An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Commercial Manager to lead and strengthen contract management capability across major transport infrastructure and capital programmes. This role is focused on post-award commercial leadership, ensuring strategic contracts deliver value through robust governance, supplier performance management, risk mitigation and continuous improvement. Working within a high-profile programme environment, you will provide senior commercial oversight across a portfolio of complex contracts, helping to improve performance, manage risk and drive best practice across project and business teams. As Senior Commercial Manager, you will play a pivotal role in developing and implementing contract management strategies, strengthening governance arrangements and improving commercial outcomes across strategic programmes.
Key Responsibilities
- Leading the development, implementation and ongoing enhancement of contract management strategies and improvement initiatives.
- Establishing and promoting contract management best practices, standards, templates and assurance processes.
- Managing and mentoring a team responsible for strategic contract oversight and commercial governance.
- Defining governance frameworks, accountability structures and escalation processes for high-value and high-risk contracts.
- Overseeing post-award contract management activities including mobilisation, performance monitoring, risk management, change control and contract close-out.
- Providing expert oversight of NEC contracts, ensuring effective use of early warnings, compensation events, programme management and payment mechanisms.
- Supporting contract owners and suppliers in addressing performance issues and delivering value-for-money outcomes.
- Producing portfolio-level reporting and present recommendations to senior leadership and governance boards.
Qualifications
- Proven experience developing and implementing contract management strategies, frameworks or improvement programmes.
- Experience overseeing portfolios of contracts and providing senior governance and assurance.
- Strong post-award NEC contract management expertise, including change management, compensation events, risk and payment processes.
- Demonstrable success in improving supplier performance and resolving complex contractual issues.
- Strong knowledge of commercial governance, procurement principles and contract management within regulated or public-sector environments.
- Degree, professional qualification or equivalent senior-level experience.
Benefits
- Up to 70,000
- Discretionary bonus
- PMI
- Up to 5% matched pension
- 27 days annual leave
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