Senior Commercial Manager

• Drive commercial strategy across a complex, high-value portfolio.
• Lead strategic Defence programs and influence key business outcomes.
• Join a strong, collaborative and high-performing commercial team.

About the Role

At Babcock, we're growing our Commercial capability and are seeking an experienced Senior Commercial Manager to play a pivotal leadership role within our Strategic Communications portfolio. This is an opportunity to influence critical business outcomes, lead a high-performing team, and partner with senior leaders to deliver commercially successful programs across a complex and dynamic environment.

You will provide strategic commercial direction, ensuring effective management of commercial risk, governance, customer contracts, and business growth initiatives. Acting as a trusted advisor, you will work closely with delivery units and functional leaders to shape commercial strategy, support major bids and pursuits, strengthen customer relationships, and drive sustainable growth while protecting Babcock's commercial interests.

This role offers leadership across the entire commercial lifecycle, from opportunity identification and capture through to contract execution and delivery. You'll have oversight of significant customer contracts, lead complex negotiations, drive commercial governance and risk management activities, and ensure best-practice commercial outcomes are embedded throughout the business.

As a people leader, you will foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement. You'll also play a key role in supporting strategic business development activities, helping shape winning solutions for customers while balancing risk and reward.

If you're a commercially astute leader with experience managing complex contracts, influencing senior stakeholders, leading high-performing teams, and contributing to business growth, we'd love to hear from you

To be successful, you will bring:

• Australian Citizen with a Defence security clearance (or the ability to obtain one).
• Tertiary degree qualifications in Business, Commence, Law, Finance or equivalent working experience.
• Extensive experience in commercial, contracts, or related leadership roles within complex Defence, Government, engineering, infrastructure, or project-based environments.
• Significant experience leading commercial teams and developing commercial capability.
• Extensive experience in contract negotiation, contract management, and customer relationship management.
• Experience leading commercial aspects of major bids, opportunities, and strategic pursuits.
• Experience operating within structured governance frameworks and Delegations of Authority.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and support strategic business decision making.

Your future at Babcock – what we offer you 

• Our agile working policies offer more choice and autonomy. For you, this could mean flexible start and finish times, a mix of office and home working, or even condensed working weeks.  
• Our work life integration policy offers attractive leave entitlements including (not limited to) wellbeing leave, volunteer leave, paid parental leave, defence reservist leave, and we are proud to be a Work180 endorsed employer. 
• Babcock’s supportive and engaging environment, coupled with our capability framework, aims to advance your career with internal development programs, self-led learning modules through LinkedIn Learning and access to study leave. 
• Our beRewarded platform offers endless discounts across retail, health, entertainment, travel and much more, plus novated leasing options and corporate shares plan. 
• As a principles driven organisation, our weRecognise program aims to recognise the outstanding work our people do each and every day in line with our Principles which are Be kind, Collaborate, Be Curious, Think Outcomes, Be Courageous and Own & Deliver.

Who we are

Babcock Australasia combines the best talent and in-country expertise while leveraging the rich 130+ year global heritage of Babcock International Group, a FTSE 100 international defence company. 

Our team of 1,800+ experienced staff ensure critical services and assets are readily available, affordable, and future proof. From maritime sustainment and secure communications, to lifesaving helicopter missions and managing critical fleets, we ensure our customers are equipped to fulfil their mission

So, if you would like to join us and help create a safe and secure world, together, please apply via the ‘Apply Now’ button below.

To learn more about Babcock visit www.babcock.com.au

We welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds and experience however, due to the defence orientation of this role, the successful candidate must be eligible to obtain a Security Clearance, as defined in the AGSVA guidelines.

Please note, should your application progress you may be required to complete pre-employment checks.  These checks may include but not limited to, reference checks, police check, security check, qualifications and right to work.

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Job Req ID: 75981