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Location: Warrington, Cheshire; Newbury, Berkshire; Bristol; or Leicester, Leicestershire + Hybrid Working Arrangement

Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF66253

Lead the Future of Defence and Nuclear Innovation

At Cavendish Nuclear we’re 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 Warrington, Newbury, Bristol, or Leicester.

Job Title: Head of Commercial

Location: Warrington, Cheshire; Newbury, Berkshire; Bristol; or Leicester, Leicestershire + Hybrid Working Arrangement

Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF66253

Lead the Future of Defence and Nuclear Innovation

At Cavendish Nuclear we’re 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 Warrington, Newbury, Bristol, or Leicester.

The role

As a Head of Commercial, you’ll be at the forefront of shaping the commercial strategy for Cavendish Nuclear’s Defence business unit. This is a high-impact leadership role where your expertise will drive contract success, strengthen client relationships, and support long-term growth across critical national infrastructure projects. You’ll lead a team of commercial and quantity surveying professionals, influencing outcomes that protect communities and defence capabilities.

Day-to-day You’ll Be

• Leading commercial projects and providing strategic guidance across the UK Defence Business Unit.
• Managing negotiations with government and commercial stakeholders on complex contracts.
• Driving changes and growth opportunities across defence contracts and frameworks.
• Developing new contractual documents including supplier agreements and consultancy contracts.
• Representing Cavendish Nuclear at key customer meetings and industry forums.
  
  

• Proven success in leading negotiations and closing multi-million-pound public sector contracts, ideally within Defence.
• Senior-level experience managing complex, high-value contracts across the full lifecycle.
• Strategic commercial leadership in multi-disciplinary environments.
• Ability to assess contractual terms and their impact on financial performance and delivery risk.
• Experience in commercialising new products, services, or technologies.
  
  

• We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
  
  

• 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 share scheme
• 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 Cavendish 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 day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
  
  

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Executive

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Sales and Management

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