Infrastructure Commercial Lead — Associate Director

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Riyadh; Hybrid; SAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is looking for an Associate Director (Commercial) to join our Saudi Arabia infrastructure team. You will provide strategic leadership over major programmes with a strong focus on post-contract delivery and commercial success, while embedding our values across the organization.

The ideal candidate has extensive cost management experience, global programme delivery expertise, and the ability to lead in multi-cultural environments.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 20 years of relevant experience.
• Degree in Quantity Surveying or related field.
• MRICS qualified (FRICS is a plus).
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities.
• Experience in developing and mentoring teams.

Responsibilities

• Act as principal contact for cost management and lead the Turner & Townsend team.
• Leads and motivates others to participate and contribute, provides necessary direction and inspires high performance.
• Take on key account role(s), project execution assurance and maintain client relationships as required.
• Deliver assurance services to projects - peer review, gateway review, maturity assessments, readiness reviews, progress and performance audits.
• Periodically take on major program delivery roles and lead the Turner & Townsend team on the commission - achieve a successful "steady state" delivery and then manage transition and backfill.
• Provide oversight and assurance to the Turner & Townsend major program in the region.
• Identify organizational needs, build recruitment plans and develop role specifications.
• Extensive experience in delivering CM programs, projects and segment knowledge.
• Play a key role in the infrastructure business development activities for the cost center.
• Assist in the development and implementation of marketing and business development strategies.
• Provide solutions to clients and work together with business development team members on sales proposals, qualification packages and presentation materials.
• Coordinate with project team leaders on project negotiations and execution.
• Collaborate with the other business divisions and teams.
• Provide oversight and assurance to the Turner & Townsend major programs in the region.
• Delivers high quality of service products by utilizing Turner & Townsend systems, policy and procedure, managing time, planning and organizing to ensure excellence.
• Demonstrates understanding of commercial business drivers and ensures that work and projects are carried out in alignment. Contributes to the development of business opportunities.
• Demonstrable appetite for challenge, innovation and continued improvement in CM discipline.
• Take responsibility for BU performance and project P/L
• Identify and understand the areas of opportunity and development.
• Enable continued growth trajectory within the market.
• Be a developer of talent and enjoy coaching early/mid-career cost management staff to meet their own and our business goals.
• Be comfortable working with remote staff across global time zones.
• Be organized and strong administratively.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Multitasking

Mentoring

Time management

Client relationships

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying

MRICS

FRICS

Job description

Turner & Townsend is looking for an Associate Director (Commercial) to join our Saudi Arabia infrastructure team. You will provide strategic leadership over major programmes with a strong focus on post-contract delivery and commercial success, while embedding our values across the organization.

The ideal candidate has extensive cost management experience, global programme delivery expertise, and the ability to lead in multi-cultural environments.