Lead Commercial Manager - Customers
$60,000–$78,750 year
HybridDerby, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Lead the drafting, negotiation, and management of complex customer contracts while ensuring compliance with Rolls-Royce SMR commercial governance. Drive value through effective contract management and performance oversight, influencing senior internal and external stakeholders across a matrix environment. Manage commercial risk and support the development of the Commercial function, including processes, governance, and mentoring junior team members. Represent the function externally and deputise where required to support existing customers in the UK, Czech Republic, and Sweden. This role involves operating in a regulated nuclear energy sector with hybrid working from the Derby office.
Required Qualifications
- Significant experience in commercial or contract management environments
- Strong experience negotiating and managing complex, high-value contracts within engineering, infrastructure, energy or other similar sectors
- Proven ability to operate in complex, regulated or high-risk environments and manage commercial risk
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, including working at senior levels
- Experience contributing to commercial strategy and delivering value through contracts
- Ability to lead within a collaborative, matrix structure
- Experience supporting governance, processes or capability development within a Commercial function
- Experience of industry contract forms such as NEC, FIDIC, JCT or similar
Desired Qualifications
- Experience supporting governance, processes or capability development within a Commercial function (desirable)
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