Commercial Officer (Defence)

Location: Theale office, hybrid

Company

hirify.global delivers high-performance embedded computing solutions for defence, telecoms, aerospace, and other industries.

What you will do

• Administer and manage customer contracts, subcontracts, commercial records, logs, and document repositories.
• Provide day-to-day commercial guidance to internal stakeholders and support customer and supplier interactions.
• Assist with quotations, RFQs, tender responses, bids, proposals, and related commercial documentation.
• Prepare, issue, and administer Non-Disclosure Agreements in line with company procedures.
• Monitor contractual obligations, payment terms, commercial risks, and programme risks, escalating issues when required.
• Collaborate with Finance, Programmes, Operations, Procurement, Export Compliance, Sales, customers, and subcontractors to support contract delivery and business development.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of experience in commercial, contract management, business support, or a related role.
• Strong organisation, prioritisation, record-keeping, communication, relationship-building, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Commercial awareness and an understanding of how commercial teams support business objectives and manage risk.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and business systems.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, changing, and collaborative environment.

Nice to have

• Experience in defence, aerospace, engineering, manufacturing, or another regulated industry.
• Knowledge of customer contracts, subcontracts, contract lifecycle management, and commercial governance.
• Experience supporting bids, proposals, tender submissions, programme, finance, or operational teams.
• Awareness of UK defence contracting environments and customer requirements.
• Ability to obtain and maintain UK Security Clearance.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative and supportive environment with access to experienced commercial professionals.
• 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays and a holiday purchase scheme.
• Annual profit-share bonus and a pension scheme with up to 10% employer contribution.
• Private health insurance, income protection, death-in-service benefit, employee assistance programme, and virtual GP.
• Enhanced parental leave, one paid volunteering day per year, employee referral scheme, and cycle-to-work, home and tech, and car salary-sacrifice schemes.