Commercial Deputy Director, Works Category

House of Lords; England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization is seeking a Commercial Deputy Director to join the Parliamentary Commercial Directorate. This role involves managing a team, overseeing procurement activities, and ensuring compliance with policies while working on high-profile projects. The position offers hybrid working with opportunities for professional development and a generous benefits package.

Benefits

30 days annual leave

Hybrid working

Civil Service Pension Scheme

Health and wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex commercial projects.
• Proven experience in procurement and management of high value Works contracts.

Responsibilities

• Direct line management of 5 Heads of Commercial.
• Ensuring successful procurement activity across the Works category.
• Managing senior stakeholder relationships.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Commercial Knowledge

Education

CIPS Level 5 Membership

CIPS Level 6 (MCIPS)

Job description

We are looking for a Commercial Deputy Director to join the Parliamentary Commercial Directorate (PCD).

PCD is expected to become a joint department of both Houses later in 2025, led by a new Chief Commercial Officer and strengthening PCD’s position as a cross-parliament function.You willwork as part of a growing and ambitious function, committed to ensuringthe value for money from our nearly £1bn in annual spend and supporting transformational projects across the organisation and our estate, including at the Palace of Westminster which is a UNECSO world heritage site.

This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of the PCD Senior Leadership Team, working at the heart of operational delivery, capability, capacity and pipeline planning, stakeholder management and making sure that the commercial processes and templates needed are being properly utilised to deliver compliant procurements.

You will be applying your experience of leading complex commercial projects and acting as a trusted advisor across high profile and unique projects. You’ll be leading the commercials on complex construction projects to building refurbishments and maintenance, across a range of buildings across the Parliamentary Estate.

This is an opportunity to work on a hybrid basis, with an expectation to be on-site at Parliament for a minimum of 2 days per week. This is a fantastic opportunityfor an organised, self-motivated and engaged individual who is also an active team player and contributor.

You’ll be accountable for–

• Direct line management of 5 Heads of Commercial and significant delegated financial and operational autonomy in line with the schemes of delegation for both Houses of Parliament.
• Leadership of your Works team and the wider function, acting as an ambassador for the values and behaviours of both Houses.
• Identifying, owning and actively managing senior stakeholder relationships with the relevant directorates and programmes, and coordinating commercial work on their behalf to ensure service delivery is smooth and issues are addressed.
• Ensuring the delivery of successful procurement activity across the Works category for UK Parliament in line with the needs of the requirement owner and in compliance with our procurement policies and internal governance. Including setting and delivering against category strategies for subcategories within the Works cluster.
• Supporting effective supplier and contract management through ensuring all procurements transition in a supported way to contract management. Also, by identifying, owning and actively managing strategic supplier relationships in conjunction with the Contract and Supplier Management team and the standards they will set,

For full details of the role and responsibilities, please see the full job description.

What we’re looking for–

• Candidates for this role must hold membership of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) at Level 5, or be able to demonstrate an equivalent level of expertise gained through relevant work experience, and a willingness to study for a formal qualification if required. It would be an advantage for candidates to be qualified to Level 6 (MCIPS).
• Deep subject matter expertise on NEC suite of contract terms and contracting options.
• Proven experience of leading a high-performance successful procurement or commercial function.
• Expert commercial knowledge and experience on the procurement and management of high value Works contracts including Facilities management, construction, cost management, design and other services, and detailed knowledge of compliance requirements associated with public sector procurement regulations.
• Team Management – experience of leading change and improving service delivery.
• Proven experience in influencing Senior Internal and External stakeholders.

It would be even better if you had or if you’re willing to learn…

• Category / Procurement Leadership – being able to drive forward relevant strategies whilst demonstrating category expertise.

• Contract Management – ensuring robust management practices are in place with a keen focus on financial control.

What you’ll get in return

• 30 days annual leave (increasing to 35 after one years’ service
• Hybrid working
• GenerousCivil Service Pension Schemewhich can attract employer contributions currently up to 28.97%
• Parliamentary health and wellbeing programme
• The opportunity to witness history in the making!

Please complete your online application by 23.55 on 25 May 2025.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application process, please contact [e-mail] or call 020 7219 5973.

The Administrations of both Houses of Parliament are committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all candidates with diverse characteristics, including different ages, caring responsibilities, disability, gender/sex, gender reassignment/trans, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race/ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation and socio-economic status. We welcome discussions aboutflexible working arrangements and reasonable adjustments.