Commercial Manager
About The Position
The Commercial Manager plans, directs, and coordinates the project's day-to-day commercial and business service operations. This role manages commercial and contracts functions for major programs from inception through completion and supports implementation of the Project Commercial and Prime Contract Management Programs, including ongoing training. The position monitors compliance with project and prime contract completion requirements and status, and, in consultation with GBU Management and Legal, facilitates strategies for managing project commercial matters, including creating and capturing contemporaneous records. The role supports an infrastructure and transportation program delivered through a collaborative partnership. It works in a multidisciplinary environment focused on innovative, sustainable, long-term mobility solutions that enhance connectivity and support regional growth. The position reports operationally to the Project Manager and functionally to the GBU Manager of Prime Contracts.
Requirements
- Degree in Business, Quantity Surveying, Law, Engineering, Construction Management, or Cost Engineering, or equivalent.
- Minimum of 18 years of relevant prior work experience.
- Extensive knowledge of commercial and business management functions, with progressively responsible experience on large, complex projects.
- Demonstrable experience delivering in collaborative working arrangements.
- Demonstrable experience managing contracts with various commercial terms and incentive model structures or types.
- Ability to exercise autonomy in decisions with a long-term impact on the project.
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement the project's Prime Contract Management Program, consistent with the prime contract and Project Management Plan.
- Assess prime contract terms and conditions to identify risks, including ambiguities, conflicts, or deviations from the scope of work.
- Coordinate with project team members to identify client-related actions or inactions requiring attention, recommend approaches, and document events, respond to situations, or request appropriate project variations.
- Participate in project meetings, prepare materials, track actions, and coordinate with relevant departments to facilitate prime contract administration.
- Support programs to identify progress or performance concerns, prepare changes or variations, and manage their timely resolution under applicable contract provisions.
- Develop and maintain tools and processes for contract compliance, administration, and reporting, including logs, registers, dashboards, and reports.
- Coordinate ongoing project training on prime contract management principles and facilitate the identification, preparation, and resolution of changes, variations, and claims.
- Coordinate with customers and stakeholders to resolve complex business-related issues.
- Communicate commercial matters verbally and in writing, including drafting correspondence, memoranda, guidance notes, chronologies, narratives, and position papers.
- Assist with developing and capturing contemporaneous records and producing information to substantiate project commercial matters.
- Conduct extensive factual, technical, and contractual research; perform analysis; and prepare reports, presentations, and briefing materials.
Benefits
- Robust benefits intended to support employees' well-being and growth.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
