Contract Commercial Manager (Defence)

Job description

About the role The Contract Commercial Manager (Defence) plays a critical role in protecting and maximising the value of BT’s defence contracts. Working as part of the BT Defence Commercial Team, this role is responsible for the post‑award commercial and contract management of a major defence telecommunications contract, alongside supporting smaller defence contracts. You’ll act as a trusted commercial advisor to both the customer and internal stakeholders, ensuring contractual compliance, effective governance, and robust commercial decision‑making throughout the contract lifecycle. What you’ll be doing - Working closely with customer’s commercial team and internal stakeholders across Contract Management, Finance, Sales, Design/Delivery supporting effective management of defence contracts. - Managing contract changes end‑to‑end, including contributing to the drafting of Change Proposals and ensuring contractual, financial and governance requirements are met. - Supporting the negotiation and agreement of contract variations, extensions and amendments, providing fact‑based commercial input and recommendations. - Providing ongoing commercial advice and guidance to non‑commercial colle...