Commercial Manager

This role is a 6 month fix-term maternity leave cover. 

We're looking for a commercially minded lawyer who wants to take the next step beyond a traditional legal role. As our Commercial Manager, you'll work closely with our Commercial Director and Chief Operating Officer (COO), getting hands-on exposure to the deals, partnerships and projects that drive our business.

This is a role where you'll draft and negotiate contracts and see them through: managing the relationships behind them, understanding how they affect the business, and building your commercial skills with the support and mentoring of senior leaders. It's ideal for a lawyer who enjoys contract work but wants to be closer to the business and grow into a broader commercial career.

• →Support Key Deals: Work with the Commercial Director and COO to draft, review and negotiate customer, channel and partnership agreements, taking increasing ownership as you build experience.
• →Contribute to New Initiatives: Provide legal and commercial input on new products, business initiatives and market opportunities.
• →Manage Partner Agreements: Look after our POS partner agreements day to day, including preparing and negotiating amendments and acting as a point of contact for partners.
• →Help Build the Commercial Function: Play a hands-on role in setting up the processes, templates, playbooks and ways of working our commercial team needs as the business grows, so we’re ready to scale.
• →Work Across the Business: Be a go-to person for teams such as Product, Sales and Finance on contract questions and practical commercial issues.
• →Support Procurement: Assist with supplier and vendor contracts, helping ensure we get good value and performance from our suppliers.

• You enjoy contract work but are curious about the "why" behind the deal and want to develop your commercial skills.
• You’d enjoy helping shape a growing commercial function, not just slotting into an established one.
• You'd like regular exposure to senior leadership, with mentoring and real responsibility from day one.
• You want to work somewhere you can see the direct impact of your work on the business.
• You're looking for a genuine pathway from a legal role into a commercial career.

• A qualified lawyer with around 3–6 years' PQE, gained in private practice or an in-house team.
• Solid experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts.
• Proactive, curious and keen to broaden your skills beyond legal advice.
• A clear communicator who builds good working relationships with people across a business.
• Practical in your approach, and able to weigh legal risk against what the business is trying to achieve.