Senior Commercial Manager

Sccsinternational; Jeddah; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM in Jeddah is seeking a Senior Commercial Manager to lead the commercial management on major infrastructure and development programmes in Saudi Arabia. You will interpret contracts, manage variations and claims, and drive cost control while mentoring project teams.

The role focuses on earned value management, cash flow oversight, and risk mitigation across a demanding project portfolio in the region.

Qualifications

• High-value commercial management experience on large infrastructure programmes.
• Strong contract interpretation and claims handling capability.
• Experience in project controls including earned value management and cash flow analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead commercial management across major programmes in Saudi Arabia.
• Identify and manage commercial risk and opportunities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Prepare and support submissions for variations and client claims with evidence-based arguments.
• Mentor teams to build commercial awareness and financial discipline.

Skills

Commercial management

Contract interpretation

Claims management

Earned value management

Budget monitoring

Job description

AECOM is recruiting a Senior Commercial Manager in Jeddah to lead commercial management on major infrastructure and development programmes in Saudi Arabia. The advert sets the role around high value commercial management, contract interpretation, and the preparation and negotiation of project variations and claims. Claims work is stated directly.

The holder analyses project developments, scope changes and design modifications to determine entitlement to variations or claims, then prepares and supports claim submissions to the client on evidence based arguments. Commercial risk and opportunity are to be identified, assessed and managed across the project lifecycle.

The financial duties are project reviews to identify financial risk and propose mitigation, review of the cash flow analyses prepared by project teams, and monitoring of cost expenditure against budget. The holder leads the implementation and oversight of earned value management across projects and guides teams on performance measurement.

Margin erosion is to be controlled with the project teams, and working capital improved by reducing work in progress and accounts receivable while monitoring billings and cash collections. The post also carries mentoring, with the advert asking the holder to build commercial awareness and financial discipline across teams while leading a portfolio of projects.

The requisition number is J10146668 and the posting was released on 10 September 2026. No salary and no closing date are published.