Senior Manager Commercial Transport

Description

The Senior Manager - Commercial is responsible for overseeing budget management, cost control, and comprehensive reporting for major transport infrastructure projects. This role will have strong expertise in various systems associated with reporting and forecasting including Power BI, PRISM or similar systems. This role ensures financial discipline, accurate forecasting, and detailed reporting to support strategic decision-making and project success.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree - Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, Cost Engineering, Legal or related field

Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors preferred

10–15 years’ commercial construction delivery experience – ideally contractor and consultancy and working in program-wide roles, working with large commercial teams across multiple projects

Major program experience – managing multiple projects, conflicting priorities, and stakeholders

Previous KSA/Middle East experience preferred

Experience leading commercial management of major projects in highly regulated, complex, matrixed environments evidencing full project life-cycle involvement (bidding through to final account)

Subject matter expert in contracts, claims, arbitration

Supports team through period of business changes in responding to changing business requirements

Provides strategic support and guidance in managing and prioritizing the workload of a commercial and contract administration team, deadline-driven and ability to optimize workload

Ability to leverage exceptional written and verbal skills in English – articulate ideas, strategies, and project performance to a range of audiences and to influence at senior levels

Ability to leverage in-depth knowledge of enterprise-level management software, such as Prism, SAP, or similar systems

Leadership skills to inspire large, diverse teams and deliver results

Leadership skills and the ability to lead the commercial function's direction, specifically endorsing or opposing practices as needed

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package