Commercial Manager

Role Overview

Commercial Leadership and Governance

• Act as the primary client-side commercial lead across assigned projects and packages.
• Establish commercial governance processes, controls, and reporting frameworks.
• Provide strategic advice on cost, risk, contractual matters, and project performance.
• Align commercial activities with project objectives and financial targets.

Cost and Contract Management

• Lead external cost consultants and specialist advisors.
• Review cost reports, payment certifications, variations, and final account assessments.
• Monitor project costs, commitments, expenditures, forecasts, cash flows, and cost-to-complete positions.
• Support FIDIC contract administration, claims, extensions of time, payment certifications, and contractual correspondence.
• Evaluate and negotiate variations and contractor claims and assess entitlement, quantum, and compliance.

Stakeholders and Close-Out

• Prepare and present commercial and financial reports to senior management.
• Collaborate with development, design, finance, legal, procurement, and project management teams.
• Manage relationships with consultants, contractors, authorities, and external stakeholders.
• Oversee final accounts, contract close-out, lessons learned, and cost benchmarks for future projects.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
• Have 8–15 years of relevant experience with developers, client-side organizations, consultancies, or leading contractors.
• Have strong post-contract commercial management experience on major development projects.
• Bring proven consultant management, FIDIC, claims, variation, change control, and final account negotiation experience.
• European construction experience is highly desirable, and EU procurement or regulatory familiarity is an advantage.
• Demonstrate commercial leadership, financial and analytical skills, negotiation, communication, reporting, and stakeholder management capabilities.