Commercial Director; Roads

As part of our Commercial function, you’ll help teams manage risk and unlock opportunity across the full project life cycle from bidding and winning work to delivering it successfully, guided by our Project First approach.

Reporting to the Commercial Director for the Transport & Infrastructure portfolio, you’ll act as a trusted commercial partner to Business Units and colleagues alongside Legal and Finance. Through strong commercial judgement and collaborative working, you’ll help minimise risk, maximise financial returns and ensure outcomes align with business objectives.

• Lead commercial input to major bids, tenders and contract negotiations.
• Provide end‑to‑end commercial support across project delivery, frameworks and working capital recovery.
• Manage commercial risk, opportunities, claims and disputes in line with company policy.
• Support clients and project teams on change management, contractual compliance and communications.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and a strong commercial culture across Transport & Infrastructure.

• A confident change leader with a positive, collaborative mindset and the ability to work across all levels.
• Strong commercial expertise, with proven experience in disputes, settlements and contract management.
• Solid understanding of operational performance, monitoring and improvement in a complex environment.
• Committed to inclusion and high performance, with the confidence to coach, develop and provide constructive feedback.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to develop and deliver long‑term commercial improvement initiatives.
• Experienced across complex, multi‑disciplinary projects.
• Excellent communicator and influencer, with strong presentation and facilitation skills.
• Proactive problem‑solver, able to identify risks early and drive improvements across people, process and practice.

• Proven people and commercial management experience in a client‑facing environment.
• Strong commercial acumen with an understanding of consultancy models and performance drivers.
• Demonstrable leadership capability, including delegation, accountability and succession planning.
• Contract management experience using standard forms (e.g. NEC, FIDIC, COE), ideally in the UK and/or Ireland.
• Experience with in Transport & Infrastructure gained in consultancy, contractor or a client organisation.
• Relevant degree and/or professional membership.