Head Of Commercial

Arriva London

Commercial pipeline management
Tender development and submission
Commercial analysis and insight
Lead the development and delivery of commercial activity across Arriva London, supporting the Commercial Director in securing, retaining and maximising route contracts with Transport for London

Job Summary

  • Lead the development and delivery of commercial activity across Arriva London, supporting the Commercial Director in securing, retaining and maximising route contracts with Transport for London.
  • The role is responsible for the end-to-end management of the commercial pipeline, including tender development, bid management, commercial analysis and contract retention strategy.
  • Success in this role is defined by leadership capabilities such as Inspire Connection, Develop Potential, and Deliver Results, ensuring the organisation is well positioned to win new work and maximise value from existing contracts.

Matching Summary

Lead the development and delivery of commercial activity across Arriva London, supporting the Commercial Director in securing, retaining and maximising route contracts with Transport for London.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • commercial pipeline management
  • tender development and submission
  • commercial analysis and insight
  • contract retention strategy
  • Transport for London contracts
  • cross-functional collaboration

Nice-to-have

  • Inspire Connection
  • Develop Potential
  • Deliver Results
  • market developments monitoring
  • competitor activity analysis

Key Requirements

  • Strong commercial experience in regulated/contract-based environment
  • Proven experience managing tenders, bids or major commercial submissions
  • Strong commercial analysis and financial awareness
  • Experience with complex stakeholder groups
  • Ability to manage multiple commercial opportunities and deadlines
  • Strong organisational and project management capability

Work Rights

Not specified

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