Senior Commercial Manager – Infrastructure

Overview

In this role you will lead post-award commercial governance for a portfolio of complex transport infrastructure contracts, ensuring value-for-money and risk control. You will develop and implement contract management strategies, coach a team, and strengthen governance across programmes. You’ll provide senior oversight, manage performance issues, and drive improvements with cross-functional teams. This is a high-impact position in a high-profile programme, offering a clear opportunity to shape commercial outcomes.

Pay / Benefits

• Up to 70,000
• Discretionary bonus
• PMI
• Up to 5% matched pension
• 27 days annual leave

Responsibilities

• Lead development and enhancement of contract management strategies and improvement initiatives
• Establish and promote best practices, standards, templates and assurance processes
• Manage and mentor a team responsible for strategic contract oversight and governance
• Define governance frameworks, accountability, and escalation for high-value contracts
• Oversee post-award activities including mobilisation, performance monitoring, risk management, change control and close-out
• Provide expert NEC contract oversight (early warnings, compensation events, programme management, payments)
• Support contract owners and suppliers to address performance and deliver value-for-money
• Produce portfolio-level reporting and present recommendations to senior leadership and governance boards

Key requirements

• Experience developing and implementing contract management strategies or improvement programmes
• Experience managing portfolios of contracts with senior governance and assurance responsibilities
• Strong NEC contract management expertise (change, compensation events, risk, payments)
• Proven ability to improve supplier performance and resolve complex contractual issues
• Knowledge of commercial governance and procurement in regulated/public-sector environments
• Degree, professional qualification or equivalent senior-level experience

• leadership
• mentoring
• stakeholder management
• NEC contract management
• change management
• risk management

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