your career in a dynamic mission-critical environment.

Day-to-day youll have the following responsibilities:

Overseeing delivery of a high-value single-source contract to the UK Ministry of Defence
Providing governance and guidance on complex commercial issues
Acting as an escalation point for high-risk matters and coordinating responses with legal teams
Negotiating price terms and scope with customers to achieve positive outcomes
Collaborating with internal teams (finance supply chain technical) to develop commercial solutions.

This role is full time 36 hours per week with hybrid working arrangements. You can be based at either our Helensburgh or Rosyth site with occasional travel between locations.

Essential experience of the Head of Commercial

Proven experience managing large complex contracts and bids in regulated or government environments
Strong negotiation skills and ability to build effective customer relationships
Leadership experience managing and developing commercial teams
Expertise in commercial governance and oversight for complex projects
Knowledge of Single Source Contracting Regulations

Qualifications for the Head of Commercial

Degree-level education in Business Law or equivalent experience.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth nationality current or former citizenship and any residency you hold or have held. 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 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 Babcock 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

Babcock

Were Babcock a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26000 people working together to make a difference.

Here youll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together were building a future that lasts not just through the impact we make but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go 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: 05/03/2026

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Job Title: Head of Commercial Location: Helensburgh Argyll and Bute or Rosyth Fife Hybrid Working Arrangements Compensation: Competitive BenefitsRole Type: Full time / Permanent Role ID: SF69821Shape the Future of Defence and EngineeringAt Babcock were worki...