Senior Commercial Manager - Lead

kbr; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is seeking a Senior Commercial Manager to lead the commercial reporting, contract management, and risk oversight across major civil and infrastructure projects. You will coordinate with PMCs, produce executive reports, and drive commercial strategy to prevent schedule slippage and cost overruns.

The role requires MRICS or CIOB certification, a engineering or QS degree, 15+ years experience, and fluency in English.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or quantity surveying.
• MRICS or CIOB certification.
• 15+ years post-graduation experience.
• Experience as Senior Commercial Manager on major civil/infrastructure projects.
• Fluency in English written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with PMCs and manage executive commercial reporting.
• Develop, implement, and govern cost and commercial reporting formats.
• Prepare programme-wide cost and cashflow reports and risk reviews.
• Collaborate on commercial strategy and contract management across projects.
• Produce close-out and trend reports throughout project lifecycle.

Skills

15+ years experience

Experience in Senior Commercial role

Procurement & contract management

FIDIC/NEC contracts

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or quantity surveying

MRICS/CIOB certification

Tools

MS Office

Job description

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LOCATION

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

THE ROLE

Reporting to the Commercial Director, the Senior Commercial Manager - Lead is responsible for coordinating with PMCs for management of executive commercial reporting, control, recommending the most appropriate commercial strategy, pre and post contract management, provision of accurate status reports that allow timely decisions to be made to prevent schedule slippage and cost overruns, and production of close out reports for each project.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop, implement, and govern standard cost and commercial reporting formats for use by the PMCs.
• Develop and maintain a database of all Insurances, Guarantees, Warranties.
• Coordinates with PMCs to compile and validate analytical commercial data.
• Manages executive risk reporting.
• Develop the Project Cost Report (PCR), Commercial Executive Report and Cashflows within Unifier and integrate with other platforms for consistency of data.
• Review of existing procurement guidelines for BoQ and tender documents for development of standards for the PMCs.
• Prepare the programme-wide consolidated cost reports consistent with the agreed reporting requirements, including those of DevCo, BOD, Excom, Treasury, PIF, and HRH.
• Collate annual programme wide budgets and prepare monthly cashflow reports for submission to the client for review and approval.
• Prepare and develop cost benchmark reports for Tender Price Index, Professional Fees Benchmark, Construction Cost Benchmark for above ground Assets and Infrastructure, efficiency benchmarks including GFA/ BUA, Floor/ Ceilings, KSA Key Input Market Price Analysis (monthly), and KSA Market Insight (quarterly).
• Prepare and issue the cost benchmarking templates, elemental cost plan format and required information to the PMCs.
• Participate in the development and implementation of programme change control procedure(s).
• Prepare and issue programme wide project Cash Flow reports,
• Prepare project cost reports, including trend analysis and change reporting.
• Review cost risks and opportunities.
• Reporting seamlessly between Cost Break Down Structure and Work Brown Structure linking Cost and Schedule including Earned Value.
• Prepare updates for changes on the Programme baseline budget
• Supporting the Business Plan exercise.
• Provide portfolio-wide risk management services to support effective governance, decision‑making, and assurance for respective District/Master Plan, in alignment with approved risk policies, frameworks, and systems.
• Consolidate PMC risk registers into programme‑level and departmental risk registers for escalation and reporting.
• Assist the Client with development of commercial strategy.
• Leads and direct contracts, risk, and other support service departments. In doing so, ensures timely production of all required commercial deliverables by KBR.
• Production of Commercial Reports throughout the project’s life cycle.

EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or quantity surveying
• Minimum 15 years post‑graduation experience
• Certified as MRICS, CIOB, or equivalent
• Prior experience as Senior Commercial Manager
• Sound knowledge of commercial aspects of major civil & infrastructure projects including urban developments, roads, bridges, and utilities with significant experience in procurement and contract management of such projects.
• Experienced user of MS Office and understanding of project management software
• Experience in international contracting mechanisms including FIDIC and NEC
• Fluency in English language both written and spoken

COMPETENCIES

• Leadership
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Commercial awareness
• Strong client focus
• Planning & organising skills
• Accepts responsibility
• HSE Awareness