Commercial Savings Lead

What you'll be doing

As Commercial Savings Lead within the Parliamentary Commercial Department (PCD), you'll play a central role in driving financial efficiency across the House of Commons, House of Lords and wider UK Parliament estate, including major transformation programmes at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Palace of Westminster.

This newly created role will directly support the work of the Parliament's Corporate Savings Improvement Programme and comes at a pivotal moment as PCD develops several changes to their service offer under a new Chief Commercial Officer. You'll lead on the cross-cutting commercial savings workstream, identifying, mobilising and delivering both immediate and longer-term savings opportunities. You will be working closely with senior commercial managers and the Commercial Improvement Lead.

This role is offered on a hybrid working basis, with an expectation of you spending 40% of your time in the office.

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Why Join us?

In addition to your salary, we offer an attractive range of benefits including but not limited to:

• Generous annual leave starting at 30 days and increasing to 35 after one full working year.
• Enrolment in the excellent Civil Service pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 27%
• Flexible working options that help you find a balance including enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption leave, caring leave and alternative working patterns.

What we're looking for.

We're looking for a commercially savvy professional who's committed to driving improvement, bringing the following skills and experience:

• Extensive experience in analysing and improving commercial processes, applying recognised methodologies to deliver compliant, high-quality outcomes.
• Strong knowledge of public procurement regulations (PCR2015 and PA2023) and key contracting models, with confidence shaping strategies that maximise value for money.
• The ability to manage complex stakeholder groups in high-profile project environments, presenting information clearly and persuasively to senior audiences.
• A proactive, delivery-focused mindset, able to work at pace and secure quick wins while building sustainable long-term savings.
• Experience implementing commercial process improvement initiatives, ideally within a public sector context.

Next Steps and Additional Information:

• CV & Supporting Statement - If you would like to apply for this role, please submit your CV and covering letter with a 1000-word limit.

More information on the application process can be found here: Application process - UK Parliament

Please note that total salary may be comprised of a mixture of basic salary pay up to £68,159 (consolidated) and market sector allowances (non-consolidated). Remuneration is set based on skills, experience and relevant market comparators.

We may close the vacancy prior to the closing date stated due to a high volume of applications.