Senior Commercial Manager in Wigan

Are you passionate about using data and AI to help teams make smarter commercial decisions? Do you have a strong analytical mindset, enjoy creating structure, and thrive in collaborative environments? If so, we would love to hear from you!

ABOUT US

Agilisys is at the forefront of digital transformation and innovation in the public services sector. With over two decades of experience, we have established ourselves as a trusted partner for governments, local authorities, and organisations nationwide. Our mission is to empower our clients to deliver exceptional public services by harnessing the full potential of technology and data.

OUR VALUES

• Partnership: we become one team and family with organisations, helping them to navigate change and stay agile.
• Integrity: our people really care, going beyond the brief to make change happen for organisations and citizens.
• Innovation: we bring together the right technologies and services to design solutions that work.
• Passion: we are passionate about – and dedicated to – public services and improving people's lives.

THE ROLE

This role is an integral member of the Finance & Commercial function and will work closely with colleagues across Finance, Delivery and Legal, reporting into the CFO. As a Senior Commercial Manager, you will engage directly with clients and internal stakeholders, providing commercial insight to support bid documentation and commercial cases, and ensuring that commercial risks and opportunities are clearly understood. You will also play a key role in strengthening our internal commercial insight capability, improving how we capture and use data, and ensuring teams have access to clear, timely information to support decision‐making. This role offers an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives on commercial problem‐solving—combining deal and contract understanding, process optimisation, and collaborative working.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build on processes that enable quicker access to high‐quality employee, financial, and sector data for Commercial teams.
• Support the capture, tracking, and interpretation of commercial data to generate insights, identify trends, and inform decision‐making.
• Support contract understanding and compliance, ensuring project teams have the right level of contractual awareness, coordinating contract change process, and reviewing Statements of Work, Change Control Notes, and Change Requests from both a commercial and legal perspective.
• Provide commercial direction and support to project teams, maintaining oversight of project performance, addressing deviations from plan, and ensuring contractual obligations under the MSA—including annual reports—are delivered in collaboration with Finance and Delivery teams.
• Contribute to commercial governance with risk and opportunity management, ensuring risks, opportunities, and contractual positions are captured and documented using agreed templates, maintaining compliance with governance standards, and aligning with all Agilisys‐wide commercial and financial controls, including the Deal Review process.
• Support the identification and assessment of commercial growth opportunities by working with local and senior stakeholders to identify areas for contract expansion, develop balanced and commercially innovative solutions.
• Translate data into compelling narratives, supporting sales, bid activity, and internal storytelling.
• Own and deliver timely, accurate internal reporting for the Commercial team and senior management.
• Act as a support point for interpreting insights and preparing presentations for internal and stakeholder audiences.
• Contribute to strategic planning cycles, forecasting processes, and high‐priority commercial projects that drive long‐term business success.
• Support improvements to commercial governance, processes, and controls across the division.

OPPORTUNITY

This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to deepen their commercial experience in a dynamic, customer‐focused environment. You will work closely with senior stakeholders across the business as well as directly with our customers, helping shape the commercial insight capability that powers strategic decision‐making at Agilisys. The role is highly collaborative – ideal for someone who enjoys building strong client relationships and influencing contract, delivery, and growth outcomes through clear commercial leadership.

ABOUT YOU

The ideal candidate will have a track record of delivering results while embracing change and ambiguity. Strong stakeholder management and a proactive, collaborative mindset are essential.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

• Strong experience in commercial analysis, finance and business insight.
• Excellent data interpretation skills, with the ability to simplify complexity and communicate insights clearly.
• Keen interest in using AI and emerging technologies to streamline processes, enhance reporting, and generate deeper insight.
• Strong understanding of commercial concepts such as pricing, KPIs, margin drivers, and performance metrics.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence presenting to varied audiences.
• Comfortable establishing new processes and improving existing ones.
• Able to work in a fast‐paced, evolving environment with multiple priorities.
• A self‐starter who is organised, detail‐oriented, and solutions‐focused.

PROCESS

Simply submit your CV. By submitting your CV, you understand that we have a legitimate interest to use your personal data for the purposes of assessing your eligibility for this role. We may use your personal data to contact you to discuss your CV or arrange an interview, or transfer your CV to the hiring manager(s) of the role you have applied for. You can ask us at any time to remove your CV from our database by emailing recruitment@blenheimchalcot.com – but please note that this means we will no longer consider you for the role you have applied for. We have a rigorous recruitment process, which we use for all our roles to ensure we attract the very best talent. Agilisys is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and encourages applications from all backgrounds.