Senior Commercial Manager

Role Overview

Senior Commercial Manager at KBR, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Reporting to the Senior Commercial Manager – Lead, this role is responsible for coordinating commercial management, strategy, and reporting across a major infrastructure mixed-use development programme.

Company Overview

KBR provides PMO services, enterprise-level governance, assurance, integration and performance oversight across all projects and programs for a major infrastructure programme in Riyadh. The project is a mixed-use development aiming to be a global landmark and authentic destination, with the community serving as a distinct, self-sustaining hub offering several iconic assets.

Role Purpose

Coordinate with PMCs for executive commercial reporting, control, and strategy recommendation. Deliver accurate status reports that enable timely decision-making to prevent schedule slippage and cost overruns. Produce close-out reports and ensure consistency of commercial data across all projects and programs within the development.

Key Responsibilities

Commercial Strategy & Planning

• Assist the Client with development of commercial strategy.
• Participate in the development and implementation of programme change control procedures.
• Prepare updates for changes on the Programme baseline budget.
• Support the Business Plan exercise.

Cost & Financial Reporting

• Develop, implement, and govern standard cost and commercial reporting formats for use by the PMCs.
• Develop the Project Cost Report (PCR), Commercial Executive Report and Cashflows within Unifier and integrate with other platforms for consistency of data.
• Prepare the programme-wide consolidated cost reports consistent with 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 project cost reports, including trend analysis and change reporting.
• Prepare and issue programme-wide project Cash Flow reports.
• Report seamlessly between Cost Break Down Structure and Work Breakdown Structure linking Cost and Schedule including Earned Value.

Cost Benchmarking

• 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.

Data Management & Validation

• Develop and maintain a database of all Insurances, Guarantees, Warranties.
• Coordinate with PMCs to compile and validate analytical commercial data.
• Review of existing procurement guidelines for BoQ and tender documents for development of standards for the PMCs.

Risk & Commercial Governance

• Manage executive risk reporting.
• Review cost risks and opportunities.
• 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.

Leadership & Delivery

• Lead and direct contracts, risk, and other support service departments.
• Ensure timely production of all required commercial deliverables by KBR.
• Produce Commercial Reports throughout the project's life cycle.

Qualifications & Experience

• 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 and infrastructure projects including urban developments, roads, bridges, and utilities.
• Significant experience in procurement and contract management of major infrastructure projects.
• Experience in international contracting mechanisms including FIDIC and NEC.

Skills & Competencies

• Experienced user of MS Office and understanding of project management software.
• Fluency in English language both written and spoken.
• Leadership.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Commercial awareness.
• Strong client focus.
• Planning and organising skills.
• Accepts responsibility.
• HSE Awareness.