# Commercial Director

**Company**: Helsing
**Location**: London
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Defence & Intelligence
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Helsing is seeking a senior commercial leader to devise and implement a strategic engagement framework with the National Armaments Director Group and DE&S. You will draw on a deep stakeholder network and a track record of delivering major defence programmes, aligning incentives between industry and government.

Responsibilities:

- Devise and implement a comprehensive engagement strategy with the National Armaments Director Group and DE&S, creating the conditions for Helsing to secure major UK defence programmes

- Build and activate a senior network across UK and allied defence procurement organisations, using those relationships to align requirements, timelines, and procurement structures at the earliest possible stage

- Collaborate with Campaign Leads and senior leadership to ensure procurement strategy is tightly integrated with Helsing's commercial objectives and mission priorities

- Represent Helsing at senior-level forums, bilateral engagements, and industry events, acting as a credible and informed voice across both procurement and technology communities

- Develop internal frameworks and guidance that help Helsing navigate MoD procurement cycles effectively, reducing friction and increasing the organisation's readiness to respond to major opportunities

Requirements:

- Have a demonstrable track record of shaping or delivering major UK defence procurement programmes at a senior level, with outcomes you can speak to directly, even from within government or from industry

- Bring an established network within DE&S, the National Armaments Director Group, or equivalent defence procurement bodies that you can activate from day one

- Have operated effectively at the interface of government procurement and industry, navigating both cultures with credibility and ease

- Can translate complex procurement landscapes into clear strategic priorities, communicating these effectively to a technical and commercially focused leadership team

- Have led or made significant contributions to the development of defence engagement strategies, including stakeholder mapping, positioning, and relationship management

Nice to Have:

- Experience gained through a secondment in industry, a consulting environment, or another cross-sector role that bridges procurement and commercial strategy

- Direct experience of transitioning from a senior DE&S or equivalent government procurement role into an industry-facing position

Benefits:

- Competitive salary and VSOP options

- Relocation support: up to €2,500 and 4 weeks temporary accommodation

- Learning: €500/£450 yearly allowance

- Health & wellness: gym membership and mental health support (Nilo.health)

- Social: regularly company events and monthly social allowances

- Enhanced parental leave: 22 weeks fully paid for primary caregivers & 6 weeks for secondary caregivers

- Family support: 5 days of paid family emergency leave, 100% remote work option during pregnancy and phased return to work

## Skills

### Required
- defence procurement
- strategic engagement
- stakeholder network
- commercial objectives

### Nice to have
- secondment in industry
- consulting environment
- cross-sector role

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