Commercial Lead

Wood; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 400,000 - 640,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Group Life and Personal Accident保险

End of Service Gratuity

Employee Share Plan

Long Service Award

Professional development

Global connections

Energy Transition Academy

Competitive remuneration

Job summary

Wood is seeking a Commercial Lead to drive growth in the eastern peninsula region, influencing major projects and building high-value client relationships. You will align with senior leadership to shape winning strategies and deliver measurable results in the energy sector.

We look for a commercially driven leader connected across the energy industry, ready to make a genuine regional impact and contribute to Wood's market-leading projects globally.

Job description

Wood is looking for an accomplished Commercial Lead to join our team and play a pivotal role in driving our eastern peninsula region growth agenda. This is more than a commercial leadership position, it’s an opportunity to influence major projects, build high-value client relationships, shape winning strategies and help position our business at the forefront of the energy industry.

Working closely with senior leadership and key clients across the region, you’ll bring together commercial insight, market knowledge and strategic thinking to identify opportunities, develop partnerships and turn ambitious plans into measurable results.

If you’re commercially driven, connected across the energy sector and ready to make a genuine regional impact, we want to hear from you.

Our Clients and Projects

Wood's Oil, Gas & New Energies business is built on a strong legacy of delivering large and complex projects for national and international energy companies across the globe. We have experienced teams, a proven delivery model and a strong reputation.

We are the market-leading provider of integrated and innovative solutions that challenge the status-quo in the oil and gas upstream and midstream, onshore and offshore, gas to liquids and decarbonization and electrification markets. We pride ourselves in steady and predictable delivery, setting our sights on an exciting growth trajectory.
Energy security, transition and supply have never been more important. You, our enabling teams, are at the very forefront of transformative projects that are providing sustainable power to generations to come. We are the ones to bring low-carbon concepts to reality.

What we can offer

• Meaningful and interesting projects:Delivered to high profile clients across the Energy Sector
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: We are an organization actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business
• Competitive remuneration package: With regular reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
• Medical Insurance:Ensures inpatient, and outpatient medical care is available should you require treatment
• Group Life and Personal Accident Insurance: The company provides Life Assurance cover
• End of Service Gratuity: In line with UAE Labor Law, all employees are eligible for an End of Service benefit
• The Employee Share Plan: Gives you the opportunity to purchase Wood shares and receive a match from the company
• Long Service Award: Wood values the commitment and loyalty of our people. Celebrating Long Service provides an opportunity for the business to demonstrate their appreciation of the hard work, dedication and many years’ service of our employees at 5 year service milestones
• Commitment to continued professional development:Development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests
• Global connections: Join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession
• Energy Transition Academy: Join a community of experts sharing your knowledge and gaining more exposure to a variety of existing and emerging energy systems delivered by experts in their field

Job Objective

The Commercial functions vision is; realizing returns, managing risk, maximizing opportunities

As Wood continues to grow and diversify to meet the demands of an ever-changing world, the commercial function plays a leading role in ensuring we unlock our full potential, capture the value we create, and are correctly rewarded for this by our clients.

To achieve this we challenge the norm and look for new ways of working, we are curious and seek out value add innovation, we embrace change, and we are courageous and confident in managing risk. At the heart of everything we do is the application of good commercial acumen and governance for which we are well known and respected.

At a high level, the job objectives are, under limited supervision;

• Maximise commercial performance while managing business/project risk (pre and post-contract)
• Commercialisation of a sub-Business Group service offerings to support business growth and strategy
• Developing team members with in-depth commercial and cross-functional expertise to support the assigned business
• Ensure compliance with relevant commercial/contracting policies
• Resolution of disputes/claims and cash collection issues
• Embedding effective commercial governance and assurance across the sub-Business Group / Project / Portfolio of Projects
• Supporting the tender governance process for the sub-Business Group