Commercial Lead

Overview

What You'll Be Doing

• Oversee project contracts, including preparation, review, administration, and compliance monitoring.
• Manage contractual obligations and ensure contract terms are executed in a timely and effective manner.
• Advise project teams on contractual risks, claims, entitlements, and commercial implications.
• Lead the commercial monitoring of project costs, forecasts, budgets, and cash flows.
• Analyze cost trends, identify commercial risks, and support the implementation of mitigation strategies.
• Work closely with finance and project controls teams to ensure accurate cost reporting and forecasting.
• Manage variations, claims, and change orders, ensuring proper assessment, documentation, and commercial evaluation.
• Support the negotiation and resolution of claims with contractors, consultants, and relevant stakeholders.
• Identify, assess, and manage commercial risks across the project lifecycle.
• Develop mitigation plans and provide commercial advice to support leadership decision making.
• Prepare commercial reports, dashboards, KPIs, and management updates for senior leadership and client stakeholders.
• Present commercial insights, risks, and recommendations to support informed decision making.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the commercial team, promoting collaboration, compliance, and performance excellence.
• Implement best practices in commercial management across large scale infrastructure programs.

What Required Skills You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Commerce, Engineering, Quantity Surveying, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in commercial management, preferably within large infrastructure, aviation, or airport related projects.
• Strong experience in contract administration, procurement processes, claims management, and change control.
• Proven ability to manage budgets, monitor costs, review forecasts, and identify commercial risks.
• Strong understanding of commercial reporting, cost control, and project governance.
• Excellent leadership, negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary project teams, senior management, clients, contractors, and consultants.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring

• Master's degree or relevant professional qualification is preferred.
• Experience working on large scale airport, aviation, transport, or infrastructure programs.
• Familiarity with FIDIC or similar international contract standards.
• Experience working in a PMO, PMC, or client representative environment.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to present complex commercial information clearly and effectively.
• Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.
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