Principal Commercial Officer
21 hours ago
Hitchin
Role: Principal Commercial Officer Location: Hertfordshire, Hybrid Salary: Competitive + Bonus + Benefits This is a great opportunity to join a proactive commercial team supporting early product development, research and technology within the UK defence sector. As a Principal Commercial Officer, you’ll contribute to both winning new business and ensuring the smooth delivery of existing contracts. Key Responsibilities: • Lead or support bid activity, including proposal development and internal coordination, • Manage live contracts across their full lifecycle—changes, compliance, issues and documentation, • Support negotiations with customers, suppliers and industry partners, • Build and maintain strong working relationships with internal stakeholders and external customers, • Represent the commercial function in reviews, progress meetings and customer engagements, • Provide clear reporting on your portfolio to senior management, • Maintain commercial systems, records and best practice processes, • Work effectively under pressure and to deadlines Requirements: • Strong negotiation capability and confident communication skills, • Experience handling complex or high-value contracts, • Good understanding of contract law, liabilities and risk management, • Ability to draft and amend terms and conditions, • Knowledge of IP protection and awareness of export/import controls, • Familiarity with pricing and costing models, • Strong process management and ability to drive change, • Effective team player with the ability to influence stakeholders, • Good IT skills, including SAP and standard business tools What’s on offer: • Competitive salary and performance based bonus., • Competitive pension and comprehensive benefits package., • Flexible and hybrid working arrangements., • Overtime +££, • Enhanced parental and family leave options., • Excellent site facilities including subsidised meals and free parking., • Support for professional development