Contract Manager

Role overview

Commercial and contract responsibilities

• Maximize commercial performance while managing pre-contract and post-contract risks.
• Develop and execute procurement and contractual actions; ensure policy compliance and achievement of commercial targets.
• Resolve project disputes and claims and embed commercial governance and assurance across the portfolio.
• Support tender governance and lead complex contract negotiations, including procurement, administration, or liquidation.
• Review contract management and administration compliance and ensure programme and project financial issues are handled promptly.
• Manage variations, addendums, extensions of time, and claims according to applicable policies and procedures.
• Review and lead procurement actions and commercial negotiations using data-driven approaches.
• Develop commercial and contractual procedures and guidelines; identify administrative or contractual shortcomings and recommend solutions.

Leadership and stakeholder work

• Make impartial priority decisions, assess risk, and address differing stakeholder views.
• Build relationships across complex organizational structures and with project stakeholders.
• Develop team members’ commercial and cross-functional expertise, lead a team, and promote collaboration.

Mandatory requirements

• Relevant university degree in Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, Construction Management, or equivalent, from a WHED-listed university.
• Chartered status or professional licence from an internationally recognized Quantity Surveying institution.
• More than 20 years of relevant practical experience after the required education, including 7 senior-level years managing commercial and contracts for large-scale infrastructure and building programmes.
• At least 10 years working in North America, Western Europe, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, or an equivalent developed country, or 10 years working in Qatar.
• 7 years working in a PMO or Commercial Department of a GCC government organization, plus at least 10 years in similar roles.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Chartered, licensed, or professional certification in Legal or Dispute Resolution from an internationally recognized institution, such as MCIArb.
• Grade A QS certification from Qatar's Ministry of Municipality (MMUP/UPDA).

Desirable qualifications

• A Master’s degree in a relevant field is desirable.
• Qatar and/or Gulf-region experience, preferably on the client side, is desirable.